Posted on 29 July 2014
Sophie Taylor produced a stunning performance last night in the 100m breaststroke to claim gold in a new British record of 1:06.35.
Earlier in the week she broke the British record in the 50m breaststroke during the heats and finished 4th in the final.
Sophie will hope to add another medal when she swims in the 4 x 100m medley relay final this evening.
Posted on 29 April 2014
Athletes performed beyond expectations in our best British Championships for many years.
Sophie Taylor awaits confirmation of her place on England’s team for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after she achieved two consideration times at the British Championships. On her way to the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke treble, she broke her own British 100m breaststroke record, the English 200m breaststroke record and the British 18 years age group 50m breaststroke record.
Head coach Richard Denigan was delighted by her performances: “The 50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke treble hadn’t been done for seven years. We are all extremely proud of her.”
Also excelling in the breaststroke events was 13 year old Layla Black, who broke her age group’s British 200m breaststroke record and qualified for the senior final in this event; a “very high level” performance which made her the youngest finalist in the whole competition.
What’s more, Georgia Coates, Amelia Clynes and Magdalena Cygan have all received confirmation that they will represent Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Holland in July.
Denigan was very proud of his junior team: “Leeds have the largest representation of any club for this British team and it proves that Leeds City Council Swimming Programme, from lessons to the elite, is working very well.”
Posted on 2 July 2013
Three bronze medals and a British Age Group Record for Sophie Taylor round off a successful week for City of Leeds at the British Championships.
| 50m breaststroke | Bronze | 31.85 | World Junior QT | |
| 100m breaststroke | Bronze | 1:08.12 | British 17yrs record | World Junior QT |
| 200m breaststroke | Bronze | 2:28.82 | World Junior QT |
| 200m butterfly | 8th |
| 200m individual medley | Semi-final |
| 200m breaststroke | Semi-final (1st reserve finalist) |
| 200m breaststroke |
| 400m individual medley |
| 200m butterfly |
Some excellent performances at the British Championships. Well Done. Special Congratulations to Sophie Taylor on her three bronze medals, British Record and World Junior qualifying times.
Posted on 14 July 2012
16-year-old Sophie Taylor wins 2 silvers and a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Sophie Taylor, who lives in Harrogate and attends Leeds Grammar School, qualified for the European Junior Championships at the Olympic Trials in March in the 100m & 200m breaststroke.
Sophie was entered by British Swimming in the an additional event; the 50m breaststroke, in which she swam a life time best performance and won a silver medal. Sophie achieved another life time best in the 200m breaststroke to earn a bronze medal. In the 100m breaststroke Sophie came sixth. Sophie was also selected for the breaststroke leg of the 4 x 100m medley Team relay where she swam another life time best in helping the team to a silver medal.
The European Junior Championships was a great experience for Sophie and she swam fantastically well. Next week she competes in the British Youth Championships in Sheffield where she will be vying to improve her performances, this time in City of Leeds colours.
Posted on 20 March 2012
At the recent British Championships, Claire qualified for her third Paralympic Games while Sophie Taylor will represent Team GB at this summer’s European Junior Championships.
Some stellar performances from Paralympic veteran Claire Cashmore at the recent British Championships have qualified her to swim the 200m IM and 100m breaststroke at this summer’s Paralympic Games. This will be Claire’s third Paralympics and she hopes to add to the silver and bronze medals she won at the Athens and Beijing games. Claire has also been selected for the freestyle relay teams at the games.
At the same competition, held at the new Olympic Aquatic Centre in London, Sophie took over 1.5 seconds off her previous best time to finish 4th in the 100m breaststroke. She followed this success by qualifying for the 200m breaststroke semi-final a few days later. Though Sophie did not make the final in the 200m, the times she recorded throughout the meet were good enough to earn qualification for both the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the 2012 European Junior Championships.
We wish them both every success this summer and we’ll keep you updated on how they get on.