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King’s Baton Relay to visit University of Stirling next week
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Commonwealth Games 2026
This summer, the Commonwealth Games arrive in Scotland. We will be supporting our athletes as they compete for medals on the international stage in Glasgow from 23 July to 2 August 2026.
As Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, we have a strong track record in developing and supporting our athletes to achieve their goals, including winning medals at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games. A record number of University of Stirling athletes will compete at the Commonwealth Games this summer - with 22 sportsmen and women representing six different countries across four sports.
We are proud to be the Official University Partner of Team Scotland, with 16 of our athletes competing for the hosts. Among them is Scotland's most decorated Olympian, Duncan Scott OBE, artistic gymnasts Crystelle Lake and Cameron Lynn, and wheelchair basketball player Shayne Humphries. Notably, our swim coaches Ben Higson and Bradley Hay will lead Team Scotland's swimmers at the Games.
Olympic swim champions Tom Dean and Freya Anderson (both England) and Jack McMillan (Northern Ireland) will also compete for their respective nations in Glasgow, while other Stirling athletes will represent Isle of Man, Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago. Find out more about our athletes below.
In other activity, the King's Baton Relay will visit campus in the build-up to the Games, our students and staff members are supporting delivery of the event and our Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive will be displayed at Scotland House.
Learn more about how we are celebrating and supporting the Games this summer.
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Team Scotland’s Official University Partner
The University of Stirling has been announced as Team Scotland’s Official University Partner for the Commonwealth Games 2026.
Our athletes and coaches
Meet the elite athletes and high-performance coaches from the University of Stirling that are competing in Glasgow.
Representing Team Scotland: Swimmers
Ollie Carter
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Ollie studies Sports Studies at Stirling and made his Commonwealth Games debut in 2022 at Birmingham. |
Evie Davis
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Evie made her Commonwealth Games debut in 2022 at Birmingham. |
Sam Downie
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Sam made his Commonwealth Games debut in 2022 at Birmingham. At the recent 2026 Aquatics GB Championships, Sam won a gold medal. |
Angharad Evans
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Competing at her first Commonwealth Games, Angharad recently came away from the 2026 Aquatics GB Championships with two British records and two gold medals. |
Dean Fearn
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Dean will make his Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow. He won gold at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games |
Lucy Grieve
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Lucy is studying Biology and Psychology and will be making her Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow. |
Lucy Hope
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Lucy will be appearing at her 4th Commonwealth Games. Her Commonwealth Games debut was also in Glasgow in 2014. |
Evan Jones
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Evan has been studying at the University of Stirling while training at Manchester. A World Champion in 2025, Evan will be appearing at his second Commonwealth Games. |
Keanna MacInnes
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Fresh from winning 2 gold medals at the 2026 Aquatics GB Championships, Keanna will be appearing at her third Commonwealth Games. |
Holly McGill
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Holly earned 2 gold medals and a silver at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games. This will be Business student Holly's second Commonwealth Games appearance. |
Duncan Scott OBE
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Scotland's most decorated Olympian will be competing at his fourth Commonwealth Games. Duncan will be looking to add to his tally of 13 Commonwealth medals. |
Katie Shanahan
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Katie won two medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She returns for her second appearance at the Games having just won gold at the 2026 Aquatics GB Championships. Katie is studying Journalism and Sports Studies. |
George Smith
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George studies Economics and will be making his debut at the Commonwealth Games this year. |
Representing Team Scotland: Artistic gymnasts
Crystelle Lake
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Crystelle studies Sport Development and coaching. This will be her debut at the Commonwealth Games, having missed out on 2022 through injury. |
Cameron Lynn
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Cameron is a Sport Business Management student and will be competing in his second Commonwealth Games. |
Representing Team Scotland: Wheelchair basketball
Shayne Humphries
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Shayne was part of the team that took silver at the World University Games. The Sport and Exercise Science student will make his Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow. |
Representing other countries: Swimmers
Freya Anderson MBE
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Representing: England Having already won 6 Commonwealth medals, Freya will be competing at her third Commonwealth Games. Freya also has a Olympic gold medal from 2021 in Japan. |
Tom Dean MBE
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Representing: England Tom will be competing at his second Commonwealth Games and will be looking to add to his tally of seven medals including one gold. Tom is a multiple World Champion, Olympic Gold medallist and even found time to appear on Strictly Come Dancing in 2024. |
Jack McMillan
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Representing: Northern Ireland A World Champion at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, Jack will be competing at his second Commonwealth Games. |
Peter Allen
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Representing: Isle of Man Peter will be competing at his second Commonwealth Games having made his debut in 2022. He is studying MSc Performance Analysis and recently broke the Isle of Man record in the 100m Butterfly that had stood for 10 years. |
Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal
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Representing: Malaysia Arvin made his Commonwealth Games debut in 2022. He graduated with an MSc Digital Marketing and Brand Management. |
Representing other countries: Judo
Gabriella Wood
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Representing: Trinidad and Tobago Gabriella will be competing at her second Commonwealth Games. |
Coaches
Ben Higson
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Head Performance Swim Coach Ben returned to the University of Stirling in 2024 having previously led the swimming programme here. He has experience around the globe including coaching at the Olympics with three different countries. He was part of the Team Scotland coaching team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 2026 will be his first Head Coach role with Scotland. |
Bradley Hay
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High Performance Swim Coach Bradley has been a High Performance Swim coach at the University of Stirling since 2015. He was a joint winner of sportscotland's High-Performance Coach of the Year award in 2024 following the inspiring performance by Stirling swimmers at the Olympic Games. |
Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence
As Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence we prepare athletes to perform on the world stage, help our students and members develop wellbeing and fitness, improve the health of the nation through research and teach children about playing sport. Our campus is home to the National Swimming Academy, the National Tennis Centre and Triathlon Scotland - placing Stirling at the forefront of sport in Scotland and the UK.
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We have an international reputation for delivering Sports degrees that get results. Our Sport courses are integrated with the University's world-class sports facilities to provide a unique and rewarding studying and sporting environment.