Ulster Age Group & Senior Long Course Championships
09 May 2022
Ulster Age Group & Senior Long Course Championships
A squad of 9 swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders attended last weekends Ulster Age Group and Senior LC Championships at the Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex. Taking place over three days the meet was split into three sessions each day, morning sessions for swimmers age 15 and over, mid-day session for 12-14 year old swimmers followed by a Finals session in the evening for both age groups. This is a key meet for the best swimmers in Ulster with tough qualification standards to attend. Competitors from across 30 clubs in Ulster took part targeting Ulster titles, and those all important Summer National and Division 2 qualification times.
Jamie Lannon (14) competing across 6 events continued his successful season and achieved fastest 14 year old boy in Ulster in his chosen events. Jamie dominated his events winning the the Gold medal in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke and the 100m and 200m Freestyle events. Jamie was very happy to achieve the Regional Squad qualifying time and notably broke the minute mark in a time of 59:12s in his 100m Freestyle for the first time. Jamie finished off a very successful weekend winning a Silver medal in the 50m Freestyle final and taking the Bronze medal position in the 100m Butterfly.
15-year-old Izzy Lannon entered 5 events over the weekend. Izzy came 6th and 7th in the 800m and 400m Freestyle respectively and top ten in her 100m Freestyle. In her 50m Freestyle race Izzy produced a strong swim to secure a place in the final where she improved her seeding from 7th to 5th. Izzy ended the weekend on a high coming 3rd in Ulster and winning the bronze medal in her 200m Individual Medley.
Hannah Lynch (13) competed in 7 events across the weekend. Hannah produced strong swims across all her events, producing PBs across 6 events and achieving a place in the 200m Backstroke final and reserve finalist for the 200m Individual Medley event. Hannah produced a strong performance in the 200m Backstroke final to achieve a 3 second PB and finish as the second fastest 13 year old. Hannahs strongest performance of the meet was in the tough 400m Freestyle where she finished as the fastest 13 year old, a well deserved accolade.
Emilie Reihill (16) competed across 4 Freestyle events over the 3 days. Emilie finished in 9th position in both the 400m and 800m Freestyle events and finished as 6th fastest 16 year old and reserve finalist in the 200m Freestyle. Emilies final event, the 100m Freestyle, was to be the highlight of her weekend with an exciting swim off resulting in a new PB and a place in the competitive 15-16 year old final. Emilie felt no nerves in the swim off and earned herself a well deserved PB. In the final swim of the meet Emilie produced another strong swim to finish as 3rd fastest 16 year old in the 100m Freestyle.
Molly Johnston (17) had a successful weekend competing in 3 events. Mollys first race the 100m Breaststroke saw her achieve a PB of 1.01 seconds gaining a place in the final. Molly finished 4th over all in the 17 and over age group, just missing a medal position but finishing as the 2nd fastest 17 as year old. In the 50m Breaststroke Molly produced a strong swim achieving a new PB and another final placing. With a confident swim in the final Molly again finished 4th overall in her age group and 2nd fastest 17year old. In the gruelling 200m Breaststroke Molly again secured a place in the final, where she performed a controlled race and achieved her third PB of the weekend. A long but rewarding weekend for Molly putting her new race strategies into action.
Hayden James (15) gained valuable experience at this meet competing in two events. In the 200m Freestyle Hayden achieved a PB and a place in the finals, finishing in the top 10 for the 15-16 age group. Hayden produced a strong performance in the 400m Freestyle taking 3.83 seconds off his previous time placing him in the top 10 for his age group.
Kate Mc Dade (13) was delighted to qualify for this meet and produced two solid swims in her Breaststroke events. Kate swam to her PB in the 100m Breaststroke and was pleased to achieve a new long course PB in the 200m Breaststroke race. A great experience to swim against the best in Ulster for the young Lakelander.
Frank Buchanan (15) swimming in two events on Sunday was happy to PB in the 200m Backstroke and qualify for the final amongst a very competitive field of swimmers. Frank also swam 50m Freestyle and was content to maintain his time in this event.
Ellie Dunlop (13) competing in the 13-14 age group, swam in 3 events over the weekend achieving PBs in all her events and qualifying for the finals in both the 100m and 200m Breaststroke. Ellie was placed 3rd fastest 13 year old in both events. A fantastic meet for this young swimmer, taking further time off her division 1 times for the Irish Summer National Championships.
Head Coach Ben Wiffen was pleased with the swimmers race day routines and praised the swimmers efforts over a long weekend saying ‘swimmers have produced a number of good performances with many having the opportunity to swim in finals. This meet provided swimmers with the opportunity to gain experience of this type of meet layout which will be valuable for upcoming summer national events.’ Gala secretary Michelle Reihill commended the swimmers performances over the weekend, returning home with 7 medals and 28 PBs showing the progress swimmers are making. Many thanks to Swim Ulster for another well run event and special thanks to the many parent volunteers without whom these events cannot take place.
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