Swim Ulster Schools Cup & Championships 2022
10 Feb 2022
The Swim Ulster Schools Cup & Championships 2022 took place on Saturday 5th February 2022 at Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex Bangor. Over 700 swimmers from 120 schools across the province of Ulster took part in the one day event. Three Fermanagh schools were part of the action with 17 local swimmers taking part.
The event was a great success for Mount Lourdes swimmers with 11 Swimmers taking part. In the Junior Section, Hannah Lynch, Kate McDade, Niamh O’Donnell, Cora McConnell, Beth Buchanan, Ava Neal, Aoife Carey and Eimear Carey enjoyed competing on behalf of their school for the first time. The Junior girls achieved a number of PBs across their individual swims and enjoyed competing in the two junior relay events. A special mention to Hannah for her strong performances where she achieved Division 2 times for Summer Nationals in both her individual events.
For the Intermediate girls Anna McDade, Isobel Lannon and Emilie Reihill performed well with Anna and Isobel progressing to finals with Anna taking home a Silver Medal in the 100m Breaststroke, while Isobel improved her ranking in the final to finish in 6th place in the 100m Backstroke. Emilie was reserve for the competitive 100m Freestyle event finishing in 12th place. All three girls competed well in the 200IM achieving PBs with Isobel the third fastest 16-year-old, Anna 5th and Emilie 8th. Isobel and Emilie also competed in the 400m Freestyle finishing as 5th and 7th respectively in the age 16 category. Congratulations to Anna McDade who is now eligible for selection to compete as part of the Ulster Interprovincial Team for 2022 Schools team next month in Dublin.
Four members of the Enniskillen Royal Grammar School swim team travelled to Bangor, unfortunately 3 others were unable to attend due to injury or sickness. In the Junior session Sarah Speer swam the 100m Backstroke and then the 100m Breaststroke, her first time back in a competition environment for 2 years. Sarah produced strong consistent swims, a good start to her return to competitions.
Russell Mikiewicz-Lumayard swam the 100m Breaststroke gaining a fantastic PB of 11.55sec. Next up for Russell was his favoured 100m Freestyle where he smashed his time with a PB of almost 30secs.
Ellie Dunlop competed in the 100m Breaststroke achieving a new PB and securing a place in the final where she finished as the 2nd fastest 13-year-old and was placed 8th overall. Ellie showed her growing strength in the 200IM achieving a PB of 8.96 secs and a Division 2 qualifying time.
In the afternoon Senior session Molly Johnston swam a superb 100m Breaststroke with a new PB gaining a place in the Seniors final where she finished 4th fastest 17-year-old and was placed 7th overall. Molly’s second event was the 200IM where she smashed her time with a PB of almost 6 secs, finishing 9th overall in the 17-18 age group with this strong swim. Overall a superb day in the Bangor pool for the ERGS team with special thanks to Molly Johnston for her guidance and support to the morning swimmers.
St. Kevin’s Lisnaskea were represented by two swimmers in the afternoon Intermediate section, Hayden James and Dara Toner. Hayden swam the 100m Backstroke earning himself a PB and placing in the top 20. In his favourite stroke, 100m Freestyle, Hayden earned a PB and placed in the top 15. Dara swam in the 100m Breaststroke event achieving a 2 second PB and shaved an impressive 5 seconds off his previous time in the 100m Freestyle event.
Cora Cassidy representing St Fanchea’s College in the 15-16 year old intermediate category made a welcome return to competitive swimming. Cora swam well over three events taking part in the 400m Freestyle where she produced a very consistent swim. Cora followed this up with good performances in the 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle events.
Competing for St Patrick’s College Cavan, Dara Ronan had a successful meet swimming in the 100m Butterfly and 200IM. Dara placed 8th in the 200IM matching his entry time, and progressed to the final of the 100m Butterfly again swimming close to his seasons best time finishing as 4th fastest 18 year old.
Cora Rooney, competing for Colaiste Colmchille, Ballyshannon in the Senior 17-19 year old category, was pleased to progress to finals in both her events. Cora, 17, swam well in the heats of the 100m Backstroke to progress to the final seeded in first place. An exciting race in the final saw Cora finish in the Silver Medal position. Cora produced a new PB in the heats of the 100m Butterfly to progress to the final where she once again reduced her best time to finish in the Bronze medal position with the fastest time for a 17 year old. Cora is eligible for selection to compete as part of the Ulster Interprovincial Team for 2022 Schools team.
Swim Ulster were delighted to be able to hold this exciting event again and to welcome so many schools and swimmers to it. The performances were excellent in spite of the difficulties of the past 2 seasons and it was wonderful to see so many young people racing, catching up with friends from other schools and meeting new friends - that’s what swimming is about!!!!
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