Plymouth swimmers win national league for third year running - 28/4/10

Published: 28 April, 2010

The Plymouth College/Plymouth Leander partnership has much to celebrate after the swimming club became champions of England and Wales for the third year running.  Leander, which has been working in partnership with Plymouth College for nine years, took the National Arena Swimming League Cup title at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. 

The Plymouth club was nearly 90 points ahead of second placed Stockport Metro with Millfield in third. Of the six Top Age Group Athletes Awards, Plymouth swimmers took five and claimed eight meet records.

Most of the swimmers who competed are part of the combined education and swimming programme, which allows young athletes to flourish both in the pool and in the classroom without one compromising the other. 

Plymouth Leander Head Coach and Plymouth College Director of Swimming, Jon Rudd, said: "This is always a great team event, one that we love to support and it is worth a great deal of kudos to the winning team.  Along with our terrific successes at the recent British Championships, we look to use this victory to spur our athletes on into the national and international events waiting for us this coming summer."