World and Commonwealth places up for grabs as a host of Bath-based swimmers compete in British Swimming Championships

04 April 2022

Nearly 50 University of Bath-based swimmers are heading to the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield this week to compete in the British Swimming Championships 2022.

Among those in action are nine Tokyo Olympians, five of whom won gold for Team GB last summer, and a host of talented students in both the British Swimming National Centre Bath and University of Bath swimming squads.

Six promising youngsters from the Team Bath AS community club are also competing at the championships, which run from Tuesday to Sunday (6-11 April) and will see the country’s top swimmers look to stake their selection claims for major events including this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham plus World and European Championships.

Fifteen members of the hugely-successful National Centre Bath squad – coached by David McNulty in the University’s London 2012 Legacy Pool – are on the entry list including Olympic Champions Freya Anderson, Tom Dean, James Guy, Calum Jarvis and Matt Richards.

The last four of those are all in a world-class 200m freestyle field for the last race of the week, where Tokyo gold-medallist Dean will be looking to add the British crown to his Olympic title.

Joining them in Sheffield are fellow Olympians Kieran Bird, Jacob Peters and Brodie Williams, as well as sporting scholars Cam Brooker (Mechanical Engineering) and Leah Crisp (Economics & Mathematics), Sports Performance student Jono Adam and graduate Luke Turley. Holly Hibbott, Emily Large and Ed Mildred complete an exciting National Centre squad.

Double Olympian and World Short-Course Champion Ben Proud is among a 28-strong University of Bath Swimming Club squad coached by Mark Skimming and Andrei Vorontsov that also includes Goldsmith Sporting Scholar William Ryley (Management) and Team Bath Dual Career student-athletes Jemima Hall, Markos Iakovidis, Reid Jones, Bruno Kempster, Hamid Laguda, Henrique Mascarenhas, Lewis Maxwell, Ekaterina Price and Tobi Sijuade.

Also on the entry list are Johnpaul Balloqui, who has qualified to represent Gibraltar at the Commonwealth Games, Tom Beagley, Chloe Bown, Joseph Coldwell, Aryaan Din, Miles Drabwell, Shem Fair, Joshua Gammon, Jacob Greenow, Thomas Menlove, David Miller, Aidan Mitchell, Ethan Rayment, Iain Rose, Charlotte Wynne-Jones, Thomas Taylor and Gerda Vasiliauskaite.

Representing Team Bath AS at the British Championships are Katherine Butcher, Natalia Druett, Mark Edmundson, Rue Fowler, Lawrence Martindale and Niamh Ward.

The 50m pool at the Sports Training Village, used by all 49 swimmers competing at this week’s British Championships, is open to the public for swim-fit sessions – click here to view our April timetable and find out how to book.

Who to watch and when

Tuesday 5th April

Women’s 50m breaststroke: Chloe Bown (UoB); Natalia Druett (TBAS).
Men’s 50m backstroke: Jono Adam, Cam Brooker (NC); Lewis Maxwell (UoB); Mark Edmundson (TBAS).
Women’s 200m freestyle: Freya Anderson, Holly Hibbott, Emily Large (NC); Jemima Hall, Ekaterina Price, Charlotte Wynne-Jones (UoB); Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 400m freestyle: Kieran Bird, Luke Turley (NC); Henrique Mascarenhas, Thomas Menlove, Ethan Rayment, William Ryley (UoB).
Men’s 100m breaststroke: Tom Beagley, Joseph Coldwell, Miles Drabwell, Shem Fair, David Miller, Tobi Sijuade (UoB).

