05 Dec 2021

Super Swimming by Enniskillen Lakelanders in Craigavon

On Sunday 5^th December 8 swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club made their way to the beautiful facilities at the South Lakes Leisure Centre in Craigavon for the second of Swim Ulster’s ‘Future Challengers’ Series of Galas. This Gala series is for swimmers aged 10-12 and our young Lakelanders relished the opportunity for new PBs and a fun afternoon of competitive swimming.

 

The racing began with the mixed 100m Medley Relay event with one of the Lakelanders teams consisting of Ellie Dunlop, Luke Lannon, Martha McCreesh and Hannah Lynch placing 4^th.

Then followed the individual races.

Josh Cassidy (11) gained a PB in the gruelling 200m Individual Medley race, following up with a 12 second PB in the 50m Butterfly event.

Darragh Collins (10) was very pleased to drop 4 seconds off his 50m Breaststroke time.

Ellie Dunlop (12) took a fabulous 7 seconds from her 200m Individual Medley time.

Luke Lannon (11) began his solo events with a PB in the challenging 200m Individual Medley race, then he gained a PB in the subsequent 100m Backstroke and followed that up with another PB in the 50m Butterfly event, ranking him the 3rd fastest in his age group for this race.

Myleene Leonard (10) shaved 9 seconds off her 50m Backstroke seed time before another great swim in the 50m Butterfly event. Myleene finished off her afternoon’s swimming with a 3 second PB in the 50m Breaststroke race.

Hannah Lynch (12) dropped a whopping 7 seconds off her 200m Individual Medley time. She continued on to gain another fantastic 14 second PB in the 100m Backstroke event, followed by another brilliant 13 second PB in the gruelling 100m Butterfly event, touching the wall in 5^th place overall.

Martha McCreesh (10) took almost 3 seconds off her 50m Backstroke time, proceeding on to improve her 50m Butterfly time by an amazing 18 seconds. Martha then took 9 seconds off her 50m Breaststroke time, coming in a fabulous 4^th place in her age group.

Ryan Mongan (11) gained a PB in the 100m Backstroke race, then followed that with a whopping 20 second improvement on his 50m Butterfly time.

The afternoon’s racing came to an exciting close with the Freestyle Relay race with the Lakelanders’ team made up of Ellie Dunlop, Hannah Lynch, Luke Lannon, Ryan Mongan, Martha McCreesh and Myleene Leonard placing 4^th in a nail-biting end to a fabulous Gala experience for the young Lakelanders.

With spectators prohibited at this event the swimmers and their families were particularly grateful to the Coaching team led by Lakelanders’ Head Coach Ben Wiffen, Team Manager Sinead Lynch, Covid Officer on the day Charlene Leonard and Club Representative on the Time Keeping Team; Tara Cassidy, for all their work in supporting the swimmers at this event which was a very successful afternoon for these young Enniskillen Lakelanders swimmers.

 

 

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