BRITISH GAS ASA NATIONAL MASTERS AND SENIOR AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

CITY of Oxford set a new British record during an impressive display at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

David Denny, Nicholas Bridge, Matthew Gomez and Christopher Aust broke the previous mark when winning the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay in the combined 160 years + category.

The quartet took gold in 8mins 24.82secs, but this was just one of three victories they achieved.

Further wins came in the 4x100m medley (4.09.41) and 4x100m freestyle (3.45.30) relays, while they added bronze in the 4x50m freestyle relay in 1.43.11.

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The quartet continued in their medal-winning form in their respective individual events.

Denny (35-39 years) bagged golds in the 400m individual medley (IM) in 4.52.38, 800m freestyle (8.54.48) and 200m butterfly (2.13.64) plus a bronze in the 100m butterfly (1.00.54).

Gomez (45-49) struck gold in the 200m IM (2.26.71), silver in the 400m IM (5.23.94) and 100m IM (1.07.12) plus bronze in the 100m breaststroke (1.14.41).

Aust (30-34) picked up four further silvers in the 50m butterfly (25.81), 50m freestyle (23.50), 200m IM (2.14.10) and 50m breaststroke (29.27).

Not to be outdone, Bridge (40-44) collected silver in the 100m backstroke (1.04.50) plus bronzes in the 200m backstroke (2.23.48), 50m butterfly (28.06) and 50m backstroke (30.08).

City’s Marcos Braga Vieria claimed gold in the men’s 25-29 200m IM (2.13.95) and 50m freestyle (23.40).

Clubmate Erzsebet Nagy (25-29) won the women’s 100m breaststroke (1.13.36) and 50m breaststroke (34.16).

OTHER CITY OF OXFORD MEDALLISTS

Silver

Men: M Everett, M Braga Vieria, C Johansen, J Richards (4x100m medley relay, 120 years +) 4.15.72.

Bronze 

Women: H Lambourne, E Nagy, F Hurst, Z Felvegi (4x100m freestyle, 72+) 4.51.23; M Smith (200m freestyle, 55-59) 2.38.10. 
Men: A Carr (1,500m freestyle) 18.43.63 & (800m freestyle, both     45-49) 9.49.04; T Morrow (100m breaststroke, 55-59), 1.21.60.
Mixed: J Richards, E Nagy, Z Felvegi, M Braga Vieria, (4x100m medley relay, 120+) 4.29.12; J Darby, T Morrow, K Harvey, M Smith, (4x100m Medley Relay, 200+) 5.34.04.

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