Wednesday 6th April

Men’s 50m breaststroke: Tom Beagley, Joseph Coldwell, Shem Fair, Marcos Iakovides, Tobi Sijuade (UoB).
Women’s 50m butterfly: Jemima Hall (UoB).
Men’s 200m butterfly: James Guy, Ed Mildred (NC); Johnpaul Balloqui, Joshua Gammon, Aidan Mitchell (UoB).
Women’s 100m backstroke: Jemima Hall (UoB); Katherine Butcher, Rue Fowler, Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 100m backstroke: Jono Adam, Cam Brooker, Brodie Williams (NC); Miles Drabwell, Lewis Maxwell (UoB); Mark Edmundson (TBAS).
Women’s 200m breaststroke: Chloe Bown (UoB); Natalia Druett (TBAS).
Women’s 800m freestyle: Leah Crisp (NC); Charlotte Wynne-Jones (UoB).

Thursday 7th April

Women’s 50m freestyle: Chloe Bown, Jemima Hall (UoB); Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 400m IM: Brodie Williams (NC); Jacob Greenow, Lewis Maxwell, William Ryley (UoB).
Women’s 200m butterfly: Holly Hibbott, Emily Large (NC); Ekaterina Price (UoB).
Men’s 100m freestyle: Tom Dean, Calum Jarvis, Ed Mildred, Matt Richards (NC); Aryaan Din, Miles Drabwell, Marcos Iakovides, Reid Jones, Bruno Kempster, Hamid Laguda, Henrique Mascarenhas, Ben Proud, Thomas Taylor (UoB).
Men’s 1,500m freestyle: Luke Turley (NC); Aidan Mitcell (UoB).

Friday 8th April

Women’s 200m backstroke: Gerda Vasiliauskaite (UoB); Rue Fowler, Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 100m butterfly: James Guy, Ed Mildred, Jacob Peters (NC); Miles Drabwell, Joshua Gammon, Reid Jones, Lewis Maxwell, Aidan Mitchell, Iain Rose (UoB).
Women’s 100m freestyle: Freya Anderson (NC); Chloe Bown, Jemima Hall (UoB).
Men’s 200m breaststroke: Tom Beagley, David Miller (UoB).

Saturday 9th April

Women’s 50m backstroke: Jemima Hall, Gerda Vasiliauskaite (UoB); Katherine Butcher, Rue Fowler, Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 50m freestyle: Aryaan Din, Marcos Iakovides, Reid Jones, Bruno Kempster, Henrique Mascarenhas, Ben Proud, William Ryley, Tobi Sijuade, Thomas Taylor (UoB).
Women’s 400m freestyle: Freya Anderson, Leah Crisp, Holly Hibbott (NC); Jemima Hall, Charlotte Wynne-Jones (UoB); Niamh Ward (TBAS).
Men’s 200m IM: Tom Dean (NC); Miles Drabwell, Jacob Greenow, Lewis Maxwell, David Miller (UoB).
Women’s 200m IM: Chloe Bown (UoB); Rue Fowler (TBAS).
Men’s 800m freestyle: Kieran Bird, Luke Turley (NC); Thomas Menlove, Aidan Mitchell (UoB).

Sunday 10th April

Men’s 50m butterfly: Jacob Peters (NC); Aryaan Din, Joshua Gammon, Reid Jones, Bruno Kempster, Lewis Maxwell, Aidan Mitchell, Ben Proud, Tobi Sijuade, Thomas Taylor (UoB); Mark Edmundson, Lawrence Martindale, Oliver Watts (TBAS).
Women’s 100m breaststroke: Chloe Bown (UoB); Natalia Druett (TBAS).
Men’s 200m backstroke: Jono Adam, Cam Brooker, Brodie Williams (NC); Miles Drabwell, Jacob Greenow, Lewis Maxwell, David Miller (UoB); Mark Edmondson (TBAS).
Women’s 100m butterfly: Emily Large (NC); Ekaterina Price (UoB).
Men’s 200m freestyle: Kieran Bird, Tom Dean, James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Ed Mildred, Matt Richards (NC); Aryaan Din, Henrique Mascarenhas, Ethan Rayment, Iain Rose, William Ryley (UoB).
Women’s 1,500m freestyle: Lucy Crisp (NC); Charlotte Wynne-Jones (UoB).

NC: National Centre Bath; UoB: University of Bath; TBAS: Team Bath AS.

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