Flag comes down on Prague

The European Junior Championships 2011, held in Prague, ended this evening with Team GB top of the medals table, 1 year out from the 2012 Olympics. Team GB finished with a total of 19 medals from the 5 day meet, with 6 golds, 6 silvers and 7 bronze medals.

Lauren Quigley (City of Manchester) was the only GB swimmer to break an event record during this meet as she powered her way to a 28.76 over 50m Backstroke to break her City of Manchester Team-mate Emma Saunders' record from a year earlier. She would later finish 2nd in this event, just 0.12 behind the winner.

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (Bath ITC) came away with 3 gold medals to give her a huge confidence ahead of the World Championships later this month. Her 400 IM and 200 IM races saw her win by 2 seconds in each, while she helped the Girls Medley team to a win over Russia and Denmark. Ieuan Lloyd (City of Cardiff) was the most succesful boy from the GB team. He went one step further from last year, where he finished second in his 200 IM, to win the 200 IM ahead of fellow team-mate Dan Wallace (Warrender). Ieuan Lloyd also anchored the 4x200 Freestyle Team to a win with an impressive 1.48.98.

Gold Medalists; 

• Ieuan Lloyd (200 IM - 2.01.57) 
• 4x200 Freestyle Team (Thomas Moss, Myles Crouch-Anderson, Matthew Parks, Ieuan Lloyd - 7.23.36), 
• Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (400 IM - 4.46.61, 200 IM - 2.14.71), 
• Elena Sheridan (200 Fly - 2.10.40), 
• 4x100 Medley Team (Jessica Fullalove, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Georgia Barton, Jessica Lloyd - 4.09.34)

Silver Medalists; 

• Dan Wallace (200 IM - 2.02.41) 
• Craig Benson (100 Breast - 1.02.17) 
• Rachel Williamson (400 Free - 4.14.49) 
• 4x100 Freestyle Team (Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Amelia Maughan, Chloe Tutton, Jessica Lloyd - 3.46.42)
• Lauren Quigley (50 Back - 28.93) 
• Jessica Fullalove (100 Back - 1.02.75)

Bronze Medalists; 

• Dan Wallace (400 IM - 4.20.60) 
• Georgia Barton (200 Fly - 2.12.27, 100 Fly - 1.00.53) 
• Jessica Lloyd (100 Free - 56.19)
• Phoebe Lenderyou (200 Back - 2.15.53) 
• Rachel Williamson (800 Free - 8.44.10) 
• Molly Renshaw (200 Breast - 2.28.68)

 Full Squad List:

Craig Benson	Warrender
Myles Crouch-Anderson	Northampton
Grant Halsall	Plymouth Leander
Ieuan Lloyd	City of Cardiff
Gareth Mills	City of Leeds
Thomas Moss	Stockport Metro
Joseph Patching	Plymouth Leander
Joseph Parker	Plymouth Leander
Matthew Parks	City of Manchester
Adam Rowe	Royal Wolverhampton
Felix Samuels	Ealing
Sam Van De Schootbrugge	Nova Centurian
Dan Wallace	Warrender
Georgia Barton	Gallica
Fiona Donnelly	Nova Centurian
Jessica Fullalove	City of Manchester
Jodie Hawksworth	Derventio
Emily Jones	Garioch
Phoebe Lenderyou	City of Newcastle
Jessica Lloyd	City of Manchester
Danielle Lowe	Wirral Metro
Amelia Maughan	MIllfield/British Gas ITC Bath
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	British Gas ITC Bath
Lauren Quigley	City of Manchester
Molly Renshaw	Derventio
Elena Sheridan	Romford Town
Chloe Tutton	City of Cardiff
Rachael Williamson	Kingston upon Hull