01 Feb 2023

Enniskillen Lakelanders on top form at first Long Course meet of the season

 

28 members of the Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club competed in Sunday’s Portadown Long Course Meet held at the South Lakes Leisure complex, Craigavon. This marked the beginning of the Long Course season for these swimmers who enjoyed the opportunity to compete in a 50m pool and for some it was a chance to secure qualification times for upcoming Summer National events.

 

Ryan Aiken (14), swam great swims with a 3 second PB in 50m Breaststroke, 2 second PB in 50m Freestyle and matching his previous PB in the difficult 50m Butterfly.

 

Rory Aiken (14), came away very pleased with his swims. He had a fantastic 6 sec pb in 50m free, 3 sec pb in 50mButterfly and very glad to match his times in his least favourite 50m breast.

Both boys coming away with great learning after their 1st attempt at long course swimming.

 

Holly Barkley (12) did extremely well coming home with a PB in each of her 3 swims. Holly knocked 1 sec off her backcrawl, 4 secs off her breaststroke and an impressive 6 secs off her front crawl.

Josh Cassidy (13) swam three races for his first long course gala;
50 breast, 50 back crawl and 50 freestyle, gaining PBs in all races and enjoying the experience on the day.

 

Kiril Chursin (17) picked up PBs in 100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle in addition to top 10 finishes in each. He also swam well in the 100m Breaststroke event.

 

Darragh Collins (12) enjoyed his first taste of long course swimming. He swam in the 50m Breaststroke, Backstroke and Freestyle races coming away with 2 PBs. Darragh was most pleased with his breaststroke performance placing in the top 5 in his age group.

 

Ellie Dunlop (14) was delighted with her performance at the long course gala in Portadown. In the 50m Breaststroke Ellie finished in 1st place with a 4.61s pb. Ellie followed this up with strong swims in the  100m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke finishing  in 2nd place in both.  Ellie secured qualification times for the Irish summer Nationals in all her events.

 

Hayden James (16)  had a very successful meet. First up was the 100m Freestyle where he finished in 8th place overall with a 1.42 second PB and an Irish Summer National qualifying time. Hayden then knocked 2.90 seconds off his 100m Butterfly race, placing 5th overall and earning his 2nd Irish National qualifying time. 

Last up was the 50m Butterfly and the 50m Freestyle finishing 9th and 7th, earning pbs for both events and a qualifying time for the 50m Freestyle.

 

Katie James (13) picked up PBs in all of her events; 50m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle.

 

Jamie Lannon (15) was very happy to be with PB in all his 3events.

A very determined and resilient competitor, Jamie did not fail to impress winning gold in the 100m breaststroke and silver in both the 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle.

Jamie now qualifies to compete at Irish summer youth and senior championship and the 2023 Irish Open Championship in April.

 

Luke Lannon (12) competed in 3 events in his first-ever long course competition in the 13 year old age group.

Mustering up all his determination Luke was delighted to achieve PBs in both the 50m Freestyleand 100m Breaststroke and finish the top 6 in his races.

A skilful execution of the 100m back crawl saw Luke finishing 2 seconds faster than the upper limit qualifying time for Irish summer age group nationals. Luke was thrilled to finish 4th overall in this age group and excited for summer nationals.

 

Vita Lavrenova (16) gained new PBs in 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle.

 

Myleene Leonard (12) had a successful day achieving 4 PBs and knocking over 20 seconds off her times. Myleene was most impressed with her improvement in the 100m Backstroke, knocking nearly 14 seconds off her previous time.

 

Hannah Lynch (13) competed in 3 events and was delighted to achieve 3 new PBs. Hannah finished in second place in the 100m Freestyle and 4th place in both the 100m and 50m Backstroke.

 

Holly McCabe (12) had a great day at her first competitive experience in a 50m pool. She swam two races, the 50m Backstroke and the 50m Freestyle, picking up PBs in each.

 

Martha McCreesh (12) took gold in the 50m Backstroke and came a very respectable 4th in the 50m Butterfly. 100m swims in the Breaststroke and Freestyle brought top 10 finishes as well.

 

Kate McDade (15) swimming in the highly competitive 15-16 year old age group, impressed with PBs across three events. Significantly improving on her seed positions, she was the fastest 15 year old in the 50m Breaststroke, achieving an Irish Open time. A top 10 ten finish in 100m Freestyle, and 2nd place in 100m Breaststroke in 15 year old age group secured 2 summer national times to total 5 qualifying times so early in the season is an encouraging start to LC competition.

 

Russell Mikiewicz Lumayad (13) took part in 50m Butterfly, 50mBackstroke and 50m Freestyle, achieving PBs in all three.

