Lakelanders' Swimmers Sparkle for their Schools at Irish Minor Schools Champions
30 Mar 2025
Lakelanders' Swimmers Sparkle for their Schools at Irish Minor Schools National Championships
The Irish Minor Schools Championships 2025 took place on Sunday 30th March at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin. 17 Enniskillen Lakelanders swimmers aged 12 and under made the journey, having qualified earlier this month at the regional schools gala in Lisburn and were high with excitement as they headed off to Dublin to do their schools proud on the National stage.
Enniskillen Integrated PS
Imogen Neal (9) had a great swim in her first Irish Minor Schools Competition swimming 50m Freestyle, gaining a wonderful PB of 2.42 seconds.
Enniskillen Model PS
Harriett Cadden (9) swam well in the 50m Breaststroke, maintaining her PB.
Ollie Elliott (10) enjoyed the experience of representing his school in a strong and competitive 50m Freestyle event.
April Huang (11) had two strong swims, in the 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle, which saw her knock 1.21 seconds off her entry time.
Maia Rolston-McAuliffe enjoyed her first national Minor Schools gala, maintaining her entry times in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke, placing 29th out of 138 swimmers in the latter event.
Holy Trinity PS Enniskillen
The Holy Trinity Medley Relay team of Mollie Kate Brewster, Ella Rose Carron, Emily Irvine and Elin O’Donohue were delighted to land on the podium in the under 10 competition, securing bronze medals after shaving a whopping 10 seconds off their Ulster Championship PB. The HT girls overtook teams from Galway, Bangor, Cork and Belfast to name but a few in their race to the wall.
Holy Trinity continued to shine with another great performance from Ella Rose Carron, Emily Irvine, Elin O’Donohue and Amy Swidani in the Freestyle Relay competition.
A busy morning in the pool for Mollie Kate Brewster (10), having the medley relay final and 4 individual races all in the second half of the session. Making both individual finals after strong swimming in the heats Mollie Kate was delighted to come in 3rd fastest in the 50m Backcrawl. With not much time to recover she had another brilliant swim 5 minutes later in her 50m Butterfly final finishing 9th overall out of 43 competitors.
Michael Carron (12) claimed a new PB in the 100m Individual Medley and swam to his PB in the 50m Butterfly race.
Emily Irvine (9) smashed her PB in the 50m Backcrawl by a massive 7 seconds. She finished 12th place overall in a field of 45 swimmers, narrowly missing out on a top 10 finish which would have secured her a place in the final.
Joseph McKenna (10) swam a new PB in his 50m freestyle and qualified for the final in the 50m Breaststroke, placing 9th overall out of the 27 competitors.
Elin O’Donohue (10) secured a new PB in 50m Freestyle and maintained her entry time in the 50m Backstroke.
Mount Lourdes Grammar School
Ella Neal (12), swimming at her first Irish Minor Schools Competition, secured a wonderful 4 second PB in the 100m Individual Medley. She followed up with another new PB in the 50m Freestyle event.
Natalie Swidani (12) took 2.8 seconds off her PB in the 50m Breaststroke and secured another new PB in the 50m Freestyle.
St Patrick’s PS Mullanaskea
Finn Coyle (10) had an excellent experience at his first Irish Minor Schools Championships. He maintained his PB in the 50m Freestyle event and thoroughly enjoyed his day.
Jakub Mikievicz Lumayad (11) took part in the 100m Individual Medley event achieving a new PB which placed him 11th. He also swam well in the 50m Breaststroke, ranking 15th in his age group.
Tattygar PS Lisbellaw
Kealan Rice (11) did his school proud, swimming well in the 100m Individual Medley and the 50m Freestyle races.
Many of these swimmers look forward now to competing at next weekend’s South Lakes Gala in Craigavon.
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