Gary’s Channel swim success

Dr Gary Brickley, School of Sport and Service Management Senior Lecturer and exercise physiologist, this week successfully swam the English Channel in a time of 11 hours and 47 minutes.

A pretty fast time – the Channel Swimming Association says the fastest ever time is around seven hours and the slowest nearly 27 hours.

Gary said: “It’s an amazing achievement. This was solo, just me swimming straight to Cap Gris Nez.” Gary’s planning to raise money for charity from the swim.