TWO young swimmers from Dalry lead the charge with a perfect podium record during another highly successful weekend for the North Ayrshire Amateur Swimming Club at the Cumbernauld Spring Graded meet.

Among the many great swims from the team of 25, who picked up 30 medals over the weekend, Junior Coach Alan Dickson made special mention of Fraser Cowie (9), who was fastest in all four of his swims.

Alan told us: “Fraser swam 50m Fly for the first time in a while, his technique was fantastic, and he was so quick he achieved a ‘swam too fast’ time [40.04] in the heats and was barred from taking part in the final, but it was a great looking swim and he should be really pleased with himself.”

Fraser was also ‘too fast’ in his 200m IM [3:15.50] but he did get to keep the gold medals for his 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke.

Fellow Dalry swimmer Gavin Friels was also on top form with four visits to the podium, securing second place finishes in the 100m Fly and 200m Individual Medley. He also took third places in the 50m Fly and the 100m Freestyle.

“Gavin is perhaps better known for his breaststroke events but he swam really well in his 50m Free and his 100m Free. Heather Stuart, whose also from Dalry, a great swim in the heats to make the 11 year old’s 50m Freestyle final and took six seconds off her 200m IM to claim a ribbon for sixth.

Caelin Chan (9) from Stevenston also had a very successful day with massive 11 second PB in her 50m Fly which won her the silver medal for nine-year-olds. She also had a second in the 100m Breaststroke and a 4th in the 50m Free.

Eva Graham, who's 13 and from Seamill, was pleased with posting a four second PB in her 100m Backstroke race while Scott Kean (12) from Stevenson took a massive 10 seconds off his 200 Individual Medley record.

“For some of the swimmers it was their first competition away from one of our home pools and it was a big learning curve for them about how to manage themselves across a full day of competition,” said Alan.

“For the younger ones it’s a real challenge to make sure they’re drinking enough and making smart choices about what they’re eating and I think they’ll have taken something away from that experience.

“The Cumbernauld meet is set up really well for these young swimmers. For some of them it’s the first opportunity they have to swim the heats and then keep themselves properly warmed up and motivated to swim in a final later on and most of them managed to go faster again which is the name of the game.”