Swimming
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Manchester Met Swimming
Manchester Met Swimming is one of our performance sports, which provides an integrated pathway alongside the City of Manchester Swim team (CoMAST). This pathway is the first Swim England Performance Centre and is supported by British Swimming and British Para-Swimming.
The team has a track record of success, with swimmers including Olympic finalists, Paralympic Championships as well as medallists at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, World University and European Championships.
The team is based at the Commonwealth Games facility in the city centre and is a Swim England Performance Centre. In recent years, students from Manchester Met have gone onto represent the country at major competitions and the unique partnership between the University, the team and the City means that duel career pathways are strong and supported.
As a result of this partnership, Manchester Met Swim club has moved from being outside the top 50 teams at BUCS level, to a consistent top five in the last few years.
The swim club competes in all BUCS competitions as well as hosting various external galas.
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Swimming performance programme
Pro Squad - led by Head Coach Mark Rose. 24 hours of pool time plus access to a range of support services. Must be competing at British Championship, trials level and above.
National Squad- led by Matt Turner. 20 hours of pool time plus access to a range of support services. Must be competing at British Summer Nationals and above.
Manchester Met CoMast - up to 15 hours of pool time per week and the opportunity to compete for the University.
As a member of the Manchester Met swimming performance pathway you also have access to:
- Performance Coaching
- Strength and Conditioning Coaching at Manchester Aquatics Centre
- Access to the Movement Unit for physio and sports massage
- Comprehensive workshop programme
Our swimming scholars
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Mollie Garratt
BA (Hons) Filmmaking
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Toby Hill
BA (Hons) Criminology with Quantitative Methods
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Jay Manners
BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development (DL)
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Kieran Williams
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
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Henrietta D'Ammassa
BA (Hons) Business Psychology
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Mollie Fisher
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
Partners, links and pathways
British Para-Swimming
British Para Swimming have already agreed in principle to our Memorandum of Understanding and we are already working collaboratively.
British Swimming
We have been working with British Swimming to ensure that this fits both our programmes.
CoMAST
Elite level swimmers are invited to train with CoMAST whilst attending Manchester Met (up to 20 hours of training available a week).
Swim England
Swim England has agreed that the CoMAST / Manchester Met partnership is to become the first Swim England Performance Centre.
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