Martha Ricketts
Availability status: Available
Country: United Kingdom
Date of birth: 08/09/2007
Height: 5 feet 3 inches
Sex: Female
Graduation Year: 2026
Enrollment Year: 2026
Qualifications:
High School Grades: English Literature: A, Chemistry: A, History: A, Business Studies: A, PE: B, Physics: B, Biology: B, English Language: B, Maths: B;
SAT: Not taken yet
PERSONAL BEST TIMES
50m Fly (SC): 30.91
50m Fly (LC): 31.34
100m Fly (SC): 1:05.97
100m Fly (LC): 1:08.23
200m Fly (SC): 2:22.73
200m Fly (LC): 2:25.92
200m IM (SC): 2:26.37
200m IM (LC): 2:30.84
400m IM (SC): 5:08.00
400m IM (LC): 5:16.33
200m Free (SC): 2:13.32
200m Free (LC): 2:15.56
400m Free (SC): 4:41.45
400m Free (LC): 4:43.88
800m Free (SC): 9:35.47
800m Free (LC): 9:45.25
1500m Free (SC): 18.21.96
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Qualified for the 2022 & 2024 British Championships
17th place Age Group 2024 British Championships (200m Fly)
Qualified for the 2022, 2023 & 2024 English Championships
5th place Age Group 2023 English Championships (200m Fly)
5th place Age Group 2024 English Championships (400m IM)
Qualified for the 2023 English Winter Nationals (200m Fly)
Represented club at Regionals every year since 2020.
Bronze medal at the West Midlands Regionals (200m Fly)
Silver medal at the West Midlands Regionals (4×100 medley)
Club Captain for Royal Wolverhampton School Swimming Club for the 24/25 season
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
Hardworking, coachable, ambitious, positive, disciplined.
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
I joined The Royal Wolverhampton School Swimming Club in the National Development Squad and, due to my work ethic and positivity, I was invited to join the Elite squad after my first year. I was so pleased as I knew that the Elite Squad would challenge me and enable me to reach my swimming goals.
Goals:
Next season I hope to qualify for the British Championships in April 2025.
To make a final in the British Summer age group championships in 2025.
To improve on my bronze in 200m fly at regionals in 2025. Sub 2.20.00 200 fly (long course) and sub 5.10.00 400 IM (long course).
Anything else we should know?
In order to be part of a performance swimming club I moved to The Royal Wolverhampton School Swimming Club in October 2022. This involved me moving schools and boarding full time at school. This has really benefitted my swimming and I love being part of a close-knit team. The independence and performance driven environment has really developed me as a person and an athlete.