STIRLING UNIVERSITY swim star ROSS Murdoch admitted it was job done after putting himself in the frame for a place in the Rio Olympic Games squad on day one of the 2016 British Swimming Championships.

The University of Stirling swimmer is this week back in the same pool where he won 200m breaststroke gold and 100m breastroke silver at the Commonwealth Games two years ago.

And while the 200m breaststroke event is not until Friday, Murdoch showed he means business this summer as he touched home in second place in the 100m breaststroke final behind triple world champion Adam Peaty on Tuesday night, while fellow University of Steirling swimmer Craig Benson touched in fourth.

His time – 59.31 – was just outside the consideration standard for Rio but inside the two percent discretion time which selectors will use when deciding upon the final squad.

And the 22-year-old believes he has given them plenty of food for thought.

“I had to be a little bit faster (than the secondary time) coming second, but I believe it’s within the two percent time so that should be good enough to get me a place in Rio,” he said.

“So it’s all about focusing on the 200m now. It is a chance to make a dream come true. It’s been a long-time dream of mine since I was very little to become an Olympian. I never thought it would come true so it’s a big week for me. But it’s just like any other week.”

Murdoch was nine tenths of a second behind world record holder Peaty in Tuesday night’s final.

The two could well go head-to-head again later this week and then at next month’s European Aquatics Championships with the squad set to be announced in the coming weeks.

The European Aquatics Championships will be the biggest event held at the London Aquatics Centre since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and will represent the last chance to see Great British athletes in action before they fly to Rio.

And Murdoch believes there is plenty more to come from him yet, especially later this week in the 200m.

“It is great what Adam is doing but you just stick to what you do,” he added. “He is the world record holder of course he’s going to be doing something fantastic this season.

“So I just need to keep coming forward and chasing. I feel good about the 200m, I feel like the back end of my race was very strong and I’m looking forward to the 200.”

Tickets for the European Aquatics Championships – the biggest event to be held at the London Aquatics Centre since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games – from May 9-22 are now available here: www.euroaquatics2016.london