Ben Proud at BUCS: “This Year’s Been a Great Year for Me” (VIDEO)

The 2016 British Universities and College Sport (BUCS) Long Course Swimming Championships went down a month ago in February, and the LSTV team got interviews with Ellie Simmonds and Ben Proud.

Simmonds, a 21-year-old Paralympian, has competed at the last two Paralympics. She won two golds in 2008 and two in 2012, and has set multiple World Records.

Proud, meanwhile, is the British record holder in the 50m LC freestyle and cleaned up the sprint events at these championships. He took the 50 free in 21.73, breaking his own national record in the event, and then won the 100 free (49.10),

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About Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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