A swimmer from Wimbledon has been named best freestyle swimmer at a national meet this month.
Maia Dunleavy, from Wimbledon, achieved a time of 59.26 seconds in the 100m freestyle category for 16-year-olds, ahead of nine other competitors. Miss Dunleavy swims for Chelsea and Westminster Swim Club.
She previously won a silver medal in the Senior Girls 50m Freestyle at the London Youth Games, and a bronze medal alongside her team mates in the Senior Girls Freestyle Relay Team.
It was the first time in the game’s 40 year history that Merton Girls Swimming Team has won two medals in the same year.
The National Summer Meet is Swim England’s biggest domestic swimming event of the year and this year took place in Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
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