Evan Jones is hoping to emulate his teammate's success

Stirling swimming star Evan Jones is playing a careful game of copycat as he embarks on his senior international career. The 18-year-old moved to the University of Stirling from swimming haven Millfield School back in September, joining Steve Tigg's famed training group. Ad It's a group that includes Britain's most successful Olympian at a single Games, Duncan Scott.

SwimmingKatie Shanahan is writing herself into swimming historyAN HOUR AGO Jones and Scott are both known for their freestyle and individual medley skills and now work closely day in, day out as training partners. And with the great Scot to learn from, Jones is now paying close attention to his teammate's technique and effort in order to replicate his success. «My group is split in two ways, there's the form side and then a freestyle and IM side which I'm on,» he said.

«I train mostly with Duncan Scott and Jack McMillan and everyone knows them as very experienced swimmers at a very high level so its great to train with them. »I spend a lot of time looking at what they're doing and trying to replicate it for the future. «It's about seeing what works for them and then trying to implement that into my own swimming.

»The training here is quite different to what I'm used to so during the easier sets we have to make sure that our technique is perfect all the time and then when we hit the hard sets, we hit them as hard as we can. «So Duncan and Jack have taught me when the best times to ease off are and when to really work for it.» Jones fired Team Scotland to 4x200m freestyle and 4x100m medley bronze alongside Scott at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last summer, achieving his first senior international medals in the process. But standing on the podium in