An elite cohort of St Ives Swimming Club athletes competed at the Swim England East Region Swimming Champs at the Inspire Olympic Pool in Luton.

The results saw superb 'lifetime best' and 'season swims' with a plethora of swimmers making the finals.

Josh Marshall competed in the 100m breastroke event and broke his own lifetime best swim by more than one second to achieve 1.15 in a fast and resilient race.

Ewan Thompson returning to swimming swam gallant races and achieved 1.03 for 100m butterfly and 29 seconds for 50 backstroke at this prestigious event.

Both swimmers finishing well up the final score table. Chloe Butler went into the 200 metres breastroke after having sharply brought her time down over the last few months to 2.40.

She didn't disappoint on this occasion either making the final and attaining a time of 2.39, one of only three athletes at this meet to go sub 2.40 and in the process achieving the qualifying time for next year's British Championships.

So Saturday was a great day of swimming all around. On Sunday Chloe was joined by another St Ives national swimmer competing in the 100m breastroke event, Tessa Quayle whose lifetime best swim previously was 1.20, in the heats.

The Hunts Post: Chloe and Tessa Quayle at the event in Luton.Chloe and Tessa Quayle at the event in Luton. (Image: Andy Hunter)

She gained an excellent 1.19, and in the final she achieved 1.17 and took the silver medal to boot, planting the club firmly on the medals table on the first weekend,.

She showed dynamic grit and determination to take silver, where she and the winner were both on 1.17, bronze place was 1.21, showing the class of the first two athletes.

The Hunts Post: Tessa Quayle with her silver medal for the 100 metres breastroke.Tessa Quayle with her silver medal for the 100 metres breastroke. (Image: Andy Hunter)

Not to be outdone in the senior events, Chloe Butler swam and qualified for both the finals of the 100 breastroke and 100 butterfly where between both events there was only an 11-minute rest gap.

Yet again she rose to the challenge and swam a stunning new lifetime best of 1.14 in 100 breastroke and again in the 100 butterfly 1.04 another superb lifetime best swim, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

Great results and all at the club are immensely proud of their achievements with more yet to come.