Cookstown’s Calum Bain won the 50m Freestyle in 22.81.Īmelia Kane took two wins this evening in the 200m Butterfly (2:21.05) and 400m Freestyle (4:28.80) and in the 200m Backstroke, National Centre Dublin’s Sean Scannell was just half a second away from his best time touching in 2:03.93.īanbridge’s Julia Knox won a close tie with Ards’ Rebecca Reid in the 200m Individual Medley. In the Women’s 200m Breaststroke, Niamh Coyne cruised to victory in 2:30.39.Īrds’ Victoria Catterson claimed victory in the 100m Freestyle with a personal best time of 56.31, just three tenths of a second off Danielle Hills National Record of 56.01. National Centre Dublin’s Darragh Greene, already under the Olympic qualification time in the 100m Breaststroke, won that event in 1:00.52 with Eoin Corby, who has already broke two Irish Junior Records this weekend so far, second in 1:01.35. Hyland returns tomorrow for his main event, the 200m Butterfly. Ben reminded me to stick to my race, so I was out a bit behind, but I think that’s the fastest back end I’ve had ever.’ Shane (Ryan) obviously swam unbelievably for the whole ISL (International Swimming League) and he’s been in my ear about this 100 fly for about six months. Sometimes that’s the little bit of luck you need, to give you the confidence to press on. The Tallaght native continued ‘I love racing and I just got out and enjoyed it, and it was. I had a bit of doubt – what if I didn’t have it? You get nervous because you haven’t raced, but I’ve stuck the head down for a couple of months and I’m glad it’s paid off. Speaking after his race Hyland commented ‘ It’s been 10 months since any sort of competition for me, and then it’s 2019 summer since I did a long course, proper tapered meet, so I was nervous. Hyland owned the previous record of 52.62 from the 2018 National Championships, tonight he lowered the time to 52.58 with Ryan second in 52.98. The previous record, held by McMillan’s Bangor team-mate Jordan Sloan, had stood at 1:47.41 since 2017.īrendan Hyland, swimming for National Centre Dublin, broke his first record of the year in the 100m Butterfly after a cracking final with team-mate Shane Ryan. 17 away from the Olympic A time of 1:47.02. McMillan, who set a new short course (25m) standard in the 200m Freestyle earlier today, smashed out a new long course record in the final in 1:47.19 and now stands just. Two more Irish Senior Records fell at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin this evening with Jack McMillan and Brendan Hyland impressing as the format switched back to long course (50m).
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