Irish Swimmers in Record Breaking Form at NAC
26th April 2013
Andrew Meegan continued his impressive form from Day 1 of the Carlton Irish Long Course Swimming
Championships when he set another Irish Senior Record, this time in the 800m Freestyle final. The Aer Lingus
swimmer took over 3 seconds off his own record set in 2009 finishing in 8:10.65. In the same race Meegan’s
Aer Lingus teammate Conor Turner set a new Irish Junior Record in a time of 8:19.15 to claim silver.
Tallaght and NAC Performance Centre swimmer Brendan Hyland was also in record breaking form today, the
18 year old set a new Irish Junior and Senior Record in the 400m Individual Medley Final. His time of 4:27.45
knocked Niall Wynn’s 2011 Record of 4:27.96 from the books. Kilkenny’s Jane Roberts set a new standard in
the 100m Backstroke final. Roberts broke her own junior record time of 1:04.40 finishing first in 1:04.22.
And in the women’s 50m Butterfly final, Shauna O’Brien of UCD Swim Team shaved .11 of a second off the 8
year old record held by Julie Douglas, her time of 27.77 placed her second to Egypt’s Faria Osman (26.80).
Katinka Hoszu continued her dominance at the meet claiming Gold in the Women’s 400m Individual Medley,
Hosszu’s time of 4:38.67 is the 5th fastest time in Europe this year. Sycerika McMahon (4:48.38) was the first
Irish competitor home in the 400m Individual Medley picking up her third title of the championships.
Barry Murphy got closer to the World Championship time when he was the fastest qualifier from the semi-finals
of the 100m Breaststroke, his time of 1:01.42 is a season’s best. Fiona Doyle was also the fastest qualifier out
of the women’s 100m Breaststroke semi’s, following a personal best swim of 1:08.72 in this morning’s heats,
the University of Calgary based swimmer touched in 1:08.80. Both Doyle and Murphy will have another
opportunity at qualification in tomorrow’s final.
At the British Swimming Disability Championships in Sheffield there were four world qualification times with
Ellen Keane (100Fly), Darragh McDonald (400Free), James Scully (100Free) and Jonathan McGrath (400Free)
all dipping under the required times.
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Full Results Day 2
Men 800m Freestyle Final: 1st A. Meegan-Aer lingus in an ISR of 8.10.65, 2nd C. Turner-Aer lingus in 8.19.15,
3rd B Gibbons-Athlone in 8.22.59 Women 800m Freestyle Final: 1st MK. McDowell-Bangor 9.01.61, 2nd R
Kasem-Egypt in 9.01.98, 3rd A Neamt-Tallaght in 9.11.36. Men 400m IM Final: 1st A Akram-Egypt in 4.26.34,
2nd B Hyland-Tallaght in 4.27.45, 3rd Salem Handy-Egypt 4.29.95 Women 400m IM Final: 1st K Hosszu Hungary
in 4.38.67, 2nd S McMahon Leander in 4.48.38, 3rd R Hesham Egypt in 5.02.64 Men 100m Backstroke Final: 1st
B O’Sullivan NAC in 57.63, 2nd D Prendergast Killkenny in 59.24, 3rd J Sloan Bangor in 59.45 Women 100m
Backstroke Final: 1st J. Roberts Killkeny in 1.04.22-Irish Junior Record, 2nd L Fleming Kells in 1.05.71, 3rd B Firth
Ards in 1.05.76 Men 50m Butterfly Final: 1st S Younies Egypt in 24.63, 2nd M Adel Egypt in 24.69, 3rd S
Mcquillan Invictus in 25.16 Women 50m Butterfly Final: 1st F. Osman Egypt in 26.80, 2nd S O’Brien UCD 27.75,
3rd A Cooney UCD 28.70 Men 4x200m Freestyle Team Relay: 1st Ards in 7.51.60, 2nd Aer Lingus in 8.02.48, 3rd
NAC in 8.25.49 Women 4x200m Freestyle Team Relay: 1st UCD in 8.41.51 2nd Lisburn City in 8.52.33, 3rd Aer
Lingus in 8.53.11
Qualifications
European Junior Championships, 10th – 14th July 2013, Poznan, Poland
Today’s Qualifiers: Mary Kate McDowell (800m Free)
Previously Qualified :Sarah Kelly Comans SC, Clodagh Flood Tallaght SC/NAC HPC, Brendan Gibbons Athlone
SC/NAC HPC, Mary Kate McDowell Bangor SC, Derbhail McNamara Westport SC, Brian O’Sullivan NAC SC,
David O’Sullivan Galway SC, Gemma Kane Bangor ASC
World University Games, 10th – 17th July 2013, Kazan, Russia
Previously Qualified: Chris Bryan (Ennis SC), Fiona Doyle (Portmarnock SC), Andrew Meegan Aer Lingus SC
European Youth Olympic Festival, 14th - 19th July 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands
Today’s Qualifiers: James Brown (400IM) Ards ASC, Benjamin Doyle (400IM) Aer Lingus
Previously Qualified: Niamh Kilgallon Claremorris SC, Rachel Bethel Bangor ASC, James Brown Ards AC,
Morgan Berryman City of Belfast, Joseph Mooney Limerick SC.
World Swimming Championships, 28th July – 4th August 2013, Barcelona, Spain
Previously Qualified: Sycerika McMahon (Leander ASC) Chris Bryan (Ennis SC)
US Open, 30th July – 3rd August 2013, Irvine, California
Previously Qualified: Brendan Gibbons (Athlone SC NAC HPC), Bethany Carson (Lisburn City SC), Andrew
Meegan (Aer Lingus SC), Barry Murphy (Aer Lingus SC/NAC HPC), Brendan Hyland (Tallaght SC/NAC HPC),
David Thomspon (Invictus ASC), Fiona Doyle (Portmarnock SC), Seamus Stacey NUIM Devils, Sean Leahy
Dolphin SC, Curtis Coulter Ards ASC, Davd O’Sullivan Galway
IPC World Championships, 11-17th August 2013, Montreal, Canada
Today’s Qualifiers: Ellen Keane (100Fly) Aer Lingus SC, Darragh McDonald (400Free) Asgard SC, James Scully
(200Free) NUIM Devils, Jonathan McGrath (400Free) Limerick SC
Previously Qualified: James Scully NUIM Devils, Ellen Keane Aer Lingus SC, Bethany Firth Ards ASC