Student swimmer scoops gold

Karen Rigby, a second year Economic Studies student, came first in the 50m butterfly at the recent British University Championships in Weston-Super-Mare.

Karen is an Excel scholar at the Institute of Sport & Exercise. The Excel Sports Scholarship Programme is dedicated to supporting elite student athletes as they combine academic study with high levels of training and competing. The programme provides financial assistance with coaching, training and competing, access to excellent training and competition facilities, a programme tailored to the individual needs of each athlete, access to Sports Science support and a high level of support from individual scholarship mentors.