Local swimming star Zac Lacey has won the 200m Butterfly title at the British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships for the 3rd year in a row.
Having retained his World Championship title earlier this year in Turkey, last weekend Zac travelled to the K2 in Crawley to compete in the 2024
With a busy 2025 which is set to include the European Championships in Portugal and possibly the Global Games in Thailand, Zac has been working and training hard.
The 2-day competition saw Zac retain his 200m Butterfly title which he has now won 3-years running. Zac’s time in the final on Sunday was a new Championship Record.
As well as his Gold Medal on the Sunday. Zac also gained a silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley and a silver medal in the 400m Freestyle. Zac also won 3 silver medals in the 50m butterfly, 100m Butterfly and 100m Individual Medley.
Zac said:
“I always like to thank all the coaches and swimmers at Seaclose Swimming Club where I train and the Isle of Wight Council Talented Athlete Scheme, Wightlink in the Community with my travel support and all of the rest of my support team both in and out of the water”.
