Loughborough University swimmers, Melanie Marshall and Caitlin McClatchey combined forces with Jo Jackson ( Derwentside) and Ellen Gandy Beckenham  to race to silver in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the European Championships in Eindhoven.

The awesome quartet  smashed the British record by almost five seconds with a time of 7:52.36; the time bettered the Commonwealth record of 7:54.06 set by the Australians set in 2005 and is the fourth fastest of all time.

Caitlin McClatchey , who came within 3 tenths of overhauling the winning French team and set the 2^nd fastest time of the evening with an impressive anchor leg of 1:56.19 said;

“ We worked very hard and put ourselves right up there on the podium. Sometimes we haven’t fulfilled out potential but we certainly did that tonight”

Split times were:

Jo Jackson                1:59.10
Melanie Marshall       1:57.81
Ellen Gandy               1:59.26
Caitlin McClatchey    1:56.19

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