National Centre Limerick's Eoin Corby on Saturday achieved Ireland's first Semi-Final spot at the 2021 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships, as team mate Molly Mayne set her first Irish Junior Record.
Last December Corby himself set an
Irish Junior Record of 54.76 in short course (25m pool) 100m Individual Medley,
and in that event in Kazan he posted 55.11 in the heats to qualify for the
Semi-Final in 16th place.
This is the first Semi-Final spot
Ireland's young team has earned at this senior championships, which conclude on
Sunday. The 19-year-old also contested the 50m Breaststroke heats, clocking
27.61 to finish 26th overall.
It was in that event that Mayne
achieved a new Irish Junior Record, when she touched the wall in 27.54 to lower
Tokyo 2020 Olympian Ellen Walshe's record by just 0.01s. Female swimmers are
eligible to earn junior records until their 17th birthday, so with Mayne having
only turned 16 in 2021, she could yet add plenty more to her CV.
Coached by Ash Morris at Hamilton
Aquatics in Dubai, Mayne also posted her second-fastest short course 50m
Breaststroke on Saturday, swimming 31:37 to finish 29th overall in some stiff
senior company.
These performances add to the six
personal bests she set earlier this season at the FINA Swimming World Cup in
Doha, and the personal best she swam in Kazan on Friday.
Corby's Semi-Final will take place on
Saturday afternoon at 16:48 Irish time and you can watch it live online via LEN
TV.
LEN European Short Course Swimming
Championships 2021
Irish Team
Eoin Corby, 19, National Centre
Limerick
Events: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke,
100m Individual Medley
Grace Hodgins, 16, Trojan Swimming
Club
Events: 800m, 1500m Freestyle
Molly Mayne, 16, Hamilton Aquatics
Events: 50m, 100m, 200m Breaststroke,
50m Butterfly, 100m, 200m Individual Medley
Team Leader: National Centre Limerick
Head Coach John Szaranek
Assistant Coach: Trojan Swimming Club
Coach Jonathan Preston
Live Results:
kazan2021.microplustiming.com
Track Records: Irish National Short
Course Records (Updated Sep 20, 2021)
Track PBs: Swimrankings.net
Follow on Twitter: @swimireland
Watch back: LEN TV
Irish Schedule
Saturday, November 6
Eoin Corby – 16:48 100m Individual
Medley Semi-Final
Sunday, November 7
Evening - Men’s 100m Individual
Medley Final
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