2017 British Swimming Championships

Sheffield, England
April 18-23, 2017
Prelims begin: 10 AM (4 AM CDT)
Finals begin: 6:30 PM (12:30 PM CDT)
LIVE RESULTS

The sixth and final night of competition at the 2017 British Swimming Championships on Sunday featured a new British record in the men's 50m butterfly from the sprint sensation ​Ben Proud ​and some very tight races across the board. The full docket of events included the men's 50m fly, women's 100m fly, men's 200m back, women's 100m breast, and men's 200m free.​

Men's 50m Butterfly

British Record: 22.93 (Ben Proud, 2014) 22.80 (Ben Proud, 2017)
European Record: 22.43 (Rafael Muñoz Perez, Spain, 2009)
British World Champs QT: N/A
Consideration Time: N/A

1.) Ben Proud -- 22.80 ​(British Record)​
2.) Adam Barrett -- 23.52
3.) Robert Fannon -- 24.28

Ben Proud​ is an absolute beast. Twenty-four hours after unleashing a blistering-fast 21.32 in the 50m free, Proud unloaded another world No. 1 time with a 22.80 in the 50m butterfly -- also breaking his own British record. Proud is now the seventh-fastest performer of all time in this event. ​Adam Barrett​ picked up the silver medal, touching in 23.52, and ​Robert Fannon​ got his hand on the wall for bronze in 24.28.

Women's 100m Butterfly

British Record: 57.25 (Ellen Gandy, 2012)
European Record: 55.48 (Sarah Sjöström, Sweden, 2009)
British World Champs QT: 56.81
Consideration Time: 57.81

Alys Thomas ​turned the tables Sunday night in the women's 100m butterfly. After touching for second place behind ​Charlotte Atkinson​ in the 200m fly on Thursday, Thomas picked up the win in the 100 with a solid 57.85 -- just missing the consideration time of 57.81 but posting the ninth-fastest time in the world for 2017. Atkinson got her hand on the wall for the silver in 58.22, and ​Rachael Kelly​ rounded out the podium in third with a 58.41.

1.) Alys Thomas -- 57.85
2.) Charlotte Atkinson -- 58.22
3.) Rachael Kelly -- 58.41

Men's 200m Backstroke

British Record: 1:55.58 (James Goddard, 2010)
European Record: 1:53.81 (Evgeny Rylov, Russia, 2017)
British World Champs QT: 1:55.89
Consideration Time: 1:57.00

1.) Luke Greenbank -- 1:57.67
2.) Joseph Hulme -- 1:58.63
3.) Xavier Mohammed -- 1:59.94

​This one was all ​Luke Greenbank​. At the 150-meter mark, Greenbank had already built a 1.4-second lead over the rest of the field and held on to get home in a winning time of 1:57.67. ​Joseph Hulme​ swam a great race, almost even splitting in (59.17)(59.46) en route to a 1:58.63 and a silver medal. ​Xavier Mohammed​ picked up the bronze, just barely dipping under the two-minute barrier in 1:59.94.

Women's 100m Breaststroke

British Record: 1:06.34 (Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, 2016)
European Record: 1:04.35 (Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuania, 2013)
British World Champs QT: 1:06.29
Consideration Time: 1:06.90

1.) Sarah Vasey -- 1:06.78 (CT)
2.) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor -- 1:06.80 (CT)
3.) Jocelyn Ulyett -- 1:07.24

​​This was a battle between various race strategies. ​Imogen Clark​, the 50m breaststroke champion, rocketed out the lead in 30.73 -- the only one under the 31-second barrier -- but could not hang on as she faded to fifth in 1:07.84. ​Jocelyn Ulyett​, the 200m breaststroke champion, was fifth at the turn and managed to make her way back up for third in 1:07.24. ​Siobhan-Marie O'Connor​, the British record-holder, managed to overcome her disappointing disqualification in the 200m IM on Saturday night to snag the silver in 1:06.80. But in the end, it was ​Sarah Vasey​ who got her hand on the wall first with a 1:06.78 -- just 0.02 of a second ahead of O'Connor. Both of them secured consideration times for the World Championships in July and posted the eighth- and ninth-fastest times in the world this year, respectively.

Men's 200m Freestyle

British Record: 1:45.14 (James Guy, 2015)
European Record: 1:42.00 (Paul Biedermann, Germany, 2009)
British World Champs QT: 1:45.45
Consideration Time: 1:46.58

1.) James Guy -- 1:45.55 (CT)
2.) Duncan Scott -- 1:45.80 (CT)
3.) Calum Jarvis -- 1:47.02

Arguably the most exciting race of the night came in the finale -- the men's 200m freestyle. ​James Guy​, the British record-holder in this event, battled it out with ​Duncan Scott ​-- the British record-holder in the 100m freestyle. Both of these guys had been on fire at this meet. Prior to this race, Guy already claimed three British titles this week (400m free, 100m/200m fly), and Scott popped off a new British record to become the first Brit under 48 in the 100m free.

At the 100m mark, they flipped neck and neck with Scott in 51.17 and Guy in 51.18. At the 150m mark, they were still within 0.1 of a second of one another, but in the end Guy's closing speed was too much for Scott as he got his hand on the wall first in 1:45.55 to Scott's 1:45.80. Regardless, both of these guys were well under the consideration time and posted the third- and fourth-fastest times in the world this year, respectively.