Loughborough Swimming continued to produce outstanding performances at the British Grand Prix in Leeds.
Relishing the thought of finishing the season with fast short course swimming the team went to the meet fired up and ready to race. After  two days of the competition the whole team are riding a huge wave of confidence; PB's & records abounding.
Day 2 saw Fran Halsall power her way to gold in the 50m butterfly in a new British record time of 25.44. In the men's 100m freestyle final, Craig Gibbons,(part of a newly formed "Super Sprint group") swam a blistering race to take silver in a new University record of 47.33; Ross Davenport taking bronze in 47.50.
Joe Roebuck "came of age" in the 400m IM with a fine display of versatility and superior turning technique. Committing himself from the outset Roebuck raced to gold and a new British and Commonwealth record of 4:01.88.
World Champion Liam Tancock impressively stole the show in the final of the 50m backstroke, taking the title in a British record, Commonwealth and European record of 23.10.
A rare opportunity chance to compete in relays provided an ideal opportunity to attack a couple of longstanding British records.
The Women's 4 x 200 team saw the formidable quartet of Caitlin McClatchey(1:55.92), Jo Jackson(1:52.93), Fran Halsall(1:54.21) & Lizzie Simmonds(1:56.14) smash the existing record with a British and Commonwealth mark of 7:39.20; This time being 0.3 shy of the World record.
Faced with tough opposition from the Canadian National Team the men's 4 x 200 freestyle relay saw Robert Bale(1:45.29), Ross Davenport(1:43.02), Ben Hockin(1:44.94) & Daniel Coombs(1:46.86) race to third spot in a new British record of 7:00.11.