Cracking Swimming from Lakelanders in Craigavon!
13 Oct 2021
On Sunday 10th October 16 swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club made their way to the beautiful facilities at the South Lakes Leisure Centre in Craigavon for the first of Swim Ulster’s Future Challengers’ Series of Galas.
This was the younger Lakelanders’ first swimming competition in around 20 months and they relished the opportunity, returning with great memories and a slew of new personal best swims (PBs).
The racing began with the mixed 100m Medley Relay event where the Lakelanders’ team consisting of Luke Lannon, Martha McCreesh, Ellie Dunlop and Hannah Lynch finished 3rd with teams from Lurgan and Swilly Seals clubs taking the first two places in an exciting finish.
Then followed the individual races. Beth Buchannan (11) earned a 3second PB in the 100m Freestyle event and followed up by swimming a great 100m Breaststroke and 25m Freestyle Kick.
Enda Burke (11) gained a whopping 15 second PB in the 100m Freestyle event, proceeding on to swim well in both 100m Breaststroke and the 25m Freestyle Kick races.
Aoife Carey (12) swam a great 200m Freestyle, maintained her seed time in the 100m Breaststroke and came away with a new PB in the 25m Freestyle kick event.
Eimear Carey (12) gained great competition experiences in the 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and the 25m Freestyle Kick races.
Josh Cassidy (11) was delighted to bring his 100m Freestyle time down by over 30 seconds and followed that up by great swims in the 100m Breaststroke and the 25m Freestyle Kick, maintaining his seed times in both events.
Darragh Collins (10) began his afternoon by maintaining his seed time in the 50m Freestyle, proceeding on to another good swim in the 25m Freestyle Kick event.
Ellie Dunlop (12) shaved another 2 seconds off her 100m Breaststroke time, placing 5th in the final ranking.
Luke Lannon (11) also ranked 5th in the boys 100m Freestyle, dropping a fabulous 9 seconds off his seed time. He followed on with another great swim in the 100m Breaststroke.
Myleene Leonard (10) swam two great swims; the 50m Freestyle followed by the 25m Freestyle Kick.
Hannah Lynch (12) placed 4th in the 200m Freestyle event as well as dropping a massive 18 seconds off her seed time. She continued on to gain another fantastic 18 second PB in the 100m Breaststroke event. Hannah had another great swim in the 25m Freestyle Kick race.
Martha McCreesh (10) swam well in the 50m Freestyle, maintaining her time, and had another great swim in the 25m Freestyle Kick event.
Russell Mikiewicz Lumayad (11) dropped a fantastic 21 seconds off his time in the 100m Freestyle event. He followed that with a 5 second PB in the 100m Breaststroke and also swam very well in the 25m Freestyle Kick race.
Ryan Mongan (11) gained a 3 second PB in the 100m Freestyle race then followed that with another PB in the 100m Breaststroke event.
Anton Neal (10) swam well in both the 50m Freestyle and the 25m Freestyle Kick races.
Ava Neal (11) had a great swim in the 100m Freestyle and the 100m Breaststroke events, following up with another pleasing performance in the 25m Freestyle Kick race.
Erin Salcedo (11) knocked a whopping 10 seconds off her 100m Freestyle seed time, came out with another PB of 8 seconds in the 100m Breaststroke and swam another great race in the 25m Freestyle Kick event.
The afternoon’s racing finished off with an exciting Freestyle Relay race with the Lakelanders’ team made up of Hannah Lynch, Ryan Mongan, Luke Lannon, Beth Buchannan, Darragh Collins and Mylene Leonard.
With spectators prohibited at this event the swimmers and their families were particularly grateful to their Coaching team led by Clare Morris, Team Manager Sara Lannon and Covid Officer on the day Sinead Lynch, for all their work in supporting the swimmers at this event which was a very successful start to the racing season for the Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club.
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