Outstanding team swims on the final day of competition at the British Universities National Short Course Championships saw Loughborough retain their Men's,Women's and Overall Team titles. World semi finalist, Joe Roebuck,swam a well paced to race to dominate the 200m butterfly while Jade Barclay raced to bronze in the women's 200m butterfly. Caitlin McClatchey and Kate Weaver took silver and bronze in the women's 100m freestyle; Ben Hockin and Andy Bushell following this with a superb clean sweep in the men's 100m freestyle, Hockin's time of 48.33 being a new BUCS record. Laurent Carnol, fresh from his record breaking spree in the 200m breaststroke, powered his way to gold in the 100m breaststroke with Katie Raybould taking bronze in the respective women's event. Kate Hutchinson swam to a huge lifetime best and BUCS record of 2:13.50 in the women's 200m individual medley but a late charge by Joe Roebuck in the men's event wasnt enough to overhaul Lewis Smith (Stirling). The men's and women's sprint butterfly events saw Loughborough dominate the field; Jodie le Resche taking women's title, Ben Hockin and Matt Bowe taking gold & silver in the men's. Rachel Lefley and Becky Jenkins continued to make the podium in the backstroke events by finishing 2nd & 3rd respectively in the women's 100m event while world record holder Liam Tancock put in a superb final 25m to take the men's title; Andy Donaldson taking bronze. Great Britain distance specialist, Sophie Casson, completed a golden hat trick by adding the 400m freestyle title to her collection; her time of 4:11.20 being a lifetime best. The men's 4 x 50m medley relay of Liam Tancock, Adam Freundlich, Matt Bowe and Ben Hockin set a new BUCS record of 1:28.52 to take gold; the women's medley team of Rachel Lefley, Kate Hutchinson, Jodie Le Resche and Kate Weaver also striking gold. Once again Loughborough rallied under pressure, their outstanding team spirit seeing them emerge victorious in all categories Final scores were: MEN 1st Loughborough 193 2nd Stirling 165 3rd Bath 115 4th Swansea 101 5th Edinburgh 79 WOMEN 1st Loughborough 194 2nd Swansea 124 3rd Edinburgh 100 4th Nottingham 94 5th Bath 76 OVERALL 1st Loughborough 387 2nd Swansea 225 3rd Stirling 206 4th Bath 191 5th Edinburgh 179 Great Job! | 
