Lara Butler & Matthew Courtis Final In UK

 
Lara Butler and Matthew Courtis placed 6th in their respective finals on Day 1 of  the South West Regional Short Course Championships.

Lara, swam 2:24.09 in the heats of the 200m butterfly to make it through to the final; she showed consitent form by going 2:24.15 in the finals; earlier in  the meet she posted a 30.25 50m butterfly and a 1:00.22 100m freestyle. Her freestyle and 200m butterfly times being inside the Island Games Qualifying Standard.

Matthew Courtis raced to a 2:12.44 in the final of the 200m individual medley but also recorded a 59.41 100m butterfly and 1:56.96 200m freestyle.

Geoffrey Butler took to the shorter distances on the opening day and was pleased with his 1:56.86 200m freestyle ,one hundredth outside his island games time but well inside the CARIFTA time; he also went 2:14.60 200m IM and 4:48.19 400m IM.

Nice swimming!