Senior Lakelanders swimmers launch the season in Lisburn
16 Oct 2022
Senior Lakelanders swimmers launch the season in Lisburn
9 local swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders swimming club made their way to the Lagan Valley Leisureplex in Lisburn to compete in Swim Ulster's Aspiring Champions Meet; the first Gala of the season for swimmers aged 13 and over. The event was held over two days, 15th & 16th October. Coaches across Ulster use this gala to assess and monitor swimmers' skills, providing the scaffolding for the building blocks for success in the coming season.
All the work so far on skills and technique resulted in decent personal bests and many top ten finishes for the Enniskillen Lakelanders.
Ellie Dunlop (13) hit a fabulous 13 second PB in the 100m Backstroke, finishing in 6th place. She picked up a 2 second PB in the 200m Individual Medley and went on to finish in 6th place overall in the 100m Butterfly.
Hayden James (15) swam in 6 events over the 2 days. Saturday saw strong performances in both the 200m and 50m Freestyle maintaining his previous time.
Sunday was a very successful day for Hayden, swimming in the 50m Backstroke, he knocked 2.94 seconds off his PB. He then swam a competitive 100m Freestyle, maintaining his previous time. Hayden then went on to PB in the 50m Butterfly. Ending the weekend on a high, Hayden knocked a whopping 11.38 seconds off his best time in the 100m Individual Medley event.
Izzy Lannon (16) swam 7 events over the weekend. She was pleased to hit all her PBs, placing in the top 6 of the sixteen year old section in the 100m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke.
Izzy's success continued over the weekend with top 5 finishes in the 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke,100m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle. The highlight for Izzy was a 3 second PB in the arduous 400M IM, placing her 2nd in her age group.
Younger brother Jamie Lannon (14) swam 7 events also.
Jamie got the competition off to a great start achieving a PB in his least favoured 100m Backstroke, finishing 8th in his age group and he followed this with a 5th place finish in the 200m Individual Medley.
Steady swimming saw Jamie placing 1st in the 100m Breaststroke and 2nd in the 100m Butterfly, 50m and 100m Freestyle as well as another 2nd in the 100M Individual Medley, achieving a 12 second PB and qualifying time for Ulster Short course.
Vita Lavrenova (15) was pleased to pick up new PBs in all three of her events; 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and the 50m Freestyle.
Hannah Lynch (13) competed in three events and was delighted to start the season with 4 second PBs in both the 200m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke races.
Kate McDade (14) came away with top ten finishes in both 100m and 200m Breaststroke as well as in the 50m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle, in which she also gained a 4 second PB. Kate also claimed further PBs in the 100m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley.
James Mongan (15) was pleased to maintain his PB in the 200m Freestyle, swim to a new PB in the 100m Backstroke and gain another useful experience in the 200m Individual Medley to help him focus his training in the season ahead.
Niamh O’Donnell (14) shaved 9 seconds off her 200m Freestyle PB, picked up another PB in the 100m Backstroke event and also swam well in the 100m Butterfly race.
Head Coach Ben Wiffen was pleased to see the swimmers’ dedication to training pay off with a great start to the competitive season. The swimmers benefitted greatly from his guidance on racing approach & strategy throughout the two day gala. One of the Team Managers over the weekend, Sara Lannon, praised the club volunteers who helped out over the two days but also hailed the swimmers for their maturity in how they approached this start to the new racing season saying, 'The 9 Lakelanders here this weekend have done themselves and their club proud with amazing individual swims. The team spirit amongst these young athletes throughout the 2 days was fantastic to see, a shining example for our club and our younger swimmers back home in particular’.
We look forward to our Junior Gala next weekend on Sunday 23rd October where junior swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders will enjoy competing against visiting swimmers from other clubs from the surrounding regions. Our senior swimmers will form an important part of the team of volunteers needed to run this type of gala, ensuring an enjoyable event for the younger swimmers as well as hopefully raising some much needed funds for Enniskillen Lakelanders ASC.
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