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Loughborough swimmers eye Olympic selection
Posted on 27/12/08
Loughborough swimmers eye Olympic selection
Loughboroughs largest ever contingent of swimmers will be hoping to make the grade at the British Olympic trials taking place in Sheffield this week.
41 of the Universitys swimmers have achieved national qualification times to put them within reach of a place in Team GB. Swimmers must now prove they have what it takes to compete at the most prestigious world sporting event by achieving tough qualification standards set by British Swimming.
Evening heats and morning finals replicate the programme athletes can expect in Beijing, and swimmers must achieve a world top 12 time in the heats then finish top two in the finals to be considered for the British team.
Loughboroughs Liam Tancock and University-based David Davies have already qualified for Team GB through top three performances at last years World Championships. Other Loughborough swimmers, including Commonwealth Champions Caitlin McClatchey and Ross Davenport and multi-Commonwealth medallist Mel Marshall, are also favourites in the mix to gain Olympic selection.
Loughborough-based David Carry, swimming for Aberdeen Dolphins, will face tough competition for one of two spots up for grabs in the Freestyle events as he tries to make it to his second Olympics and improve on his world ranking.
My aim is to obviously qualify for the Olympic squad but to also re-establish myself in the worlds top 10 again, he said.
I have been through a selection event for the Olympics before and I know what to expect, but regardless of your experience it is possibly the most intense competition you could attend. There is more pressure on athletes to perform here than at an Olympics. But this is what we thrive off and what pushes us on to bring out better performances.
I am really excited about seeing how fast I will be able to swim this week. I havent had many opportunities to swim fast since last summer and I will be eager to see how much I have improved since the last time I raced.
Loughborough University Director of Swimming Ian Armiger is delighted with the number of swimmers that have achieved fast times to compete in Sheffield and hopes a good number of them will go on to gain Olympic selection.
The strength in depth of this team is outstanding, he said. To have 40 swimmers at an Olympic Trials where qualification times are really tough is a fantastic achievement.
The racing starts tonight and we expect to equal or surpass the number of swimmers at the Athens Olympics. We do have a couple of medal chances for Beijing as well. Our swimmers are performing well at the moment and after some great swims at the Europeans we expect them to step up to the next level in Sheffield. We might even see more British records fall.
The British Swimming Championships (Olympic Trials) take place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, from 31 March to 6 April. Heats start at 6pm and finals are at 10am. Live results are available via http://www.britishswimming.org
Loughborough University athletes in action this week are as follows:
Men
Liam Tancock, 200m Backstroke & 200m Individual Medley James Gibson, 100m Breaststroke Euan Dale, 200m Freestyle, 200m & 400m Individual Medley Ross Davenport, 50m, 100m & 200m Freestyle David Davies, 200m & 400m Freestyle (Based at Lboro) David Carry, 100m, 200m & 400m Freestyle (Based at lboro) James Goddard, 100m, 200m Backstroke & 200m Individual Medley Craig Gibbons, 50m, 100m Freestyle & 100m Backstroke Dean Milwain, 200m & 400m Freestyle Joe Roebuck, 200m Butterfly, 200m & 400m Individual Medley Chris Watkinson, 100m & 200m Breaststroke Scott Hathaway, 100m & 200m Backstroke Daniel Coombs, 100m, 200m, 400m Freestyle & 200m Individual Medley Grant Turner, 50m, 100m, 200m & 400m Freestyle Joe Canlan Shaw, 100m, 200m Backstroke & 200m Individual Medley Jonathon Cook, 200m & 400m Individual Medley Daniel Fogg, 400m & 1500m Freestyle Craig Elliot, 100m & 200m Breaststroke Jamie Broom, 200m & 400m Freestyle James Clarke, 100m, 200m, 400m Freestyle & 100m Butterfly Ewan Martin, 100m & 200m Breaststroke Jonathon Gatley, 400m Individual Medley James Tait, 100m Breaststroke Edward Downes, 200m Buttefly, 200m & 400m Individual Medley Adam Freundlich, 100m Breaststroke Josh Ker, 100m & 200m Butterfly James Lovatt, 100m, 200m Backstroke & 200m Individual Medley Michael Unsworth, 1500m Freestyle Women
Caitlin McClatchey, 100m, 200m, 400m & 800m Freestyle Melanie Marshall, 100m, 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m Backstroke Julia Beckett, 100m, 200m, 400m Freestyle & 100m Butterfly Kate Haywood, 100m & 200m Breaststroke Amy Smith, 50m, 100m & 200m Freestyle Rebecca Shaw, 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m Butterfly Aimee Ramm, 50m & 100m Freestyle Claudia Coleman, 50m & 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke & 200m Individual Medley Sophie Casson, 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m Backstroke Emma Boret, 100m & 200m Butterfly Jade Barclay, 200m Butterfly Georgina Fromson, 100m Butterfly Julianne Lago, 100m & 200m Butterfly
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