Irish Minor Schools Championship / Senior Schools Interpro.
27 Mar 2023
Irish Minor Schools Championship / Senior Schools Interpro
The Irish Minor Schools Championships 2023 took place on Saturday 25th March 2023 at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin. Six swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders had qualified back in October 2022 and were high with excitement as the headed off to The National Aquatic Centre in Dublin for the first time. The swimmers were determined to represent Ulster well on their debut.
Devenish college
Emma Speer (11) travelled to the National Aquatic Centre to represent Devenish College in the Swim Ireland Minor School Championships. Emma had excellent days swimming in her IM she improved her time by 2.20 seconds placing her in the top thirty. The highlight for Emma was her fifteenth place in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 45.23, another PB in a highly competitive field of over fifty swimmers in the under 12 category.
Enniskillen Model Primary School
Martha Mc Creesh (12) had an extremely successful day at the Aquatic Centre; she had qualified to swim two races - the 100m IM and 50m backstroke. A great start saw Martha gain a new PB and a 15th place finish in her IM. Later in the afternoon Martha swam a tightly contested 50m backstroke gaining a much sought-after place in the final and a new PB. Strategic swimming saw Martha drop a further 1 sec in the final leaving Martha very proud to finish 7th in Ireland in her 50m backstroke.
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
Two swimmers travelled to the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin to represent Enniskillen Royal Grammar School. Jessica Millar (12) swam in her favoured stroke, breaststroke gaining a new PB and knocking almost 4 seconds off her time. Jessica was pleased to be placed first in her heat of 50m breast stroke and overall just outside the top twenty in the under twelve breaststroke. Erin Salcedo (12) also representing ERGS competed in two events. In 100m IM she got a PB of 2.70 seconds finishing just outside the top twenty while in 50m freestyle, she also had PB of 1.17, seconds again just finishing outside the top twenty but was very happy to find that she secured a time for summer nationals in June.
Holy Trinity PS Enniskillen
Keira Salcedo (10) represented Holy Trinity PS Enniskillen. She was delighted to qualify for the Irish Minor Schools back in October, the only Fermanagh representative in the 9-10 year section, where Keira did her school proud. Keira attained a PB of 3.00 seconds in her 50m breaststroke placing her in the top 13 overall in the under ten category while in 50m butterfly Keira just finished outside the top twenty; a great day in Dublin for a ten year old .
Tattygar Primary School
Myleene Leonard also had an excellent day in Dublin, Myleene had just qualified for one event in Dublin but her training and commitment to swimming has seen Myleene improve in leaps and bounds. Myleene was seeded at 39th position in the backstroke but dropped an incredible 6.35 sec and left her missing out on the final by one place, at eleventh spot this left Myleene very proud of her day in Dublin.
Schools Interpro
Enniskillen Lakelanders also had three representatives for the Swim Ulster Schools Interpro Team 2023 has been selected based on their performance at the Swim Ulster Senior Schools Cup & Championships which was held at Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex on the 4th Feb 2022.
Mount Lourdes was represented by Anna McDade whilst Enniskillen Royal Grammar was represented by Ellie Dunlop and Cora Rooney represented Colaiste Cholmchille. The girls all swam extremely in representing Ulster but unfortunately Leinster ran out winners on this occasion.
Our young swimmers now look forward to the next exciting event for junior swimmers on our calendar; the second round of the Aquasprint League which takes place on the 1st of April in Enniskillen . And the same weekend Ellie Dunlop, Anna and Kate McDade will be participating in the Irish Open at the National Aquatic Centre.
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