 

Jessica Millar (12) picked up three personal bests. These were her first ever events swimming in a 50m pool. Jessica was particularly happy when she took over 9 seconds off her 50m Freestyle time, as she's been really working on improving this stroke. She also gained personal bests in both of her other events; 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke. This was a great experience for her and she hopes to swim in longer events next time.

 

James Mongan (16) was delighted to see his hard work in training pay off with PBs in all his events; 50m & 100m Freestyle, 50m & 100m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke. The high point was hitting a consideration time in 100m Backstroke for Summer Nationals.

 

Younger brother Ryan Mongan (13) enjoyed his first Long Course experience, maintaining his PB in 100m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke and knocking time off his 100m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle times.

 

Ava Neal (12), had a  great day, swimming four races  with an impressive personal best of 6.29s improvement in 100m Freestyle. Ava picked up another two personal bests in both 100m Breaststroke & 50m Freestyle. 

Niamh O’Donnell (15) achieved three PBs in 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle with experience gained in a strong swim in 100m Backstroke, thoroughly enjoying the well run gala.

 

 

Tori Reid (13) took 3 seconds off her 50m Breaststroke time, 2 seconds off her 50m Backstroke time and almost 5 seconds off her 50m Freestyle time, coming first in her heat and narrowly missing out on a third place overall.

 

Erin Salcedo (13) picked up PBs in 100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke along with a top ten finish and further PBs in 100m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle.

 

Sarah Speer (13) had a very successful day at her first long course competition with a PB in both the 50m and 100m Breaststroke. The highlight of the day for Sarah was her 8 second PB in her 100 m Freestyle. 

 

Younger sister Emma (11)  also had a successful day opening with a 8.37 PB in her 100m Freestyle, a fifth place finish and a 2 second PB in her 50m Breaststroke. Emma finished off the day with a 2 second PB in her 100m Breaststroke and a silver medal.

 

Conal Walker (15) gained valuable experience, managing to secure PBs in 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly. He also had a good steady race in 100m Breaststroke.

 

Club Chairperson Aideen Speer expressed her delight in seeing such a large number of Lakelanders participating in this challenging 50m Long Course Gala saying it demonstrated fantastic potential within the club for a very bright season ahead.

The club are busy preparing for their Spring Junior Gala planned for Sunday 5^thMarch at the Lakeland Forum Enniskillen. This will be a wonderful opportunity for younger swimmers to gain competition experience and we look forward to seeing young swimmers coming to Enniskillen to take part from surrounding clubs across the region.

