Lakelanders Secure Medals & PBs at Swim Ulster Open Meet in Bangor
26 Jan 2026
Lakelanders Secure Medals & PBs at Swim Ulster Open Meet in Bangor
6 Enniskillen Lakelanders’ swimmers competed at Swim Ulster’s Open Long Course Meet at the Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex in Bangor on the 24 & 25th January. Swimmers from clubs all over Ireland attended this exciting start to the Long Course season and the Lakelanders were eager to race their fellow athletes in the fabulous 10 lane 50m pool at the Aurora.
Darragh Collins (15) made an impressive start to the Long Course season. In the 50m and 100m Freestyle events he set new personal bests, hitting the wall in the top 10 in both and confirming his potential for the season ahead.
Sophie Hanna (14) thoroughly enjoyed her first Swim Ulster Long Course Open where she came 7th in the 50m Back Crawl and 11th in the 100m Butterfly. Further strong performances in the 50m and 100m Freestyle ensured she maintained her entry times in both.
Jakub Mikievicz Lumayad (12) enjoyed his first LC open meet. He swam in 50m, 100m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke, winning bronze medals in each of his events.
Ryan Mongan (16) was delighted to clock 2 seconds off his 50m Breaststroke PB to hit the wall within the consideration time for summer Nationals in Dublin. He went on to pick up another PB in the 200m Breaststroke, finishing in the top 10 in both his events.
Natalie Swidani (13) enjoyed her weekend Gala in Bangor. She swam the 100m Breaststroke and took off 3 seconds from her PB to finish on 1minute 42 seconds. She went on to swim 100m Freestyle in 1minute 16 seconds and the 50m Freestyle in 33.90 seconds.
Conal Walker (18) swam in four events, achieving long course PBs in 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and the 50m Butterfly.
Enniskillen Lakelanders’ Head Coach Fionna Orr was pleased to see such a promising start to the Long Course season. The swimmers and their families very much appreciate the great work of Fionna, Chelsey and all the coaching team with the swimmers every week throughout the early mornings and late evenings at Omagh Leisure Centre as well as at Broadmeadow Gym with Coach Liam in Enniskillen.
The club express their gratitude to Lough Erne Resort, Western Cars for their ongoing support of the swimmers.
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