SWIM IRELAND Greene and Hill Progress to Semi-Finals in Rome

 

Ireland will have three swimmers in action at the European Championships in Rome this evening with Darragh Greene and Danielle Hill advancing to semi-finals joining Mona McSharry who competes in the 100m Breaststroke Final.

Hill, competing in the 50m Backstroke, advances in thirteenth place in 28.54. The Larne swimmer was a finalist in the event at the Commonwealth Games just last week where she placed seventh in 28.29.

Darragh Greene will be competing in his second semi-final this week in the 200m Breaststroke, having made it to the 100m Breaststroke semi-finals on Thursday. The Tokyo Olympian was third in his heat and advances seventh overall in 2:12.53.

Eoin Corby, also swimming the 200m Breaststroke was eighteenth overall in 2:14.75 and is the second reserve for this evening’s semi-final.

Irish interest in this evening’s finals starts with Mona McSharry in the 100m Breaststroke Final at 5.28pm (IRL), followed by Danielle Hill in the 50m Backstroke Semi-Final at 5.57pm and Darragh Greene in the 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final at 6.04pm.

Also, in action this morning, Victoria Catterson clocked 2:02.56 in the 200m Freestyle. Brendan Hyland was the best of the Irish swimmers in the 100m Butterfly touching in 53.36 ahead of Shane Ryan (54.29) and Max McCusker (54.36).

Day 3 Results

Women 200m Freestyle  Victoria Catterson 2:02.56 (22nd)

Men 100m Butterfly Brendan Hyland 53.36 (26th)

Shane Ryan 54.29 (38th)

Max McCusker 54.36 (39th)

Women 50m Backstroke Danielle Hill 28.54 (15th)

Men 200m Breaststroke Darragh Greene 2:12.53 (7th)

Eoin Corby  2:14.75 (18th)

 

Day 3 Finals Schedule

Women 100m Breaststroke Final Mona McSharry 5.28pm

Women 50m Backstroke Semi-Final Danielle Hill 5.57pm

Men 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final Darragh Greene 6.04pm

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