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UYSWC celebrated a number of impressive successes at last weekend’s BUCS competition, held in Sheffield, with a highly enthusiastic team smashing record after record.
The three-day event is one of the most important short course competitions, and got off to an excellent start with the Men’s 200m freestyle team setting a new club record. The relay team, composed of Jacob Shaw, Tomasz Dobrzycki, Michael Tansini and Lewis Cherry, swam a highly impressive 1:43.20.
On the second day the team was unstoppable and even more club records were broken. In the Men’s 50m Breaststroke - Michael Tansini set a new club record of 32.7. In the Women’s 100m Butterfly, a standout performance from fresher Alice Cary produced yet another club record. She gained 13th place, and her time of 1:07.94, shaved over three seconds off the previous record of 1:11. In the Women’s 200m backstroke, Kim Briscoe set the first official club record of 2:33.39 and came 17th. And in the Men’s 200m Backstroke, Elliot Thurland achieved a new club record of 2:19.99, beating the previous one (2:28.34) by over 8 seconds.
On Sunday, the third day, the swimmers showed no signs of fatigue, with strong performances from both the male and female teams. In the Men’s 200m Individual Medley, Tomasz Dobrzycki swam a new club record of 2:22.76, beating the previous one (2:26.95) by over 4 seconds.
Alice Cary’s amazing performance in the heats of the Women’s 50m butterfly with a time of 29.75 meant she qualified to swim in the finals. In the afternoon finals she again improved her time with a highly impressive 29.67 and overall 7th place. In the 100m Backstroke, she gave another standout performance, ending in 6th overall with a time of 1:07.10.
The team also saw success in the Men’s 100m Backstroke, with Elliot Thurland’s time of 1:03.87 that sets a new club record.
BUCS was the first competition of the year, so UYSWC are really starting the year off with a very promising performance. Team President Chris Unsworth said “I'm really proud of the hard work that everyone has put in so far. The freshers’ influx has been amazing with all our teams doing well. I'm expecting a lot from our teams but that's only because I know we can do well.” With two more competitions over the next fortnight, hopefully we will see a continuation in the club’s impressive performance.
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