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Derventio Open Meet

 

A mid cycle splash by some of our team produced good swims at the Derventio Open Meet.

 

Daniel Fogg and Scott Hathaway (pictured below) completed golden hat tricks at the meet; Daniel winning the 100m (yes! The 100m!!), 200m & 400m freestyle while Scott took the 50m, 100m & 200m backstrokes…teammate Joe Canlan Shaw took silver in all three backstrokes to make it a Loughborough 1-2. James Wardle & James Lovatt added to the gold rush with a win in the 50m butterfly & 100m butterfly respectively.

 

Sophie Casson built her swims throughout the weekend and after taking silver in the 100m/200m backstrokes & 100m free she put in a blistering 200m freestyle of 2:04.15 to take gold. Jade Barclay recorded a 3 second lifetime best of 2:15.58 to take the 200m butterfly title whilst Georgina Fromson looked impressive as she sprinted to victory in the 50m butterfly.

 

Ralph Anstis & Clive Bates seized the opportunity to set Qualifying times for Summer Nationals; Ralph going 59.06 in the 100m fly and Clive 54.46 100m free.

 

Results summary:

 

GOLD

Jade Barclay 200m fly, James Wardle 50m fly, Daniel Fogg 100m/200m/400m free,

James Lovatt 100m butterfly, Sophie Casson 200m free, Scott Hathaway 50m/100/200m back,  Georgina Fromson 50m fly

SILVER

Georgina Fromson 50m free& 50m back, James Lovatt 100m free, Sophie Casson 100m/200m back, & 100m free, Joe Canlan Shaw 50m/100m/200m back & 200m IM

BRONZE

James Tait 100m & 200m breast, Georgina Fromson 100m fly, James Wardle 100m free, James Lovatt 50m back, Simon Churchman 200m free, Catherine Pickthall 50m fly
 
For full results from the meet go to the results page
 

Seven Hills Meet Rome

 

 

Loughborough swimmers were in medal winning form at the 7 Hills Meet in Rome.

 

Using the meet as part of their Olympic preparation, they raced to medal winning performances in this world class event.

 

World Champion & World Record Holder, Liam Tancock, swam to gold in the 200m individual medley and silver in the 100m backstroke. He also took gold as part of the 4 x 100m medley relay.

 

Relay gold seemed the order of the day for many Loughborough swimmers; Lizzie Simmonds & Kate Haywood playing their part in the 4 x 100m medley team, Tancock & Ross Davenport bolstering the men’s 4 x 100m medley relay, McClatchey forming part of the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle team and Davenport & David Carry contributing to the men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay.

 

Loughborough newcomer and world silver medallist, Lizzie Simmonds, looked impressive as she executed her new race format to take silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 100m event whilst Kate Haywood took double bronze in the 50m & 100m breaststroke.

 

Individual medley specialist, Euan Dale, raced to bronze medals in the 200m & 400m events with  David Carry adding to the bronze medal count with a  3rd place finish in the 400m freestyle.

 

Caitlin McClatchey sprinted to bronze in the 100m freestyle while Melanie Marshall added to the medal count with a silver as part of the 4 x 100m freestyle relay.
 
French Open Paris
 

Loughborough swimmers hit the medal trail when they dipped into the French Open held in Paris.

 

Kate Haywood & Lizzie Simmonds proved to be the “golden girls” as they outclassed their rivals over the 3 day competition.

Kate Haywood demonstrated her consistency with an outstanding heat swim of 1:08.63 in the 100m breaststroke and then going on to win the final in 1:09.66 whilst Lizzie Simmonds dominated the field to take the 200m backstroke title and gain an impressive victory over Olympic Gold medallist Laure Manadou (France). Kate  went on to take bronze in the 50m breaststroke with Lizzie taking silver in the 100m backstroke.

 

Caitlin McClatchey added to the Loughborough medals with silver in the 200m freestyle & bronze in the 100m freestyle.

 

World record holder, Liam Tancock, faced formidable opposition in the 100m backstroke from Randal Bal (USA) and paid the price for a poor start  by having to be content with the silver medal. Liam went on to take bronze in the 50m backstroke event.

 

For several swimmers the meet was the culmination of a hectic few weeks which saw them compete successfully in Rome and then complete a rigorous training camp in Sardinia.

 
For full results from the meet go to the results page

 

 

 

 

 
 
Loughborough's Daniel Fogg competing as part of a British open water team won a Silver Medal in his first ever International 10km open water swim with an impressive performance in the Len European Open Water Swimming Cup being held in Piombino, Italy.
 
Gold went to Valerio Cleri of Italy in 2hr01.08, Daniel finished 2nd in 2hr04.16 with Nicola Bolzonello claiming Bronze in 2hr04.23
 
Daniel's performance thoroughly delighted his Loughborough coach Kevin Renshaw. He described Daniel's performance as "a great result for him especially as it was a sea swim and he hates the sea!
 
 It was a great swim but he made a few errors and that is what we wanted. We wanted to use the event to gain experience and he learned some valuable lessons that will stand him in good stead for the future."
 
 
 

Loughborough University
Tops the University Sports League

Loughborough has been confirmed as the best university in the UK for sport in the latest instalment of The Complete University Guide, published today (12 June) in The Independent newspaper.

The Sport and Recreation table is based on BUSA (British University Sports Association) rankings, and also rates other factors such as sports facility provision.

