Friday, July 1, 2016 Ryan Brown and Craig McLean Set to Compete at Europeans Juniors Ryan Brown Ryan Brown (City of Glasgow Swim Team) and Craig McLean (University of Stirling), join the British Swimming team set to compete in Hungary for the European Junior Championships6-10 July 2016. The team of 26 will compete in the city of Hodmezovasarhely from 6 to 10 July for continental honours. Following an impressive 2015 season on the junior circuit, British Swimming Head of Performance Pathway Tim Jones is looking forward to seeing the level of progress that has been made. “We’ve some good experience in the team including proven medallists at European Junior level. It will be the largest team we have taken to these Championships in recent years,” explained Jones. The European Championships are a vital moment in the development of young British athletes and Jones fully expects his latest contingent to continue the success of their predecessors. “We’re looking to be able to identify a group of talented junior athletes that we can take with us in the coming years to senior success,” said Jones. “This competition isn’t an end in itself; it’s a significant event but only in the context of being the start of a longer term journey for these exciting young athletes.” “We will be looking to embed some of the athlete and team behaviours that we know we need to see in the next generation of successful world and Olympic athletes. There will be a focus very much on process as a means to achieving the outcomes we work so hard for. “A wider set of science and medicine staff will also travel with the team this time so that our athletes start to learn to utilise some enhanced support ahead of breaking into the senior ranks.” The European Junior Championships take place in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary from 6 to 10 July 2016. The British team comprises: Edward Baxter - Cockermouth Ryan Brown – City of Glasgow Elliot Clogg – City of Sheffield Tom Derbyshire – Royal Wolverhampton School Thomas Fannon – Plymouth Leander Nathan Hughes – Hatfield Joe Litchfield – Doncaster Dartes Craig McLean – University of Stirling David Murphy – City of Oxford Freya Anderson – Ellesmere College Titans Layla Black – City of Leeds Emma Cain – Millfield Amelia Clynes – City of Leeds Hannah Featherstone – Sedgefield and District Isobel Griffiths – City of Birmingham Holly Hibbott – Southport/Stockport Metro Emily Large – Newcastle Swim Team Anna Maine – Woking Tazmin Pugh – Ellesmere College Titans Ciara Schlosshan – City of Leeds Laura Stephens – Plymouth Leander Abbie Wood – National Centre, Loughborough Lewis Clough – City of Salford Jamie O’Connor – Thanet Brodie Williams – Millfield Alex Wray – Deepings