b'THE ELLESMERIAN- Day 3 Oscar Dodds was selected to represent GB as they took a junior teamSheffield to Ontario in Canada in December 2022. He represented England in-Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach 50m Backstroke 12/13 years Sweden as part of the Swim England Youth Programme and lastly, he was 17832.26 PB (2nd) selected to represent Jersey at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023. Swansea-Jack Burston 50m Freestyle 26.28 PB 16 years (8th) Commonwealth Youth Games 2023-Tyler Holland 200m Butterfly 2.26.68 PB 15 years (5th)-Sami Prysor 200m Butterfly 2.14.08 PB 16 years (1st) After earning his selection at the British Championships in April, Oscar -Jake Neaves 100m Breaststroke 1.16.37 PB 14 years (4th) Dodds made his way out to Trinidad & Tobago with Team Jersey for the 2023 edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games.-Day 4Sheffield His racing schedule was as follows:-Anna Farrow 200m Backstroke 2.22.50 17/over (5th) + 100mFreestyle 58.34 PB 17/over (2nd) August 6th 100m BackstrokeSwansea August 7th 400m Individual Medley-Jake Neaves 200m IM 2.30.03 PB 14 years (7th) August 8th 200m Backstroke-Tyler Holland 200m IM 2.23.78 PB 15 years (3rd) August 9th 200m Individual Medley & 4x100m-Tyler Holland 50m Butterfly 28.12 15 years (5th) Mixed Medley Relay-Bea Jones 200m Backstroke 2.24.00 17/over (2nd)-Jack Burston 200m Backstroke 2.19.56 16 years (2nd) -August 6thDay 1-Day 5 The first race of Oscars schedule was the 100 Back. He took out the Swansea heat sharply in a 28.32, then worked the back end to touch in 58.05 PB -Jack Burston 50m Backstroke 29.52 PB 16 years (2nd) and qualify for the final. -Tyler Holland 100m Butterfly 1.04.53 15 years (6th)-Sami Prysor 100m Butterfly 1.00.07 PB 16 years (1st) The final was a quick one, where almost all competitions got quicker from the heats. Oscar improved his front-end speed to hit the 50 in 27.84 and powered home to touch the wall in 57.84 PB and 5th place.-August 7thDay 2Oscar was back up and at it on day 2, this time in the 400 IM. He swam an evenly paced heat swim, working the back and free to finish 4.33.52 and qualify for the evenings final. Similar to the 100 Back, everyone stepped up from the heat, including Oscar. Keeping the fly the same with a 62 split. His backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle were quicker than the morning heat. He touched the wall in 4.31.31 to finish in 7th place.-August 8thDay 3The penultimate day of racing for Oscar brought the 200m Backstroke. He controlled the first 100 of his heat, going out 61.8 and worked the International Success 2nd 100 to finish 2.06.06 and earn himself a spot in the final.The ECSA has had 4 of its student-athletes selected to represent theirBecoming quite the theme, Oscar stepped up from heat to final. He country over the 2022/23 season. James Raw represented GB at thetook the race out much quicker than earlier, turning 3rd in a 60.0 split. Barcelona leg of the LEN Cup in the 10km Open Water race. He alsoHe maintained his stroke rate and battled hard to finish 2.04.97 in 5th represented Swim Wales at the Luxembourg Euro Meet 2023. Jamesplace.came back with a medal of each colour, finishing 3rd in the 200m Freestyle 2.00.18, 2nd in the 400m Freestyle 4.11.74 and 1st in the-August 9thDay Four1500m Freestyle 16.39.89, all in the Youth Age.The final day brought about the 200 IM and the 4x100 mixed medley Olivia Hunter and Holly Lamb were selected to represent England atrelay. Oscar took out his 200 IM strong and worked the backstroke to the Middle East Open and Junior Championships 2023 in Dubai. Thistouch the wall in 2.11.04 (15th). He stepped up in the relay to help earn was part of their DiSE (Diploma in Sport Excellence) programme. HollyJersey a spot in the final.raced 5 freestyle events, including finishing 8th in the 800 Freestyle 9.27.44. Olivia raced 7 events, making 4 finals and winning the 200mOnce again stepping up from heat to final, in the last race of the whole Butterfly with a well-controlled race to finish 2.19.67 (1st). competition, Oscar led out his Jersey team on the backstroke leg of the'