Emily Bashforth claimed two Jersey records with one swim in Sheffield

AIB Tigers swimmer Emily Bashforth broke two Jersey records in the pool in Sheffield on Friday.

In the 1500m freestyle, the 13-year-old finished in 18 minutes 7.12 seconds.

The time claimed the Jersey senior and junior records and her first National qualifying time.

Tigers coach Nathan Jegou said: "Emily chose not to travel to the Jeux des Isles so she could compete in Sheffield and I'm glad she proved that it was the correct decision."

It's a fantastic result and just reward for the hard training she does week in week out Nathan Jegou

Bashforth has shown great form in training and Jegou was not surprised by her National qualifying time.

"Emily went under the qualifying time for Nationals by 30 seconds. It's a fantastic result and just reward for the hard training she does week-in week-out."

There was more good news for the Tigers swimmers in Sheffield with 13-year-old Henry Job becoming the Tigers' 12th swimmer to claim a national qualifying time for 2009.

In the 100m freestyle on Saturday morning, Job broke the one-minute barrier to finish in a time of 59.47 seconds.

"It's great for Henry, he was pretty sick back in January, so to come back and make Nationals shows his determination," Jegou said.

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