Stirling's Lucy Ellis rounded off the British Gas ASA National Championships in style when she became the second Scot to win a title.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games swimmer is better known as a sprint specialist, but moved up to the 400m freestyle and won gold at the Sheffield event with a personal best 4:09.68.
With Rebecca Adlington having opted out, Ellis finished first ahead of Anne Bochmann (City of Leeds) and Eleanor Faulkner (City of Sheffield).
In the 100m freestyle, Stirling's Jak Scott also set a personal best while claiming the bronze medal in 49.87. Adam Brown (Hatfield) won the title in 49.16, with Loughbrough's Grant Turner taking the silver medal in 49.25.
David Carry, winner of the 400m freestyle on Wednesday, was the other Scottish gold medallist last week and his was extra-special as it clinched a third Olympic Games. The 30-year-old Aberdonian, a double Commonwealth Games champion in 2006, will be the oldest swimmer in Team GB.
The five Scots who had already qualified for their individual events at the first round of trials in London in March are Hannah Miley (400m individual medley), Craig Benson (100m breaststroke), Michael Jamieson (200m breaststroke), Caitlin McClatchey (200m freestyle) and Robbie Renwick (200m freestyle). Relay places have still to be confirmed.
Miley will be the only one of the six to compete at the Scottish Gas Scottish National Championships starting at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh on Thursday.
She returned home to Inverurie yesterday from a training camp in Mallorca and has yet to finalise her programme, but she is looking forward to competing in the newly renovated pool.
"I haven't been at the Commonwealth Pool since it was refurbished but I'm looking forward to the championships," Miley said. "It is also the venue for Team GB's holding camp before the Olympics and it will be nice to be making the final preparations so close to home."
For the other Scottish Olympians, Saturday is an important date. That is when they will receive their Olympic outfits, and it will mark the start of the four-week final countdown to London 2012.
In yesterday's final session in Sheffield, Andrew Willis, a Bath training mate of Jamieson, won the 200m breaststroke in a fast 2:11.91, while Jemma Lowe, who had already qualified for her second Olympics, defended the 200m butterfly in 2:08.59.
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