Swim Ireland’s Irish Open
Championships continued in Dublin today with two new Irish Records and six new
names added to the consideration list for International Teams this Summer.
Max McCusker was the undoubted star
of the day as he won two National Titles, set a new Irish Record, and achieved
a consideration time for the European Championships in Rome in August. The
Dolphin swimmer won the 100m Freestyle in 49.67 having qualified as the fastest
swimmer from the heats in 49.42, a time good enough for Europeans
consideration. Later in the evening, the 23-year-old won the 50m Butterfly in a
new Irish Record of 23.44, breaking Barry Murphy’s 2013 record of 23.65 and the
2018 Irish Open Meet Record, also 23.65. McCusker returns to the pool tomorrow
for the 100m Butterfly.
Also, in the Men’s 100m Freestyle New
Ross’ Evan Bailey (51.38) achieved the consideration time for European Juniors
while Splashworld’s Conor Fitzgerald (51.83) was under the time needed for the
European Youth Olympic Festival.
Sunday’s Well’s Liam Custer set his
first Irish Junior Record while winning his first National Title in the Men’s
400m Individual Medley Final. Custer and Cadan McCarthy were neck and neck
coming into the home straight, but it was Custer who touched first in 4:24.50,
breaking a 1-month-old record held by Jack Cassin of 4:26.21.
National Centre Dublin’s Niamh Coyne
debuted at this Irish Open with a win in the 100m Breaststroke and a
consideration time for the European Championships in 1:07.83. Second place
Molly Mayne of Templeogue clocked 1:10.29 and a consideration time for European
Juniors while Ellie McCartney also added her name to the European Juniors list
in 1:11.59.
Danielle Hill doubled up on national
titles, adding 200m Backstroke gold to the 50m Freestyle gold she won on
Tuesday. Hill battled with National Centre Limerick’s Maria Godden over the
four lengths, eventually coming out on top in 2:14.35, Godden claimed silver in
2:15.45. In the Men’s 200m Backstroke Final Nathan Wiffen dominated from start
to finish, taking the National Title in 2:05.11.
Grace Hodgins closed out the day
winning the 1500m Freestyle in 17:09.89, it was a second gold for the Trojan
swimmer who won the 400m Freestyle yesterday. The 17-year-old also met a second
consideration time for the European Junior Championships.
Competition continues tomorrow
through to Saturday.
Day 2 Results
Men 400m IM Final: 1st L Custer
Sundays Well 4:24.50 2nd C McCarthy National Centre Limerick 4:25.82 3rd A
Wilson Banbridge 4:42.22
Women 200m Backstroke Final: 1st D
Hill Larne 2:14.35 2nd M Godden National Centre Limerick 2:15.45 3rd L Cullen
Sundays Well 2:19.29
Men 100m Freestyle Final: 1st M
McCusker Dolphin 49.67 2nd C Bain Cookstown 50.05 3rd J Sloan National Centre
Ulster 50.40
Women 100m Breaststroke Final: 1st N
Coyne National Centre Dublin 1:07.83 2nd M Mayne Templeogue 1:10.29 3rd E Doyle
National Centre Limerick 1:10.45
Men 200m Backstroke Finals: 1st N
Wiffen Larne 2:05.11 2nd B Bliss Sundays Well 2:08.08 3rd N Irwin National
Centre Limerick 2:08.66
Women 1500m Freestyle Final: 1st G
Hodgins Trojan 17:09.89 2ndMen 50m Butterfly Final: 1st M McCusker Dolphin
23.44 ISR MR 2nd C Fitzgerald Splashworld 25.35 3rd S Winston Aer Lingus 25.39
International Swimming Events Summer
2022
2022 LEN European Championships
(50m), Rome, Italy, August 11th – 17th
(Senior summer benchmark meet for
Republic of Ireland athletes)
Pre-selected athletes - Danielle
Hill, Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe, Darragh Greene, Brendan Hyland, Finn
McGeever, Jack McMillan, Shane Ryan, Daniel Wiffen, Max McCusker, Niamh Coyne
Diving consideration standard met:
Clare Cryan, Ciara McGing
2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham, England, July 29th – August 3rd
(Senior summer benchmark meet for
Northern Ireland athletes)
Pre-selected athletes – Danielle
Hill, Daniel Wiffen, Jack McMillan, Tanya Watson (Diving)
2022 FINA World Championships (50m)
in Budapest, Hungary, June 18th – July 3rd
(Used as preparation meet only for
swimming, athletes may not attend)
Pre-qualified athletes – Daniel
Wiffen, Jack McMillan, Mona McSharry. Ellen Walshe, Calum Bain, Shane Ryan,
Danielle Hill
Diving consideration standard met:
Clare Cryan, Ciara McGing
2022 World Para Swimming
Championships in Madeira, Portugal, June 18th – 22nd
Minimum Qualification Standard met:
Ellen Keane, Nicole Turner, Roisin NiRiain, Barry McClements, Amy Sheridan
2022 LEN European Junior
Championships in Otopeni, Romania, July 5th – 10th
(The junior summer benchmark meet for
athletes of this age banding)
Grace Hodgins, Liam Custer, Molly
Mayne, Ellie McCartney, Evan Bailey
2022 EOC European Youth Olympic
Festival in Banka Bystrica, Slovakia, July 25th – 29th
(The junior summer benchmark meet for
athletes of this age banding)
Grace Davison, Conor Fitzgerald
NOTE: The Open will be the final
opportunity for swimmers to post consideration times for this summer’s
international events including the World and European Championships, World Para
Swimming Championships, Commonwealth Games (Northern Ireland), World and
European Junior Championships and the European Youth Olympic Festival.
In 2019, we introduced the notion of
‘pre-validation’ for our blue-chip senior international meet of the season.
With COVID leaving us with a degree of uncertainty after Tokyo, we pre-selected
Olympic athletes for European Championships (Rome) and/or Commonwealth Games
(Birmingham), particularly as the World Championships in May at that time made
the calendar very congested. This World Championships in Fukuoka was
subsequently cancelled and then later re-instated by FINA in June in Budapest,
and as such will not be a benchmark meet for us this season. Athletes can add
themselves to the roster for Birmingham and Rome at this competition, and
indeed for Budapest if they wish to utilise it as a preparation meet for later
in the summer.
For accreditation for this event
please e-mail trishmayon@swimireland.ie
Issued by Swim Ireland, whose
Performance Programme is supported and funded by Sport Ireland & Sport
Northern Ireland
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