Strong Showing for Irish Swimmers at Scottish National Championships

01 Jul 2011


A ten strong squad of Irish Swimmers are competing at the 2011 Scottish Gas National Open Championships taking place at Tollcross Park Leisure Centre, Glasgow this weekend.

Two Irish swimmers competed in the final of the Women's 50m Backstroke. Aisling Cooney, who swims for ESB swimming club, finished in 7th place in a time of 30.19 whilst Sunday's Well swimmer Emma Cassidy finished 10th in a time of 31.50.

Clare Dawson, who is based at Stirling University finished 5th in the final of the 200m Freestyle (2:02.43) in a race won by Britain's Rebecca Adlington. Dawson will compete for Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai next month.

Lorna Cummins, who will travel along with Aisling Cooney and the rest of the Irish Squad to the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, swam in the final of the Women's 100m Butterfly and finished 6th in a time of 1:04.66.

Templeogue swimming club put in a strong showing on Day 1 of this event, with Katrin Kychygina posting a personal best swim in the Women's 200m Freestyle (2:14.34) and went on to swim in the B final of the Women's 50 Backstroke, finishing 8th in a time of 32.45. Grace Branagan also set a PB in the 200m Freestyle (2:11.78).

Galway swimmer Cian Duffy posted a personal best time of 55.53 in the Men's 100m Freestyle and another personal best in the 200m Breaststroke (2:36.34). HPC-NAC and Tallaght SC swimmer Brendan Hyland also had two best times, in the 200m Breaststroke (2:35.03) and 50m Butterfly (27.40).

The competition continues until Sunday.

 

Full Irish Results - Day 1

  • Grace Branagan (Templeogue SC) W200FC 2:11.78 (PB); W50BC 32.66
  • Emma Cassidy (Sunday's Well SC) W50BC 31.59 (H); 31.50 (F)
  • Jack Cobain (Portmarnock SC & HPC-NAC) M100FC 56.68; M50BF 28.01
  • Aisling Cooney (ESB) W50BC 30.53 (H); 30.19 (F)
  • Lorna Cummins (Sunday's Well SC) W100BF 1:05.09; 1:04.66 (F)
  • Clare Dawson (Stirling) W200FC 2:03.52 (H); 2:02.43 (F)
  • Cian Duffy (Galway SC) M100FC 55.53 (PB); M200BS 2:36.34 (PB)
  • Brendan Hyland (Tallaght SC & HPC-NAC) M200BS 2:35.03 (PB); M50BF 27.40 (PB)
  • Katrin Kychygina (Templeogue SC) W200FC 2:14.34 (PB); W50BC 32.38 (H); 32.45 (F)


Issued by Swim Ireland, whose High Performance Programme is supported and funded by the Irish Sports Council