After Jessica Fullalove clocked 2:11.33 in the 200m backstroke heats to qualify second fastest for the evening session things looked good for the Royton teen but a difficult race left her cradling a bronze medal.

Last year Eric Ham was crowned British under-21 champion while just last month he took junior gold at the English Open in Sheffield as the 17-year-old prepares to move to senior level on a permanent basis.

Manchester’s 400 metres specialist Seren Bundy-Davies was left with a tinge of disappointment despite winning two medals at the European Indoor Championships in Prague last weekend.

Aged just 21, Thomas Wilson is a relative newcomer to the Three Lions environment having first joined up with the squad towards the end of last year after impressing in his debut season with Lancashire, which caught the eye of coach Derek Morgan.