Loughborough Swimmers produced a fine team performance to outswim their rivals and win the BUCS League division 1(North) regional round held in Nottingham. Opening the meet with victories in the Women's Medley Team(Rebecca Jenkins, Emma White, Kirsty Armstrong & Kate Weaver) and the Men's team(Andrew Donaldson, Iain Scanlon, Tom Laxton, Jack Willis) set the scene for an afternoon of outstanding swimming. Never out of the Top 3 placings and with winning swims from Kate Weaver 50m & 100m free, Kate Hutchinson 100m Breast, Erin Jeffery 200m free, Emma White 50m breast, Tom Laxton 50m & 100m butterfly, Iain Scanlon 100m breast, Chris Bayliss 50m breast, Joseph Jelley 50m back and the Women's Freestyle Team(Catherine Pickthall, Erin Jeffery, Kate Hutchinson & Kate Weaver) the team easily progressed to the Grand Final which will be held in Ponds Forge, Sheffield in mid March. Final Team scores were: Loughborough 211, Birmingham 170, Manchester 160, Leeds Met 111, Sheffield 104, Durham 96, Warwick 83 & Sheffield Hallam 73 For full results from the weekend North & South click here |