Irish Youth Open Swimming Championships – Day 1 Update

International Fair at National Aquatic Centre The Irish Youth Open Swimming Championships 2010 has attracted International teams from South Africa, France, Scotland and Egypt this year, and got underway at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin today.

One of the highlights of day one was the Men’s 200m freestyle 16 & under age category, which produced some very impressive results. The race was won by Bangor’s Jordan Sloan in 1.54.91 and close on his heels was Kyle Stolk from the NAC swim club (1.55.31). Not long after the 200m freestyle was over, Sloan was back in the pool to win the 16 & under 100m backstroke in another notable time – 1.01.23.

Olympian Aisling Cooney, who missed out on qualification for this summer’s European Championships (August) produced a strong swim in the 100m backstroke (1.02.79) just over a half second off her all time best.

Dubliner Karl Burdis, who has recently returned home from the University of Minnesota and started training full time at Swim Ireland’s NAC High Performance Centre had stiff competition from some of the visiting French swimmers in the 100m backstroke, as well as from Kilkenny’s Colm Dowling who won the Irish title in 59.41. Second place went to Burdis in 59.42 and third went to William Ensor, Westwood (1.00.55).

National titles were awarded to the top three Irish in each event, with commemorative tokens being awarded to the visiting swimmers. The four day meet which runs from Thursday 22^nd – Sunday 25^th July is the final National domestic meet of the summer and will feature members of the European Senior squad over the course of the four days, including Andrew Bree, Clare Dawson and Grainne Murphy.

Day 1 Results:

Men’s 200m freestyle: 16 & Under – 1^st J Sloan Bangor SC 1.54.91, 2^nd K Stolk NAC SC 1.55.31, 3^rd G Truman Aer Lingus SC & D Thompson Lisburn City SC 2.00.52, 17-18 Years – 1^s C Donnelly Leander SC 1.56.84, 2^nd  A Matthews Lisburn City SC 1.56.98, 3^rd F Meagher Glenalbyn 1.57.04, 19 & Over – 1^st C Leaney Larne SC 1.52.98, 2^nd I Chisholm Leander SC 1.54.07, 3^rd S Stacey NUIM 1.56.74 Women’s 200m freestyle: 15 & Under – 1^st E Thornton Coolmine SC 2.10.88, 2^nd T Corry Portmarnock SC 2.10.93, 3^rd Rachel Nevins Aer Lingus SC 2.12.50, 16 Years – 1^st K Reid Lisburn SC 2.08.76, 2^nd S O’Brien Waterford Crystal SC 2.11.26, 3^rd E Heyburn City of Belfast SC 2.12.50, 17 & Over B Carson Lisburn SC 2.06.00, 2^nd D Ryan Galway SC 2.06.60, 3^rd G Sweeney Glenalbyn SC 2.11.04 Men’s 100m backstroke 16 & Under – 1^st J Sloan Bangor SC 1.01.23, 2^nd J Cobain Portmarnock SC 1.03.62, 3^rd C Duffy Galway SC 1.05.09, 17 – 18 Years D Bell Ards SC 1.01.93, 2^nd R McNulty Dolphin SC 1.03.56, 3^rd A Yilmaz Mallow Swans SC 1.04.76. 19 & Over, 1^st C Dowling Kilkenny SC 59.41, 2^nd K Burdis Portmarnock SC 59.42, 3^rd W Ensor Westwood SC 1.00.55. Women’s 100m backstroke 15 & Under – 1^st G Branagan Templeogue SC 1.07.24, 2^nd E Cassidy Sunday’s Well SC 1.07.59, 3^rd K Kychygina Templeogue SC 1.08.48, 16 Years 1^st K Reid Lisburn SC 1.06.89, 2^nd L Kent Waterford Crystal SC 1.11.40, 3^rd K McDonagh Galway SC 1.12.30. 17 & Over 1^st A Cooney ESB SC 1.02.79, 2^nd C Wilson Enniskillen Lakelanders SC 1.05.46, 3^rd A O’Connor Galway SC 1.08.91. Men’s 200m butterfly 16 & Under J Cobain Portmarnock SC A2.14.91, 2^nd J Keogh Galway SC 2.15.08, 3^rd M McCaughey Bangor SC 2.20.78,17-18 Years – 1^st P Duffy St. Paul’s 2.10.79, 2^nd S Treacy Sunday’s Well SC 2.14.55, L Galloway Lisburn SC 2.17.06, 19 & Over – 1^st N Wynne St. Paul’s SC 2.09.05, 2^nd D Graham Ards SC 2.10.24, 3^rd R Whelan Cormorant SC 2.23.28. Women’s 200m butterfly 15 & Under 1^st S McMahon Leander SC 2.18.69, 2^nd S Taafe Aer Lingus SC 2.28.63, 3^rd C Flood Tallaght SC 2.29.29 16 Years 1^st M Schaler Westwood SC 2.27.91, 2^nd C Geoghegan Comans SC 2.37.55, 3^rd S Clifford Dolphin SC 2.39.96 17 & Over – 1^st L Cummins Sunday’s Well SC 2.17.12, 2^nd N O’Sullivan Kingdom SC 2.18.96, 3^rd Laura McDonnell Cormorant SC 2.21.31 Men’s 50m breaststroke 1^st M Dawson Ards SC 29.48, 2^nd P Clarke Limerick SC 30.62, 3^rd E Crowley Mallow Swans SC 31.26. Women’s 50m breaststroke 1^st S McMahon Leander SC 32.85, 2^nd A Todd City of Belfast SC 34.25, 3^rd A Hyland Bangor SC 34.35 Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay 18 & Under 1^st Lisburn City SC 3.43.09, 2^nd Aer Lingus SC 3.46.46, 3^rd Galway SC 3.48.45, 19 & Under 1^st Ards SC 3.33.19, 2^nd NAC 3.36.38, 3^rd Leander SC 3.36.41. Women’s 4x100m freestyle 16 & Under 1^st Templeogue SC 4.04.40, 2^nd Aer Lingus SC 4.13.75, 3^rd Lisburn City SC 4.15.42. 17 & Under 1^st Galway SC 4.05.46, 2^nd ESB SC 4.09.72, 3^rd 4.15.42.