British Swimming Championships - World Champ Trials begin March 16

The British National Championships/World Championship Trials begin tomorrow. The start list (psych sheet) can be found here: http://asa.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=5036

The top competitors in Ryan's best events are:

100m Back - Event 106 (Prelims & Semis on 3/16; Finals on 3/17)
43. Marco Loughran (89) Guildford Ct 54.40
44. Matthew Clay (82) Chard 53.97
45. Liam Tancock (85) Loughboro Un 53.39
(Ryan's best time = 53.37)

200m IM - Event 205 (Prelims & Semis on 3/17; Finals on 3/18)
35. Joseph Roebuck (85) Loughboro Un 2:01.12
36. Liam Tancock (85) Loughboro Un 1:57.79
37. James Goddard (83) Stockport Mo 1:57.72
(Ryan's best time = 1:55.22)

200m Free - Event 209 (Prelims & Semis on 3/17; Finals on 3/18)
53. Robert Renwick (88) Co Glasgow 1:47.07
54. Ross Davenport (84) Loughboro Un 1:47.03
55. David Carry (81) Stockport Mo 1:46.47
(Ryan's best time = 1:45.61)

200m Back - Event 302 (Prelims and Semis on 3/18; Finals on 3/19)
39. Chris Walker-Hebborn (90) Team Ipswich 1:59.61
40. Marco Loughran (89) Guildford Ct 1:58.16
41. James Goddard (83) Stockport Mo 1:56.82
(Ryan's best time = 1:53.94)

100m Free - Event 401 (Prelims & Semis on 3/19; Finals on 3/20)
51. Adam Brown (89) Hatfield 49.50
52. Ross Davenport (84) Loughboro Un 49.12
53. Simon Burnett (83) Windsor 48.20
(Ryan's best time = 48.65)

400m IM - Event 503 (Prelims and Finals on 3/20)
36. Lewis Smith (88) Warrender Ba 4:19.42
37. Joseph Roebuck (85) Loughboro Un 4:18.04
38. Thomas Haffield (88) Co Cardiff 4:12.59
(Ryan's best time = 4:06.08)

Liam Tancock, James Goddard and Simon Burnett are familiar names from the 2008 Olympics and other international events. Until recently, Simon Burnett held the NCAA and U.S. Open record in the 200y free.

Marco Loughran, who has been training with Ryan at the University of Florida for a few months, is entered in three events: 100 & 200 back and 100 fly. He has the best chance of making the world team in the 200 back.