Chris Earle, Loughborough’s director of sport, says the University’s commitment to inclusive sport is key to its success. “We give each student who comes here a positive experience, whether it’s an Olympic hopeful or someone who wants to kick a football about,” he said.

“We have 53 sports clubs you can join, and in each of those you can go for gold or just have fun.”

Loughborough has made a unique contribution to the world of sport for over sixty years. It has perhaps the best, integrated sports development environment in the world, and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff.

Loughborough students have dominated the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) championships for nearly thirty years, having won the men’s title for 27 consecutive year and the women’s for 29.
 

The Times league table confirms Loughborough as one of UK’s top-ranked universities

Loughborough has retained its 12th place ranking, out of 113 institutions, in this year’s Times Good University Guide, reinforcing its position as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions

In the individual subject tables, Loughborough is ranked in the top ten in 18 of the tables, and is rated number one in Building, Sport, and Librarianship and Information Management.

 To read all press releases from the university click here
 
Open Days
 
It was good to see and talk to prospective students at yesterday's Open Day. We are sure that you will agree Loughborough is the place to be for your swimming and your studies.
 
If you are now thinking about coming to Loughborough in the next couple of years please send us an email to make the initial contact. i.c.armiger@lboro.ac.uk
 
In the future use this contact to keep us up to date with your training and racing performances and your UCAS applications.
 
If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us, that's what we are here for.
 
If you did not have the opportunity to come along to this Open Day then there are two other  University open days  later in the year for prospective students. They are being held on Thursday 18th & Friday 19th September. Why not book a place to come along and see what Loughborough has to offer you.
 
Please pass this information on to other interested friends and family.

 
For the second year running Liam Tancock has been awarded the BUSA Sportsman of the Year on an International Stage. Liam could not attend the awards dinner due to a pre Olympic training camp in Italy.
 
On hearing the news Liam said "I am very happy that I have won the International Sportsman of the Year Award for the second year running in addition to the National Sportsman of the Year three years ago"
 
"I am really benefiting from the great support that I receive here at Loughborough University from the academic staff and the coaching staff allowing me to pursue my degree and swimming career"
 
At the same awards Loughborough were also awarded the R.F.Kerslake Trophy as Overall BUSA Champions. Another Loughborough winner was cricketer Nikki Shaw who won the BUSA Sportswoman on a National Stage.
 
To view two of the Loughborough award winners collecting their trophies on the evening click here to go to the BUSA website.

Great Britain Caps
 
In addition to our 11 Olympians , congratulations to Chris Watkinson, Craig Elliot, Scott Hathaway, Daniel Fogg, Grant Turner, Daniel Coombs & Claudia Coleman who have all be selected to represent Great Britain at the inaugural Tri Nations swim cup involving teams from Canada and France.
The meet will be held in Quebec City, Canada from the 1st-3rd August
 
In addition Joe Roebuck will be heading off to the US Open in Minneapolis from the 29th July-2nd August.
 
We will endeavour to place all results links on the results page of the Loughborough website so that you can keep up to date how our swimmers have got on this summer.
 
Calendar of summer 2008 meets:
ASA Nationals, Liverpool 10th-13th July
US Open, Minneapolis, USA 29th July-2nd August
Tri Nations, Quebec City, Canada 1st-3rd August
Olympic Games, Beijing, China (Swimming 9th-17th August)

On the 10th July over 40 Loughborough swimmers will be heading up to the new pool at Liverpool (pictured below) to compete at the ASA National Championships.

Liverpool's Olympic size swimming pool at Picton lifestyles gym in Wavertree

This meet is also being used as a preparation meet for our 11 Olympians who will then head off to their pre Olympic holding camp two weeks after this championships.
 
For more information about the schedule and the draft programme check out the British Swimming website by clicking here
If you are attending this meet there is limited spectator space so click on the link above to get further information regarding tickets.
 
 

GB Masters Manchester.
 
Over the weekend of the 20th-22nd June members of Loughborough Swimming Alumni, Aimee Ramm, GB Police (currently still training with the team); Sarah Healy, Wandsworth; Katie Henderson, Reading; Stuart Manford, Wandsworth; Helen Woodbridge, GB Police & Andi Manley, Swindon Dolphins competed at the GB Masters LC meet in Manchester.
 
Aimee competing in the 25-29 year old age group for the GB Police was the most successful swimmer racing to World, European and British Records in the 100m Freestyle. (The previous records were set by 5 time Olympian Alison Shepard in 1998 ) Aimee is pictured below with here medal and in action as part of the Police relay team.
 
In addition to her 100 freestyle record Aimee went on to record a European record in the 100m Butterfly and a British record in the 50m Butterfly also winning the 50m Freestyle.
 
 
 A successful medal hall was achieved by the other swimmers with Andi Manley competing in 30-34 year old age winning the 200IM & 100 Free with second places in the 100 Fly & 50 Free.
 
In the 25-29 year old age group Katie Henderson was the winner in all three of her individual races, the 200 Breast, 100 Breast & 200 Free. Sarah Healey achieved three second places in the 100 Fly, 100 Free & 50 Fly. Stuart Manford achieved two second places in the 50 & 100 Breast with a third place in the 50 Free.
 
Congratulations to all of the swimmers on their spectacular performances.
 
To view all of the results from the weekend click here
Loughborough Swimming
In this issue:
Swim Meets
Fogg takes 1st Open Water medal
Academic and Sporting recognition
Tancock Wins again
International Selections
Summer Nationals
Alumni Swim News
 
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