Enniskillen Lakelanders Travel to Lisburn for Templemore Club Event
19 Feb 2020
Eight of Enniskillen Lakelanders’ developing swimmers attended the morning Level 1 session at Templemore Minor Open Meet held at Lagan Valley Leisureplex on Sunday 16th February. A Level 3 competition followed in the later part of the morning and on into the afternoon, with thirteen Lakelander swimmers participating.
Emma Speer (8) the youngest Lakelander swimmer had a great day competing first in level 1 competing in three events, achieving two PBs in backstroke and butterfly and also managed to pick up a third place for her breaststroke. In the afternoon level 3 session she swam in her favourite events in the 100m breaststroke where she finished 4th and first 9 year old , she also swam the 50m breaststroke, again swam well finishing 8th and 1st 9 year old.
Sarah Speer (10) had an enjoyable day swimming in three events with PBs in breaststroke and butterfly in the morning session and also swimming well in the 100m breaststroke in the afternoon session.
Luke Lannon (9) had a great start to the day achieving a 10 second PB in the 100IM , his 50m freestyle saw him achieve a 3 second PB in a time of 41.63s finishing 7th in both those events. Luke was delighted with a 6 second PB in his favoured Breaststroke and a 4th place finish in the 100m and 5th place finish in the 50m breaststroke. Luke also achieved a 1second PB in the 50m back crawl and his first time of 1.43.17 in the 100m freestyle. Swimming as a 10yr old Luke was proud to have performed top ten finishes in all events at his first level 3 meet.
Ava Neal (10) commenced her day with a massive 10 second PB in the 50m Freestyle. She continued to beat her PB in the 50m Breaststroke and placed in the top 10. Ava finished the meet maintaining her time in the 50m backstroke.
Beth Jones (10) began with an impressive 3 second PB in the 100 IM and went into the afternoon session maintaining her time in the freestyle. Beth ranked in the top 10 in both her 50m breaststroke and 50m backstroke.
Ryan Mongan (9) was pleased with his swims in the morning session gaining valuable experiences in all four strokes in the 10 year old competitions and finishing with a PB in the freestyle and a massive 15 second PB in the 100m IM. He participated in his first Level 3 meet in the afternoon achieving a fantastic 5 second PB in the 50m freestyle, then going on to place 5th in the 100m breaststroke.
James Mongan (12) began the level 3 session gaining valuable experience in the 200m IM, following up with a 2 second PB in the 50m freestyle and finishing his day with a fantastic 5 second PB in the 100m breaststroke.
Darren Woods (12) had a great day swimming. He tried a new race for the first time, the 200IM which he enjoyed and now has a time to work off. His second race was the 50m butterfly where again he had a great race, achieving a 5 second PB. His 3rd race was the 50m breaststroke. Again, he had a good race achieving another PB of 3 seconds. Darren finished off the day racing in the 50m backstroke where he had a brilliant race and achieved another 6.5 sec PB. He had a great day swimming, finishing top 10 in all of his races.
Adam Forster (11) also attended, swimming in three races. In the 50m breaststroke he had a PB of 53.81 seconds and was placed 2nd winning a silver medal. In the 50m backstroke he had a PB of 47.71 and was placed 1st winning a gold medal! In the 100m freestyle he had a PB of 1.29 seconds and was placed 5th. Some fantastic results from a great day of swimming and representing Lakelanders.
Josh Cassidy (10) entered four events, the first being a strong performance in the 25m butterfly, next up was the challenging 100m Individual Medley which he took in his stride, producing a 22.76 second PB. Josh also entered the 50m butterfly in. which he demonstrated great determination from start to finish. He completed his day with a great experience in the 100m breaststroke.
Erin Salcedo (10) swam three events coming away with a 2 second PB in the 25m backstroke, a four second PB in the 25m breaststroke and a fantastic 7 second PB in the 25m freestyle.
Kate McDade (11) was pleased with her performance in the 50m freestyle where she ranked in the top 10 finishers, also gaining a PB.
She went on to achieve an impressive 3 second PB in the 100m breaststroke and finished off her day with a 2 second PB in the 100m backstroke.
Hannah Beacom (12) swam well in all four strokes in the morning session, achieving PBs in backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and an impressive 7 second PB in the 100m IM. In the afternoon session she was pleased with her 5 second PB in the 5om freestyle and gained valuable experience in the 100m breaststroke.
Dara Toner (13) achieved a fabulous 8 second PB in the 50m freestyle and also swam well in the 100m breaststroke.
All the young swimmers did themselves, the coaches and their families proud with their efforts and improvements in their performances in Lisburn. Clare Morris led the coaching team on the day and said “It was a pleasure to spend the day with this super bunch, they did themselves and the club proud. Great swimming all round!”
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