Common wealth Games silver medallist Michael Jamieson led the way as the University of Bath completed runners-up at the British Universities and Colleges Sport long course championships. The sports performance student, who trains at British Swimming's British Gas Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC), completed an inspiring 100m and 200m crawl double at Sheffield at weekend.Jamieson's triumph in the 200m breaststroke the event in which he won silver for Scotland at the Delhi 2010 Common wealth Games earned him the top male performance award.
Jess Dickons, also a sports performance student who trains at the Bath ITC, won the 200m butterfly heading at the championships. There were also runners-up places for Bath ITC swimmer Calum Jarvis in the 100m and 200m crawl, and student squad swimmer Charlie Barnes in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, as well as for the women's 4x100m medley relay quartet. University of Bath performance group swimmer Rachel Bennett was third in the 200m freestyle, as was chemical engineering student and Bath ITC swimmer Andrew Willis in the 200m breaststroke.
The university's 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay quartets both came third as the team took second place in the overall rankings, with the women finishing second and the men third. That was a big improvement on the BUCS short course championships in November when the university were third overall, third in the men's occasion and fifth in the women’s. Head coach Mark Skimming said: "It was a great performance."Everybody pulled together and supported each other marvellously. Everyone stood up and gave a great effort."
Jess Dickons, also a sports performance student who trains at the Bath ITC, won the 200m butterfly heading at the championships. There were also runners-up places for Bath ITC swimmer Calum Jarvis in the 100m and 200m crawl, and student squad swimmer Charlie Barnes in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, as well as for the women's 4x100m medley relay quartet. University of Bath performance group swimmer Rachel Bennett was third in the 200m freestyle, as was chemical engineering student and Bath ITC swimmer Andrew Willis in the 200m breaststroke.
The university's 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay quartets both came third as the team took second place in the overall rankings, with the women finishing second and the men third. That was a big improvement on the BUCS short course championships in November when the university were third overall, third in the men's occasion and fifth in the women’s. Head coach Mark Skimming said: "It was a great performance."Everybody pulled together and supported each other marvellously. Everyone stood up and gave a great effort."
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