It is pleasing to report that both Melissa Braddock and James Cross have struck Gold at the Catholic Schools world games held in France over the last week.
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Mel was next in action in the ladies 400m Freestyle were she powered her way to a brilliant gold medal winning in a time
of 4.28.53 which gave her a massive 4 second best time. Mel went into the 200m freestyle event full of confidents and another excellent 2 second personal best and a finish time of 2:08 gave her, her second gold medal of the games.
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In the men’s 200m backstroke went into the final with a pb of 2:13 finishing in 2:08 he snatched victory and a 5 second improvement in his all time best.
Both swimmers have had s strong phase of training into this final phase of the 2015/16 season and have reaped the rewards for their efforts great swims.