Graduate Andrew Willis through to third World Swimming Championships final

University of Bath graduate Andrew Willis will contest his third successive FINA World Championships final in Kazan, Russia on Friday after impressing in the heats and semis. Willis, who completed his Chemical Engineering degree this summer, was second-fastest in the 200m breaststroke heats on Thursday morning. He then clocked 2:08.72 – just outside his personal best – in the semi-finals to progress as fifth quickest. Having finished eighth in Shanghai in 2011 and fourth in...

06 August 2015

Team Bath Netball players ready to start Netball World Cup campaigns in Sydney

Team Bath Netball players Stacey Francis and Claire Brownie will go from team-mates to opponents on Friday when England and Scotland get their 2015 Netball World Cup campaigns under way in Sydney, Australia. The Roses and the Thistles meet in the opening match in Pool B, which will be shown live on Sky Sports 3 HD and Sky One from 5.40am BST. Goal-defence Francis will be looking to help England make their traditionally good start...

06 August 2015

World record, world gold for Bath swimmers Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor

Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor helped Great Britain’s mixed 4x100m medley relay team set a new world record during a golden evening at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The swimmers, who both train with the British Swimming National Centre at the University of Bath, teamed up with Adam Peaty and Fran Halsall to touch the wall first in 3:41.71 in Wednesday’s final. Backstroke specialist Walker-Hebborn got the British quartet off to a superb...

05 August 2015

Latest athletes of the month announced

Swimmer Jazz Carlin, skier Nick Moynihan, hurdler Dave King and netballer Stacey Francis are the latest winners of the Team Bath Athlete of the Month awards. The awards, which are supported by REVO Eyewear and Ellis & Killpartrick, once again showcased the impressive array of sporting talent at the University of Bath. Carlin and Moynihan won the awards for April after both enjoying British Championship successes. Carlin – coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the...

05 August 2015

One year to Rio – University of Bath athletes start Olympic countdown

Athletes, students, coaches and graduates at the University of Bath are excitedly counting down to Rio 2016, with just one year to go until the Olympic Games get under way. Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallists are among the many athletes from a wide range of sports aspiring to be Brazil-bound in 12 months’ time. Bringing home just how close the Games are is the fact that the University of Bath is staging a Rio...

05 August 2015

England Women call up Fran Wilson for Ashes Test against Australia

University of Bath graduate Fran Wilson has been called into the England Women’s cricket squad for next week’s Ashes Test against Australia. Middlesex batsman Wilson, who completed her Sports Performance degree in 2014, earned her place after scoring back-to-back half-centuries against the tourists for England Women’s Academy. Australia currently lead the points-based Ashes series 4-2 after winning the last two one-day matches but four points are available in the Test match, which starts at Canterbury...

05 August 2015

Top-five finish for Chris Walker-Hebborn at World Swimming Championships

University of Bath-based swimmer Chris Walker-Hebborn was a fine fifth in Tuesday’s 100m backstroke final at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The Commonwealth and European champion had qualified eighth-fastest from Monday’s semi-finals but saved his best swim for when it mattered and was just four-tenths of a second away from a podium place. His time of 53.02 was just outside his personal best and Walker-Hebborn, coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at...

04 August 2015

Brilliant bronze for Siobhan-Marie O’Connor at World Swimming Championships

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor became the first University of Bath-based swimmer to win a medal at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia when she took 200m individual medley bronze on Monday. The 19-year-old, coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, held off fast-finishing American Maya Di Rado to finish third in 2:08.77, just outside her personal best. Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won gold in a sensational world-record time of...

03 August 2015

Jazz Carlin so close to medal on opening night of World Swimming Championships in Kazan

University of Bath-based swimmer Jazz Carlin missed out on a medal by just four-tenths of a second on the opening night of the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Carlin, coached by Dave McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, clocked the fastest last 100m of anyone in the field but it wasn’t quite enough to snatch a podium place in Sunday’s 400m freestyle final. “I gave it my best shot,” said Carlin, who...

03 August 2015

Super six golds for University swimmers at British Summer Championships

University of Bath swimmers won a host of medals, including six gold, during an impressive week at the British Summer Championships, which took place at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Pharmacy student Anne Bochmann got the week off to a super start as she led the women’s 19yrs+ 200m freestyle final throughout to win gold in 2:00.04. Keynsham SC’s Amelia Maughan took silver in 2:00.40. The following evening saw Sports Performance student...

03 August 2015