Swimmers Sparkle for their Schools at Irish Minor Schools National Competion
24 Mar 2024
Swimmers Sparkle for their Schools at Irish Minor Schools National Competition in Dublin
The Irish Minor Schools Championships 2024 took place on Sunday 24th March at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin. 11 Enniskillen Lakelanders swimmers qualified back in December at the regional schools gala in Bangor and were high with excitement as they headed off to Dublin to do their schools proud on the National stage.
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
Holly Barkley secured a 4 second PB in the 100m Individual Medley.
Holly McCabe had a great swim maintaining her PB in the 50m Freestyle.
Martha McCreesh collected a new PB in the 100m Individual Medley to hit the wall in 11th place in the National ranking. She also swam well in the 50m Freestyle, maintaining her PB.
Holy Trinity PS
Mollie Kate Brewster swam a 4.7 second PB in the 50m Backstroke to secure a silver medal. She then claimed another silver podium spot in the 50m Butterfly event with a 3 second PB.
Joseph McKenna hit the wall with a whopping 8 seconds off his 50m Breaststroke PB, collecting a silver medal.
Keira Salcedo won a place in the 50m Breaststroke final with a new PB bringing her to 9th place in the National ranking. She also picked up a 4 second PB in the 100m Individual Medley race.
Mount Lourdes Grammar School
Sophie Hanna secured a new PB in the 50m Backstroke event.
Myleene Leonard collected new PBs in both the 50m Freestyle and the 50m Backstroke races.
St Patrick’s PS Mullanaskea
Niamh Howell claimed new PBs in both 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke.
Jakub Mikievicz Lumayad qualified for the 50m Breaststroke Final where he hit the wall with a new PB in 6th place. He went on to collect another PB in the 50m Backstroke event.
Tattygar PS
Clara Leonard (11) swam well in the 50m Backstroke.
Crea Mullen (12) claimed new PBs in the 100m Individual Medley and the 50m Freestyle as well as securing a qualifying time for the Summer National competition in Limerick.
Our young swimmers now look forward to the next exciting event for junior swimmers on our calendar; the third round of the Aquasprint League which takes place on the 13th of April in Cookstown.
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