Layla Black

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Prior to Florida

According to CollegeSwimming.com, Black is the No. 40-ranked recruit overall and the No. 1-ranked recruit from Great Britain
Won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games 2017, with a personal-best swim of 2:31.00
Finished fifth in the 100-meter breaststroke at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games, with a time of 1:11.80
Placed sixth with a mark of 34.03 in the 50-meter breaststroke at the VI Commonwealth Games
2017 European Junior Champion – 200-meter breaststroke
Three-time Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist (Samoa 2015, Bahamas 2017)
First athlete to win gold at 2 consecutive Commonwealth Youth Games – 200-meter breaststroke
Silver medalist at the 2016 European Junior Championships – 200-meter breaststroke
Two-time Bronze medalist at the European Games – 200-meter breaststroke & 4x100-meter medley relay
Four-time British age group record holder
Became the first person at the City of Leeds Swimming Club to become a European Junior Champion – doing so under coach Richard Deivigan
Holds 13 British national medals (eight gold, two silver and three bronze)
Named England Junior Swimmer of the Year in 2015