Event #	Event Sub #	Distance	Stroke	Swimmer	Time	Position
203	203A	100m	Free	Mc Creesh, Martha	1:21.13	6
203	203A	100m	Free	Leonard, Myleene	1:28.95	12
203	203A	100m	Free	Speer, Emma	1:29.89	13
203	203B	100m	Free	Lynch, Hannah	1:10.66	2
203	203B	100m	Free	Neal, Ava	1:17.55	15
203	203B	100m	Free	Salcedo, Erin	1:22.34	31
203	203B	100m	Free	Speer, Sarah	1:24.42	37
203	203C	100m	Free	Mc Dade, Kate	1:08.54	12
203	203C	100m	Free	Lavrenova, Vita	1:10.99	20
203	203C	100m	Free	O'Donnell, Niamh Eileen	1:11.86	23
204	204B	100m	Free	Mongan, Ryan	1:32.44	39
204	204C	100m	Free	Lannon, Jamie	0:58.99	2
204	204C	100m	Free	James, Hayden	1:01.91	8
204	204C	100m	Free	Mongan, James	1:06.57	19
204	204C	100m	Free	Walker, Conal	1:14.83	21
204	204D	100m	Free	Chursin, Kiril	1:03.29	9
205	205A	100m	Back	Leonard, Myleene	1:44.90	11
205	205B	100m	Back	Lynch, Hannah	1:17.02	4
205	205C	100m	Back	O'Donnell, Niamh Eileen	1:23.95	16
206	206B	100m	Back	Lannon, Luke	1:20.63	4
206	206C	100m	Back	Mongan, James	1:15.40	9
207	207A	50m	Breast	Speer, Emma	0:47.48	5
207	207A	50m	Breast	Miller, Jessica	0:50.15	8
207	207A	50m	Breast	Leonard, Myleene	0:53.72	14
207	207A	50m	Breast	Barkley, Holly	1:02.12	20
207	207B	50m	Breast	Dunlop, Ellie	0:37.53	1
207	207B	50m	Breast	Salcedo, Erin	0:46.56	8
207	207B	50m	Breast	Neal, Ava	0:47.54	12
207	207B	50m	Breast	Speer, Sarah	0:47.56	13
207	207B	50m	Breast	Reid, Tori	0:50.47	25
207	207B	50m	Breast	James, Katie	0:58.23	38
207	207C	50m	Breast	Mc Dade, Kate	0:38.65	4
208	208A	50m	Breast	Collins, Darragh	0:56.20	5
208	208B	50m	Breast	Mongan, Ryan	0:51.31	17
208	208B	50m	Breast	Cassidy, Josh	0:58.58	23
208	208C	50m	Breast	Mongan, James	0:42.06	7
208	208C	50m	Breast	Aiken, Rory	0:56.29	12
208	208C	50m	Breast	Aiken, Ryan	DQ (3C)	0
208	208D	50m	Breast	Chursin, Kiril	0:36.58	8
209	209B	100m	Fly	Dunlop, Ellie	1:21.24	2
210	210C	100m	Fly	James, Hayden	1:10.49	5
303	303A	50m	Fly	Mc Creesh, Martha	0:47.37	4
303	303A	50m	Fly	Leonard, Myleene	0:54.80	7
303	303B	50m	Fly	Salcedo, Erin	DQ (7O)	0
303	303C	50m	Fly	Lavrenova, Vita	0:37.92	23
304	304B	50m	Fly	Mikiewicz Lumayad, Russell	DQ (1F)	0
304	304C	50m	Fly	James, Hayden	0:31.85	9
304	304C	50m	Fly	Walker, Conal	0:40.31	13
304	304C	50m	Fly	Aiken, Rory	0:48.10	14
304	304C	50m	Fly	Aiken, Ryan	0:55.91	15
304	304D	50m	Fly	Chursin, Kiril	0:31.28	8
305	305A	100m	Breast	Speer, Emma	1:43.92	2
305	305A	100m	Breast	Mc Creesh, Martha	1:49.76	7
305	305B	100m	Breast	Dunlop, Ellie	1:21.99	2
305	305B	100m	Breast	Salcedo, Erin	1:43.76	22
305	305B	100m	Breast	Speer, Sarah	1:43.98	23
305	305B	100m	Breast	Neal, Ava	DQ (7O)	0
305	305C	100m	Breast	Mc Dade, Kate	1:26.38	4
306	306B	100m	Breast	Lannon, Luke	1:41.13	15
306	306B	100m	Breast	Mongan, Ryan	1:48.25	21
306	306C	100m	Breast	Lannon, Jamie	1:13.85	1
306	306C	100m	Breast	Mongan, James	1:30.33	12
306	306C	100m	Breast	Walker, Conal	1:33.95	14
306	306D	100m	Breast	Chursin, Kiril	1:23.65	11
307	307A	50m	Back	Mc Creesh, Martha	0:42.54	1
307	307A	50m	Back	Mc Cabe, Holly	0:53.25	16
307	307A	50m	Back	Miller, Jessica	0:55.33	17
307	307A	50m	Back	Barkley, Holly	0:56.97	18
307	307B	50m	Back	Lynch, Hannah	0:37.12	4
307	307B	50m	Back	Reid, Tori	0:48.66	19
307	307B	50m	Back	James, Katie	0:49.21	21
307	307C	50m	Back	O'Donnell, Niamh Eileen	0:38.17	10
308	308A	50m	Back	Collins, Darragh	0:51.64	9
308	308B	50m	Back	Mikiewicz Lumayad, Russell	0:51.51	11
308	308B	50m	Back	Cassidy, Josh	1:00.01	14
308	308C	50m	Back	Mongan, James	0:35.91	5
308	308C	50m	Back	Walker, Conal	0:40.80	7
309	309A	50m	Free	Mc Cabe, Holly	0:41.19	7
309	309A	50m	Free	Miller, Jessica	0:44.67	14
309	309A	50m	Free	Barkley, Holly	0:51.93	16
309	309B	50m	Free	Neal, Ava	0:35.25	21
309	309B	50m	Free	Salcedo, Erin	0:38.09	35
309	309B	50m	Free	Reid, Tori	0:40.66	41
309	309B	50m	Free	James, Katie	0:42.66	43
309	309C	50m	Free	Lavrenova, Vita	0:32.75	20
309	309C	50m	Free	O'Donnell, Niamh Eileen	0:33.41	28
310	310A	50m	Free	Collins, Darragh	DQ (7O)	0
310	310B	50m	Free	Lannon, Luke	0:34.22	16
310	310B	50m	Free	Mongan, Ryan	0:41.55	28
310	310B	50m	Free	Mikiewicz Lumayad, Russell	0:42.59	29
310	310B	50m	Free	Cassidy, Josh	0:45.78	30
310	310C	50m	Free	Lannon, Jamie	0:27.13	2
310	310C	50m	Free	James, Hayden	0:29.19	7
310	310C	50m	Free	Mongan, James	0:31.67	13
310	310C	50m	Free	Aiken, Rory	0:38.80	22
310	310C	50m	Free	Aiken, Ryan	0:40.50	23
310	310D	50m	Free	Chursin, Kiril	0:28.90	10

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