Swim England National County Team Championships

Kent Swimming's 2025 Champions

Team Selection for 2026

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have been selected to swim for Kent at the National Inter County Team Championships in Sheffield on 4 October 2026.

Girls 12/13		Boys 12/13
Alice Jarvis	Bromley	Benjamin Curd	Larkfield
Anna Miksi	Maidstone	Charles Barrow	Edenbridge
Ifeoma Serena Odiah	Dartford	Edward Shepherd	Bromley
Lily Chitty	Erith	Jax Marshall	RTW Monson
Zara Stickens	Black Lion

Girls 14/15		Boys 14/15
Elise Butler	Maidstone	Arlo Shaw	Bromley
Julia Elvidge	Sevenoaks	Billy Larter	Sevenoaks
Olivia Quiller	RTW Monson	Hayden Sanders	Bromley
Tyla Jade Thomas	RTW Monson	Oliver Ratchford	RTW Monson

Girls 16/17		Boys 16/17
Amalie Smith	RTW Monson	Haoming Du	Bromley
Bella Jones	RTW Monson	Henry Shepherd	Bromley
Imogen Myles	RTW Monson	Joshua Hill	RTW Monson
Madeleine Hind	RTW Monson	Louie Harvey	Erith
		Lucas Sanders	RTW Monson

Selection

Selection is based on performance for the year ending 31 August 2026 and on competing/being eligible to compete in the County Championships last January/February. The Clubs listed are therefore the Clubs swimmers swam for prior to 31 August.

About the Competition

The County Team Championships takes place in two short course (25m) pools at the same time – one for Division 1 races, the other for Division 2. There are two heats for each event on the schedule with heats in Division 2 starting about 20 seconds after those of Division 1. The heats for individual races will be seeded according to entry times but the team events will be randomly drawn.

Events

Individual events are contested over:

100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke
100m Butterfly
100m Breaststroke

... and in three age groups:

12/13 years
14/15 years
16/17 years

There are also 4 x 50m Medley Relays held for each of the age groups and one Mixed 6 x 50m Freestyle Relay ,with teams made up of one boy and one girl from each age group.

Scoring

Point scoring is by place:

first place worth 20 points
second place worth 19 points
third place worth 18 point
etc right through to one point for 20th.

No points are awarded for disqualification. At the end of the competition, the bottom four teams from Division 1 are relegated to Division 2 for next year’s event with the top four from Division 2 replacing them.