Swimmer Brodie Williams became the first University of Bath-based athlete to win gold at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after another magnificent evening in the Sandwell Aquatic Centre. Williams, coached by David McNulty at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, produced an outstanding performance to take the 200m backstroke title by one-hundredth of a second after a thrilling final. “It means a lot," he said. "I won my first senior medal in the 100m but...
A trio of University of Bath students past and present will be proudly representing Guernsey on the athletics track at the newly-refurbished Alexander Stadium during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Chalmers brothers, Alastair and Cameron, will be competing in the 400m hurdles and 400m respectively. Both studied Sports Performance at Bath and are full GB internationals, with Alastair a semi-finalist at last week’s IAAF World Championships in Oregon and Cameron competing at the Tokyo...
They were Olympic gold-medal swimming team-mates in the 4x200m freestyle relay in Tokyo a year ago, now they’re wrapped in the flag of the Welsh dragon and heading together to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Matt Richards and Calum Jarvis (pictured right and left of James Guy during the Tokyo Olympics) were named today in a 20-strong Welsh swimming team for the Games. They will be joined in the Midlands in July by Kieran Bird,...
Team Bath, the sports department for the University of Bath, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society. The link-up between two of the city’s most recognised brands, both within the local community and nationally, will see Bath Building Society support sport and fitness at all levels within Team Bath – student, recreational and high-performance. It will also provide additional backing to the Team Bath Netball Superleague team, the University of...
Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons sprinted to double gold as University of Bath track and field student-athletes impressed at the 2022 BUCS and BT Outdoor Athletics Championships in Chelmsford over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Sibbons, a first-year Architecture student who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, eased to victory in both her 100m heat and semi-final before taking the individual title in 11.70 – just two-hundredths of a second clear of Edinburgh’s Alyson Bell. [caption id="attachment_67227"...
University of Bath graduate David King reached his first global championships final in dramatic fashion as he finished a superb sixth in the 60m hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. King, who had returned to the Team Bath Sports Training Village during the indoor season to finalise his preparations for the event, continued his fine form by equalling his personal best of 7.57 in his semi-final. That equalled the time...
Sprint hurdlers David King and Nick Andrews are competing at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Serbia this weekend after finalising their preparations at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. They will be representing Great Britain and Australia respectively in the men’s 60m hurdles competition in Belgrade, with all the action taking place on Sunday 20th March with the heats at 9.05am GMT, semi-final at 4.05pm GMT and final at 6.30pm GMT. Tokyo Olympian...
University of Bath student Justin Davies helped GB win mixed relay silver when he represented his country at the FISU World University Cross-Country Championships in Aveiro, Portugal on Saturday. Davies, who studies Biomedical Sciences and is supported by the Team Bath Dual Career programme, ran the fourth and final 2km leg of a race ran in heavy rain and maintained GB’s hold on second spot to bring the team home in 35:23, 20 seconds behind...
Team Bath Dual Career athlete Justin Davies has been called into the British team for this week’s World University Cross-Country Championships in Aveiro, Portugal. Davies, who studies Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bath and is coached by Martin Rush, will compete in the mixed relay event on Saturday. He has been in fine form this season, recording a top-five finish at the Tri-County Cross-Country Championships just before Christmas and winning 1,500m silver while wearing...
University of Bath student-athletes won a host of medals in athletics, badminton, fencing and swimming when they headed to Sheffield over the weekend for the first BUCS Nationals competition to be staged for two years. There was a medal of each colour for the University’s badminton players, coached by Peter Bush, with Molly Chapman and Santander Sporting Scholar Will Jones (both Sports Performance) taking the mixed doubles title. Jones also claimed men’s doubles silver with...
