Eight medals and World Champs places secured by University of Bath-based swimmers at 2025 Aquatics GB Championships
Silvers for sporting scholars Matthew Ward and Joshua Gammon were among eight medals won by University of Bath-based swimmers at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.
Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student Ward (pictured top) was runner-up to Olympic silver-medallist Duncan Scott in the men’s 200m individual medley, the Bill Whiteley Scholar overhauling Evan Jones and Charlie Hutchison in the closing stages of a thrilling final.
There were more fireworks in the men’s 50m butterfly final where Alumni Fund Scholar Gammon and Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre team-mate Jacob Peters both touched the wall in 23.44 to finish joint second to former University of Bath Swimming Club member Ben Proud. Peters and Gammon had finished third and fourth respectively in the 100m final earlier in the week.
An enthralling men’s 100m freestyle final saw triple Olympic champion Tom Dean – in his only event of the week – and training partner Jacob Whittle place third and fourth respectively to qualify as part of the GB relay foursome for this summer’s World Aquatics Championships. Dean was already pre-selected in the 4x200m freestyle relay following his golden triumph in Paris last summer.
Ward’s second podium place of the week saw him finish third in the 100m backstroke, just ahead of fellow scholars Cam Brooker and Jack Skerry. Ivor Powell Scholar Brooker was a bronze-medallist over 50m, again placing just ahead of team-mate Skerry who was also fourth in the 200m backstroke final followed by Ward and Chemical Engineering student Hendrik Van Der Leest.
Olympic marathon swimmer Leah Crisp won 1,500m freestyle bronze and there were impressive backstroke performances from University of Bath Swimming Club’s Niamh Ward, the Civil Engineering student placing fourth over 50m, fifth over 200m and seventh over 100m.
Holly Hibbott finished just outside the medals in the 400m freestyle, as did Mathematics student Christian Ryan in the 200m breaststroke.
Other finalists during a busy week at the London Aquatics Centre included Olympic relay gold-medallist Kieran Bird, who was seventh in the men’s 400m freestyle; Chemistry for Drug Discovery student Anna Farrow, who matched that finish in the women’s 400m IM; and Business student Jemima Hall, who was eighth and one place behind team-mate Hibbott in the women’s 200m freestyle.
A host of swimmers also reached B finals, with victories being recorded in the men’s 100m breaststroke by Ryan, 200m backstroke by Brooker and women’s 400m freestyle by Jessica Podger.
Team Bath AS swimmer Nancy Jubb also contested two multi-classification (MC) freestyle B finals, placing second over 100m and third over 50m.
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Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2025 results
* Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre | ** University of Bath Swimming Club
A finals
Men’s 50m backstroke: 3rd Cam Brooker* 25.02, 4th Jack Skerry* 25.13.
Men’s 100m backstroke: 3rd Matthew Ward* 53.52, 4th Cam Brooker* 53.63, 5th Jack Skerry* 53.73.
Men’s 200m backstroke: 4th Jack Skerry* 1:58.69, 5th Matthew Ward* 1:59.12, 6th Hendrik Van Der Leest** 2:01.28.
Men’s 200m breaststroke: Christian Ryan** 4th 2:13.73.
Men’s 50m butterfly: 2nd= Jacob Peters* 23.44, 2nd= Joshua Gammon* 23.44.
Men’s 100m butterfly: 3rd Jacob Peters* 51.91, 4th Joshua Gammon* 52.18.
Men’s 200m butterfly: Joshua Gammon* 5th 1:59.87.
Men’s 50m freestyle: Jacob Whittle* 5th 22.32.
Men’s 100m freestyle: 3rd Tom Dean* 48.40, 4th Jacob Whittle* 48.45.
Men’s 400m freestyle: Kieran Bird* 7th 3:54.24.
Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM): 2nd Matthew Ward* 1:59.13.
Women’s 50m backstroke: Niamh Ward** 4th 28.89.
Women’s 100m backstroke: Niamh Ward** 7th 1:01.72.
Women’s 200m backstroke: Niamh Ward** 5th 2:12.12.
Women’s 200m freestyle: Holly Hibbott* 7th 2:00.51, Jemima Hall* 8th 2:01.10.
Women’s 400m freestyle: Holly Hibbott* 4th 4:14.28.
Women’s 1,500m freestyle: Leah Crisp* 3rd 16:40.00.
Women’s 400m IM: Anna Farrow** 7th= 4:55.15.
B finals
Men’s 200m backstroke: Cam Brooker* 1st 1:58.39.
Men’s 50m breaststroke: William Godsell** 8th 28.82.
Men’s 100m breaststroke: Christian Ryan** 1st 1:02.22, William Godsell** 7th 1:02.99.
Men’s 200m breaststroke: William Godsell** 4th 2:17.58.
Men’s 200m freestyle: Kieran Bird* 5th 1:50.02.
Men’s 400m IM: Isaac Dodds** 8th 4:34.16.
Women’s 50m backstroke: Charley Joyce** 7th 29.92.
Women’s 200m backstroke: Sophie Weston** 5th 2:17.87.
Women’s 50m breaststroke: Emily Morgan-Hughes** 4th 32.62.
Women’s 200m breaststroke: Emily Morgan Hughes** 4th 2:34.88, Cora Lanham** 7th 2:35.95.
Women’s 100m butterfly: Maisie Elliott** 6th 1:01.79.
Women’s 200m butterfly: Maisie Elliott** 4th 2:17.73, Matilda Ransome** 6th 2:19.48.
Women’s 50m freestyle: Jemima Hall* 5th 26.06, Maisie Gilford** 6th 26.18.
Women’s 100m freestyle: Jessica Podger** 5th 56.08, Jemima Hall* 8th 56.31.
Women’s 200m freestyle: Jessica Podger** 3rd 2:01.12.
Women’s 400m freestyle: Jessica Podger** 1st 4:17.97.
Women’s 200m IM: Anna Farrow** 3rd 2:18.43.
Women’s 400m IM: Louise Bressler** 2nd 5:03.10.
Women’s MC 50m freestyle: Nancy Jubb (Team Bath AS) 3rd 37.30.
Women’s MC 100m freestyle: Nancy Jubb 2nd 1:20.56.
