Colchester Swimming Club held their annual 50m Sprint Championships for the senior, county and masters squads, with ten club records broken by different members.

Sargon Youssefi was on fine form and broke three records, including the 50 metre freestyle in 24.58 seconds and the 50m Butterfly in 27.26s.

The 50m breaststroke was a fiercely-fought record as masters swimmer James Heathcote beat Youssefi’s existing record with 33.03s but soon after Youssefi won it back with a swim of 32.05s.

Bronwyn Carter was also in superb form to break another three records in the girls’ races – 50m freestyle in 29.08s, 50m breaststroke in 38.37s and 100m individual medley in one minute 11.91s.

Thomas Rootsey broke two records – 50m backstroke in 28.73s and 100m individual medley in 1m 02.09s – while Sarah Larner set new best 50m backstroke time in 34.09s and Lucy Tallentire broke the 50m butterfly in 32.71s.

There were two nail-biting skins relay races (a knockout relay), consisting of the six fastest 50m freestyle swimmers from any age group.

Members for the girls were Grace Sanderson, Tallentire, Carter, Larner, Katie Stratton and Katie Watson.

Carter and Larner swam an exciting final with Carter victorious and Larner second, with Tallentire taking third place.

Members for the boys were Daniel Few, Victor Lam, Rootsey, Youssefi, Oliver Crosby and Tim Tripp.

Rootsey and Tripp swam in a superb final with Rootsey winning, Tripp second and Crosby third.

Many medals were won by other swimmers and there was an impressive clean sweep of winning all five events in their age groups for Philippa Davenall, Alice Insull, Cameron Simpson and Alex Vipond.