Record Breaking National Swimming Championships for Bishop’s Stortford College Pupil

Lower Fifth (Year 10) pupil, Peterson Inhensiko, achieved a podium place in all 13 events he entered at the Ugandan Swimming Federation (USF) National Championships, including gold in four of these, alongside setting three new national age group records and being awarded the top swimmer in his age group.

The 9th National Championships, which took place from 27 – 30 June at Kampala Parents School, Uganda, featured over 600 swimmers representing 20 teams from across the country. Spanning four days, the championships saw swimmers compete in a range of disciplines in U10, U11-U12, U15-16 and 18+ age categories.

Peterson, who has been swimming since the age of five, is part of the College’s Performance Swim Squad and swims for Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club. At the championships, Peterson was entered into 11 individual events, and two relay events, in which he gained a podium place in every event, including gold in the 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, and 100m Freestyle. In doing so, he also broke the Uganda national age group records for the 50m Freestyle with a time of 24.94 seconds, the 50m Breaststroke with a time of 31.47 seconds, and 50m Backstroke with a time of 28.37 seconds. Peterson was awarded the top male swimmer for his age group as a result of his achievements.

Head of Aquatics at Bishop’s Stortford College, Ashley Bygraves, commented, “We are enormously proud of Peterson for his performance at the USF National Championships. His achievements are outstanding and testament to the hard work and commitment he puts in at training, and we cannot wait to watch his swimming journey unfold even more in the future.”