Brown Progresses To European Games 200m Medley Semi-Final

Ireland's James Brown has progressed to the semi-final in the 200m Individual Medley on the second day of competition at the European Games in the Baku Aquatics Centre.

Brown swam a new lifetime best in this morning's heats of 2:06.55 knocking half of a second off his previous best of 2:07.02 set in March this year. The 18 year old finished 6th in his heat will be ranked 16th going into the semi-final, Austria's Stefan Sebastian goes into the semi-finals as the top seed in 2:01.75. The 200m IM semi-final will take place at 2:04pm (Ireland). Benjamin Doyle (2:08.10), Andrew Moore (2:09.79) and Alan Corby (2:10.75) also competed in the 200m Individual Medley this morning.

Katie Baguley of Glenalbyn SC was the first Irish swimmer in action today. Baguley swam a personal best time in the heats of the 400m Freestyle touching third in her heat in 4 minutes 37.15 seconds. The 15 year old will swim her main event, the 1500m Freestyle, tomorrow.

Mona McSharry was unlucky in not making the semi-final of the 200m Breaststroke. McSharry who finished 14th in the 50m Breaststroke semi-final yesterday touched in 2:37.87 with the last semi-final place going to Essi Maria Lillman of Greece in 2:37.54.Niamh Kilgallen was also competing in the 200m Breaststroke heats where she finished 28th overall in 2:41.17.