CITY of Oxford masters returned from the national championships at Sheffield with their biggest record and medal haul.

The team of Dave Denny, Sara Dykes, Marie Royal and Matthew Gomez set British and European records for both the mixed 160-199 combined years age group in the 4x100m medley relay by 13 seconds, and did likewise in the 4x200m freestyle relay by 0.09secs.

Denny, Dykes and Gomez were then joined in the 160-199 4x100m freestyle relay by Chris Aust to set a British record, knocking seven seconds off the previous best.

There was a European and British record in the ladies’ 160-199 4x100m freestyle, set by Royal, Joanne Eaton, Dykes and Maggie Smith, while another British relay record came in the men’s 100-119 4x100m freestyle, where Denny, Aust, Ian Surrage and Chris Marsh took ten seconds off the old mark.

Joe Canlan-Shaw, Denny, Surrage and Aust also broke the men’s 72+ 4x100m record by five seconds.

The final British record fell to Aust in the individual men’s 25-29 age group 50m breaststroke, winning gold in 28.84.

Gold medal winners: D Denny (200m, 400m & 800m freestyle, 400m IM), C Aust (100m breaststroke and 100m IM), C Marsh 400m freestyle & IM), S Dykes (50m butterfly, 200m & 400m freestyle, mixed 160-199 4x50m freestyle relay, men’s 100-119 4x50m medley and freestyle relay.

Silver medals: S Dykes (100m freestyle), M Smith (100m freestyle), J Eaton 200m backstroke, Z Felvegi (400m freestyle), M Gomem (100m breaststroke & IM), P Williams (50m breaststroke), D Hall (200m breaststroke & 100m bufferfly), D Denny (200m backstroke), C Marsh (1500m freestyle & 200m IM), J Canlan-Shaw (100m IM), C Aust (200m breaststroke), men’s 72+ 4x200m freestyle, mixed 72+ 4x50m medley relay & 4x200m freestyle, mixed 100-119 4x50m medley relay.

Bronze medals: M Smith (400m freestyle), J Eaton (200m backstroke), A Dinsdale-Young (400m IM), M Gomez (50m freestyle & breaststroke, 200m IM), D Denny (100m backstroke), D Hall (100m breaststroke, 200m IM), I Surrage (200m breaststroke), P Williams (100m IM), mixed 200-239 4x100m freestyle, women’s 120-159 4x50m freestyle relay.