Swimming champion Myles Crouch-Anderson has been in Wellingborough motivating pupils to aim high.

The Wollaston School pupil has been holding sessions with children from 11 schools across the county to help them with their swimming and encourage them to always strive for the best.

On Monday he visited the Waendel Leisure Centre in Wellingborough to work with Year 4 and Year 6 children from his old school, Park Junior School.

He has also held sessions with children from Irthlingborough Junior School, his home town, and nine other schools in Northampton where he trains.

The sessions involved working with the children in the pool to improve their swimming technique and answering questions.

Myles wanted to do something to give back to the community and said he thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

He said: "It was fun. I was there to try to inspire children from the different schools and it felt good.

"All the teachers said it really helped motivate their students so hopefully it worked."

Myles began swimming when he was seven years old and his love of the sport grew from there.

He holds the 400m and 800m British record for freestyle in his age group and has just qualified for the European Youth Olympics which will be held in Finland on Monday, July 20.

He said: "I have always wanted to win a gold medal and winning at the Olympics has always been a dream of mine.

"I like the challenge and trying to be the best I can be so I wanted to pass that on to others."

Steve Jackson, school swimming co-ordinator for Northamptonshire County Council, who helped organise the sessions, said: "Myles holds the British record for 400m and 800m freestyle and he is aiming to compete in the 2012 Olympics so these events were about having a local sportsman come in to help inspire the children and raise their aspirations.

"It helps to be able to identify with someone who is successful at swimming and still keeps up with his school work because it shows them if he can do it so can they."