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BUCS REVIEW: Are Stirling the new superpower in British university swimming? 👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Episode 89
Tuesday, 3 March, 2026

This week on The Weekly Freestyle 🎙️ Alex Sutton is joined by swimmer, coach and on deck pundit Luke Withers to break down the BUCS Long Course Championships at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre 🏊‍♂️ BUCS, run by British Universities and Colleges Sport, continues to strike the perfect balance between high performance and university pride, delivering three days of fast racing, stacked finals and all out relays 🔥We unpack the standout swims 🏆 Freya Colbert smashing a long standing 200 free record, Angharad Evans completing a dominant breaststroke triple, and Archie Goodburn lowering records while continuing to push his brain cancer research petition toward parliamentary debate Plus, we have an exclusive interview with Cam Brooker after his huge 200 back win and monster relay split 🎧We zoom out to the bigger picture too 👀 Stirling’s relay dominance, growing university squads and whether we are witnessing the rise of a new superpower in British university swimming 👑 With the Edinburgh International Swim Meet up next as a key trials prep meet, long course season is only just getting started 🚀 Tune in 🎙️To support the show visit our link Patreon link - https://patreon.com/TheWeeklyFreestyle?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink