Huge medal haul for ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ Swimming as records tumble in Sheffield

Louise Hansson

Louise Hansson was one of many ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ swimmers to impress in Sheffield. The Sweden international won 'Top Female’ of the meet. Image provided by Still Sport Photography.

ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ swimmers produced a sensational performance at the BUCS Short Course Championships in Sheffield this weekend with the team once again crowned Men’s, Women’s, and overall Champions.

In what proved to be an incredible meet for ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ, the team broke 11 BUCS records on the way to claiming a mammoth 46 medals in the pool.

ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ’s Louise Hansson and Andreas Vazaios were also awarded ‘Top Female’ and ‘Top Male’ for their performances, after securing a total of 18 gold medals between them.

Buoyed by the inclusion of Olympic swimmers Hansson, Vazaios, Alice Dearing, Daniel Wiffen, and Felix Auboeck, ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ dominated proceedings from the start.

In one of the races of the weekend, Austria’s Auboeck swam 7:44.25 taking five seconds off a 13-year record in the Men’s 800m freestyle. In the same race, Daniel Wiffen’s third-place finish claimed an Irish senior record in a time of 7:47.20.

ÌìÌÃÊÓƵ swimmers completed BUCS Records in the following competitions:

Men’s: 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Fly, 100m Fly.

Women’s: 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Fly.

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