For the second consecutive year, OUSC took a large contingent of swimmers to the Bracknell Masters Open Meet. Having completed their training cycle for the year, this meet represents an opportunity for members of the squad to take advantage of their peak physical condition to …
On Saturday the 9th of February, Oxford’s top swimmers returned for the first time to the scene of their 2011 Varsity defeat, in which Cambridge snatched victory by the finest of margins in the final race of the meet. Yet having responded in emphatic style …
Following the Southern qualifying round held at the University of Surrey, OUSC has successfully qualified for the Division One final to be held in Leeds in March. In what ultimately proved to be one of the more straightforward qualification experiences for Oxford, the team overcame …
Former OUSC swimmer Davis Tarwater has returned from the London 2012 Olympic games as an Olympic champion. Davis competed in the 4x200m freestyle relay for the United States of America, with a blistering 1:46.33 split in the prelims to send the US through as the …
In the summer the Oxford Channel swim team will be facing Cambridge in a relay race across the channel and as part of preparation for this the team spent 5 days training in the sea in Torbay, South Devon. Training in March was never going …
As a very successful university swimming season 2011/2012 comes to an end it is time to welcome the new committee so that come October 2012 they can hit the ground running. The new committee is made up as follows: President – Tom Booth Men’s Captain …
Oxford break six team records and score twice as many points as Cambridge to come 6th at the BUCS team division 1 final Once again, a great performance at the South qualifying round had secured the Oxford team a position in the division one national …
March 3rd 2012 saw seven OUSC swimmers take part in the BWSC Masters’ Open meet in Bracknell. Overall this was a very successful event with 16 personal best times, 23 medals: 14 Gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze and a club record. One of the …
On the 11th & 12th February 2012 the annual BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Long Course Championships were held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. On the first day fresher Rachel Andvig stormed through the heats of the 50m Freestyle to come fourth in the finals …
Oxford whitewash in blues swimming varsity Results: Oxford Cambridge Women 58 32 Men 50 40 Overall 108 72 Following a close defeat last year, the Oxford swimmers welcomed their Cambridge counterparts to the Rosenblatt pool last Saturday confident of revenge having beaten the Cambridge team …