A Year 6 pupil from Basingstoke has won six gold, one silver and two bronze medals in Swim England’s new Level X competition.

Keeleigh Cooke won the national medals by swimming in her local Basingstoke pool over the Christmas holidays.

Level X is a new concept launched by Swim England where swimmers pit themselves against others from across the country without leaving their home pool. Level X Racing gives club swimmers the opportunity to take part in a series of time-trials using all strokes at varying distances and then submit them to Swim England rankings.

Keeleigh has been swimming for the Basingstoke Bluefins since she was six. She is a boarder at Millfield Prep School in Glastonbury.

More than 16,200 swimmers from 430 clubs took part in the opening event between October 23 and the end of December.

A proud Keeleigh said: “I was really excited when the National Level X Swimming competition was announced. After the first lockdown, it was great to have a new challenge to work towards. I am very proud of my results and can’t wait to get back to training with my friends again”.