PLYMOUTH Leander enjoyed a great penultimate night in the pool at the British Swimming Championships in London. The highlight of the evening was the men’s 50m freestyle final where Leander filled three of the top four places. As expected, British record holder and Commonwealth Games champion Proud won the event to add to the 50m … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmers dominated the heats of the men’s 50m freestyle event on the penultimate day of the British Swimming Championships in London. Commonwealth Games champion Ben Proud was fastest into the final with a time of 22.16, but he was closely followed by two of his team-mates. Junior Tom Fannon produced a great performance … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud suffered frustration in the final of men’s 100m freestyle event at the British Swimming Championships in London. Proud had set a personal best time in the heats of 48.70 to qualify fastest for the final. That moved him up to third in the British all-time rankings. But the 20-year-old, who had … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud was victorious on the opening morning of the British Swimming Championships in London. The double Commonwealth Games sprint champion triumphed in the 50m butterfly time trial at the Olympic pool. Proud clocked 23.51 seconds, somewhat slower than his British record time of 22.93 for the one-length event, but more than enough … Continue reading
THE international hopes of city swimmers will be decided this week when they compete at the 2015 British Swimming Championships in London. The event, which takes place at the 2012 Olympic Games pool, are acting as trials for Great Britain team selection for the World Championships, World University Games, European Youth Olympic Festival, European Games … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander continued their dominance on the final day of the Sheffield Open Meet. Ruta Meilutyte, Ben Proud, Eliza Duffy, Joe Hulme and Sam Dailly all added to their titles they had won the day before. Olympic, World and European champion Meilutyte had clocked an impressive 1:05.99 on Saturday to win the 100m breaststroke event. … Continue reading
SCOTLAND once again proved a happy hunting ground for Plymouth Leander swimmer Ben Proud. Last year the 20-year-old University of St Mark and St John student won a British title and two Commonwealth Games gold medals in Glasgow. He moved city this weekend, competing at the Edinburgh International Meet, but he was again triumphant. Having … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander swimmer Ben Proud is set to compete in Scotland for the first time since winning two Commonwealth Games gold medals in Glasgow last summer. The 20-year-old is due to swim at the Edinburgh International Meet at the Royal Commonwealth Pool this weekend. Proud is one of a host of Britain’s top swimmers who … Continue reading