Gold for Fiona Doyle in the 50 Freestyle
Gold for Fiona Doyle in the 50 Freestyle
Team Ireland finished very well at the British Youth and Open Championships in Sheffield, England. Fiona Doyle (NPC-UL / Limerick SC) won the Girls 14 & 15 50 Freestyle in a time of 26.70. Her time was also faster than the winning time of the Girls 16 & 17 final. In the same final, Bethany Carson (Lisburn) topped off her great week of swimming by placing 7th with a 27.73. Carson’s morning swim was a PB and the seventh one of the Championships.
Niamh O’Sullivan (NPC-UL / Kingdom) placed 9th in Girls 16 & 17 final with a personal best of 4:26.27.
Andrew Meegan (Aer Lingus) held his place in the Men’s Open 1500 Freestyle final, improving his time from the heats by 4 seconds. Meegan was 6th with a 16:01.54.
Finally, Lorna Cummins (NPC-UL / SWSC) placed 10th in the Women’s Open 200 Fly.
Steve Price, Performance Coach at University of Limerick and lead coach for this meet, said: “All and all this competition was good for the kids and showed they can be competitive with a strong swimming nation like Britain. The results were a good step for this young squad. We had some good performances and we made some our fair share of mistakes but we continue to learn what it takes to beat the best in the world. The main thing is that we keep moving forward and keep getting better at all levels of our sport.”
The 24 members team representing Ireland include members of the 2012 identification squad, and swimmers that recently competed at the Junior European Championships in Antwerp and the European Youth Olympics in Belgrade.
Please find below the results from day 6 of the British Youth and Open Championship taking place in Sheffield, England, July 27th to August 1st on behalf of Swim Ireland:
Results issued on behalf of Swim Ireland by:
Steve Price, Performance Coach at University of Limerick and lead coach
086 607 3275 / sprice1@gmail.com / coachLimerick@swimireland.ie
Full results are also available at: www.britishswimming.org and www.swimireland.ie