Loughborough University swimmer smashes personal best
Amy Smith won her first individual senior medal at the European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland.
Smith, who went into the 100m Freestyle final with the fastest time, exceeded her expectations by smashing her personal best and picking up bronze for the Great Britain Swimming Team.
"I am delighted," said the Loughborough University swimmer. "I went into the final ranked first so I was hoping to win but the gold medal time was 51.94 and I think that is a bit out of my reach at the moment.
"I went into this meet with a target to reach the final in a low 53 time and I have exceeded that so I can't be too disappointed.
"It's my first senior medal and great preparation for the year ahead."
Rebecca Turner finished in ninth place in a time of 53.88. "I'm pleased with that," said Turner, who clocked a personal best 53.69 in the semi-finals.
"I went to the World Championships in Shanghai this year and it really made me want it more.
"I'm happy with my times especially as I'm not tapered; coming third in my semi final gave me great confidence."
Georgia Davies finished in fifth place the final of the 100m Backstroke in 57.80, just outside the Welsh record of 57.72 she set in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Too fast
"I went out a bit too fast in the first 50m and my legs paid for it in the final 25m," said the Swansea-based swimmer. "I'm disappointed not to better my time from the heats but with where I am in my training schedule, I can't be too disappointed really."
Eleanor Faulkner got her second PB in as many days in the 800m final, finishing fifth in 8:20.91.
"It was hard from the beginning because I'm in hard training," said the City of Sheffield swimmer. "But it was a PB and the best I could've possibly done at this stage in the season."
Anne Bochmann was 12th overall with a new personal best of 8.29.86.
Molly Renshaw and Stacey Tadd were also in action in the final of the 200m Breastroke after both swimmers clocked new personal best times in the heats to qualify.
Renshaw took the battle of the Brits and shaved nearly two seconds off the time she set in the morning heats, finishing fifth overall with an English record and British junior record time of 2.22.86.
"It was great to get out there in a senior final and to get a new personal is a great feeling," she said. "I had no expectations on this meet, I just wanted to make the final so to come fifth in a best time is brilliant."
Tadd finished in 10th place, just 0.28 seconds shy of her heat time as she touched in 2:24.75.