REDDITCH’S Isobel Griffiths admitted she was delighted to end her week at the British Swimming Championships with two strong performances on the final evening in London.

Griffiths produced an impressive swim to place third in the women’s junior 400m individual medley, clocking a time of 4:53.72 minutes that meant she finished less than four seconds behind winner Abbie Wood.

The City of Birmingham star flew through the opening half of the race, her butterfly and backstroke seeing her into second place after 200m.

And despite dropping one place as the race came to a dramatic end, Griffiths remained proud of a display that ranked highly amongst some memorable moments across five days at the London Aquatics Centre.

“I am really pleased to finish third in the 400IM, it is a great achievement for me,” she said.

“If I had been a bit faster on the back-end then I thought I might have been able to get the European Games qualification time, but my breaststroke let me down a bit.

“But I expected to drop off a little after the first 200m, and I am so happy with the result.

“It’s been absolutely amazing this week, I think getting the European Games standard in the 200m butterfly was my highlight because I didn’t expect I would get it on that event.”

Griffiths did not have long to celebrate after the 400IM race, as she appeared in a second showpiece – the 200m freestyle final – later in the evening.

The Birmingham competitor touched in a time of 2:05.62 to record a new personal best in coming fifth – a fitting way to round out the week.

“The second final was really hard after having raced earlier, so to get a PB was a surprise and I was so happy about it,” Griffiths added.

“To go 2:05 was fantastic, I was quite far behind the girls at the front but I can’t complain with that.

“I had about an hour between the two finals and it was quite hard to switch off after the 400IM and go into the 200m freestyle, but you just get used to it with the more competitions you do.

“It definitely hurt a lot and I put all my effort into making sure I came in with a good time– I wanted to use all the strength I had left going into the last 50m, and I’m glad I did.”

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