Swimming
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Swim for fun
Enjoy free swimming Monday - Friday at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, as part of our Active Campus timetable. Simply book your place to secure your spot and turn up to swim.
Join the club
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 athletes boasting success at the highest level including Olympic finals, Paralympic Champions 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.
As a result of the unique partnership between the University and CoMAST our Swim team has moved from being outside the top 50 team at BUCS level, to a consistent top five in the last few years.
BUCS level
The swim club competes in all BUCS competitions as well as hosting various external galas.
Programmes
Pro Squad
Led by Head Coach Mark Rose, with 24 hours 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 with 20 hours of pool time plus access to a range of support services. Must be competing at British Summer Nationals and above.
Manchester Met
Up to eight hours of pool time per week and the opportunity to compete for the University.
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.
