Loughborough swimmer David Davies, set the pool a light tonight with a British record in the 800m freestyle in a time of 7:50.49. Dave led from the start to complete a Loughborough 1-2 with training partner Daniel Fogg setting a new English record time of 8:00.18. David's record breaking swim had been proceeded by Joe Roebuck securing another individual swim at the World Championships next month by winning the 200IM. In a closely fought swim Joe piped Lewis Smith from Stirling by 1 hundredth of second taking the title in a time of 2:00.92 with Liam Tancock taking third place.
In other events Craig Gibbons swam a new University record time of 22.49 to secure a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle and Scott Hathaway also secured a Bronze medal in the 200m backstroke in a new personal best time of 2:01.37.
Tomorrow(Sunday) is the last day of the championships with more swimmers trying to secure their places not only on the World Championships team but also the World University team.
Keep an eye on the results from the last day.