Freyja Prentice, Kate French and Samantha Murray all recorded their best world cup finishes of the season as they claimed top 10 places in Kecskemet, Hungary. Prentice recovered from a tough start to head the team home in 7th with French producing a good all-round performance to finish 8th. Murray overcame stomach problems to finish
Jazz Carlin and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor are set to join fellow University of Bath-based swimmer Andrew Willis at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after a super Saturday at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow. Both Carlin and O’Connor, who train with the British Swimming National Centre Bath, set the Olympic consideration time for their events as
In a golden night for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Lizzie Simmonds won the 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke respectively, while team mate Andrew Willis beat a world-class field and set the Rio 2016 Olympic qualification standard. Chemical Engineering graduate Willis produced a brilliant swim in his specialist
Jazz Carlin won her second title of the week and University of Bath student Miles Munro announced himself as a potential future Olympian on day three of the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow. Another rising star, Anna Hopkin, won 50m freestyle silver to take the tally of medals for University of Bath-based swimmers to seven
A nail-biting netball victory in front of a noisy 800-strong crowd provided a fitting conclusion to an outstanding day of student sport as the University of Bath won their inaugural Varsity match against Cardiff Metropolitan University. The University’s netball team, featuring three players with Superleague experience, rallied from ten-goals down at half-time to win 51-49
There was a medal of each colour for University of Bath-based swimmers on day two of the British Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials in Glasgow. Chris Walker-Hebborn won a fourth successive gold in the men’s 100m backstroke, although it was a victory tinged with disappointment as he narrowly missed out on the time needed to
Jazz Carlin struck gold and student Jay Lelliott won bronze during an encouraging opening day for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials in Glasgow. Carlin, one of many British Swimming National Centre Bath athletes in action at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre this week, was victorious in a hard-fought
A host of University of Bath-based swimmers will be looking to secure their place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this week when the 2016 British Swimming Championships take place in Glasgow. The six-day competition, which begins on Tuesday at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, will also determine the British Swimming team for next month’s
Top seeds Heather Olver and Lauren Smith raced to the Orleans International 2016 women’s doubles title in France on Sunday as England’s national champions picked up more valuable qualification points in the Race to Rio standings. Olver and Smith overcame home hopes Delphine Delrue and Lea Palermo, the unseeded French pair who had taken out
GB’s Kate French finished in 11th place in Rome today after being the only women to qualify for the World Cup 3 final. French had a fantastic start to the day when she came 4th in the fencing salle, scoring 22 victories and 13 defeats and securing herself 232 modern pentathlon points. The 25-year-old was
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