Freya Colbert & Cameron Brooker Double Up At BUCS Championships
Freya Colbert and Cameron Brooker won two titles apiece on day two of the BUCS s/c Championships in Sheffield.
Colbert, enjoyed a five-second victory in the 400IM in the first women’s event of the session before returning for the 200 back which featured a strong field including Olympic finalists Honey Osrin and Katie Shanahan as well as Holly McGill, who competed at the Singapore worlds earlier this year.
Colbert was second behind Shanahan at halfway before coming her GB teammate to touch in 2:03.64, a personal best for the Loughborough swimmer. Osrin (2:04.03) and McGill (2:05.18) completed the podium with Shanahan fifth. It was a fourth title for the Colbert who won the 200 free and 200IM on the opening evening.
Brooker also won the 200 back, leading all the way to touch in 1:52.61. That followed his 100 free victory in 47.51.
Angharad Evans and Archie Goodburn each completed the 50/100 breaststroke double with victories in the longer race.
Evans, of Stirling, touched in 1:04.68, the sixth-fastest time by a British woman and one only she and Molly Renshaw have bettered among domestic women. Goodburn went 57.35 to win the men’s race.
Tyler Melbourne-Smith headed the fastest heat of the men’s 800 free by more than 14 seconds in 7:38.99 with Lucy Fox taking the women’s title in 8:21.78.
Melbourne-Smith’s time was the fourth swiftest by a British man in a short-course pool. Only Kieran Bird and David Davies have gone quicker, the former topping the all-time rankings in 7:36.26.
Max Litchfield did the IM double with victory by more than 5.5secs in the 400 in 4:06.28.
Ed Mildred completed the sprint fly double with a 23.03 win in the 50 with Lucy Grieve adding the title to her 100 gold in 26.14.
Evie Davis won the women’s 100 free in 53.92.
Melbourne-Smith was back on top of the podium with the Loughborough men’s 4×50 free quartet that won in 1:26.76. Edinburgh won the women’s event in 1:40.06.