Last night at the BUCS annual awards dinner Loughborough's Liam Tancock won the BUCS Sportsman of the year award. Liam was unable to attend the awards night due to training but said: “Thank you so much for this award and I am really sorry that I can’t be there to receive it. It is a real credit to have won among such great sportspeople. I really enjoy competing for my club, the University and my country and it is such an honour to have been recognised by BUCS. I also want to say thank you to the support that Loughborough University, British Swimming and my coach have always given me.”

Loughborough University also retained the award for the BUCS Overall Points