Glasgow's Katie Shanahan is set on writing her name into backstroke history books.

The 18-year-old stormed onto the senior international stage when she won silver at the European Championships last year, going on to clinch bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Fast forward eight months and Shanahan, who recently moved to swim under Steve Tigg at the University of Stirling, smashed her 200m backstroke personal best by over a second at the BUCS Championships in Sheffield.

It was a swim that cemented her as the fourth-fastest Brit ever in the event.

With the ever-impressive Kaylee McKeown of Australia recently powering to a new 200m backstroke world record time of 2:03.14, Shanahan is excited to harness her full potential and one day challenge the Olympic champion.

"Kaylee is amazing," said the journalism and sports science student.

"How she's able to go and break a world record in such a low-key event is really impressive.

"Every meet, trials and world champs, things are getting faster and the standards are getting better.

"For 200 back, there are so many fast girls in the world at the moment that are swimming fast such as Kaylee or Kylie Masse in Canada.

"It's a really competitive race to be a part of and I'm thrilled to be getting into that mix.

"Hopefully in the next few years I'll be able to lay a mark in that event and be one of those big names that go along with it.

"I was really happy with that swim in Sheffield, I wasn't expecting to swim that well as I'd just come back from a three-week altitude camp in Arizona.

"But I think that actually helped me quite a lot, but I was very shocked as I definitely wasn't thinking I would PB."

With a second Birmingham bronze coming through the 400m individual medley last summer, Shanahan is now gaining a wealth of knowledge through Stirling training partner and 200m medley Olympic silver medallist Duncan Scott.

And the Glaswegian is relishing the challenge of more home-based competition through good friends and medley rivals Freya Colbert and Abbie Wood.

"I've settled into Stirling really well and it's not been too much of a change," she said.

"Not many people can say that they train with Duncan Scott everyday which is pretty amazing. Doing key sets with him is always quite fun.

"But in Stirling there aren't really IM girls, so to have Freya coming through in the 400IM is great and hopefully we can keep having that rivalry in the pool as well as our friendship outside of it.

"It's the same with Abbie in the 200 IM. She's obviously quite a bit faster than me now but it's great to race with her and gain that experience."

Shanahan will be back on the famed poolside of Ponds Forge next month as she competes at the British Swimming Championships between 4th and 9th April.

The Sheffield event will also double up as trials for the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan this summer, an event Shanahan is confident that she can qualify for as she continues her barrage of international success.

"I'm really looking forward to Champs," she said.

"I'm hoping to improve from BUCS and the recent Edinburgh International and try to get those qualifying times for the Worlds.

"I do have quite a lot of confidence in myself that I can get those times and improve.

"The Paris 2024 Olympics are obviously in my sights, and it would be a dream to qualify for that Olympic team but in the meantime, those upcoming Worlds are at the forefront of my mind."

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