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Finlay Saunders

Availability status: Committed

University: Savannah College of Art & Design

Personal Profile

Country: United Kingdom

Date of birth: 12th October 2003

Height: 6 feet 1 inch

Weight: 150 lbs

Sex: Male

Academic Information

School: Ralph Allen School

Graduation Year: 2022

College Enrollment Year: 2022

Qualifications: 

High School Grades: English Literature: A, English Language: A, Sciences: A, Drama: A, Religious Studies: A, History: B, Maths: B, French: B;

SAT: not taken yet

Swimming Profile

PERSONAL BEST TIMES

200m Back (SC): 2:05.35

200m Back (LC): 2:11.48

100m Back (SC): 58.01

100m Back (LC): 1:01.34

50m Back (SC): 27.37

50m Back (LC): 28.85

1500m Free (SC): 17:26.13

1500m Free (LC): 17:41.46

800m Free (LC): 9:06.73

400m Free (LC): 4:25.92

200m Free (SC): 2:01.16

200m Free (LC): 2:06.29

100m Free (SC): 55.90

100m Free (LC): 58.10

50m Free (SC): 25.99

50m Free (LC): 26.63

200m IM (SC): 2:14.85

200m IM (LC): 2:19.26

100m Fly (SC): 1:01.01

100m Fly (LC): 1:03.68

50m Fly (SC): 26.83

50m Fly (LC): 28.25

400m IM (SC): 4:45.07

 

TEAM SELECTIONS

British Swimming Team Trials

 

EVENTS COMPETED IN

British Summer Championships (2019)

English Summer Championships (2019)

National Winter Championships (2018 & 2019)

Interview

Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:

cheerful, resilient, committed, hard-working, caring

Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:

Even though it is not the highest level of competition I have experienced, I still remember with most fondness my performances at the South West Regionals in 2019. As a later developer, this was only my second regional level competition, but it was the weekend that everything fell into place for the first time. With PBs in the heats and further technical advancements in the finals across both my key events, I improved my times further, medaled and increased my national rankings significantly. Subsequently, for the first time I qualified for the 2019 British Summer Championships in both the 200m and 100m backstroke, which was an amazing experience for me as a progressing athlete.

Goals:

My ultimate long term goal is to have the opportunity to compete internationally and swim for my country. In striving for this, my ongoing goals embrace pushing myself as far as I can, gaining as much experience as possible and constantly improving my technical ability and aptitude to race.

Anything else we should know?

I am currently on the Swim England Level 3 Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) program, which will be completed in the Summer of 2022. In my spare time during Covid lockdown, I have also been working towards the Combined SEQ Level 1 and 2 Swimming Teaching qualification. I have passed all the theory sections and will complete the qualification once swimming lessons resume and the pool based evaluation can be finished. I have also been a volunteer swimming coach at my local swimming club for the last three years, something I initially started to support my Duke of Edinburgh Awards, but have continued as it has been a role that I have enjoyed in my spare time and has also given something back to the club where my swimming started.

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