Irish swimmer Ellie McCartney has
claimed a bronze medal in the 200m Individual Medley on the final day of racing
at the LEN European Junior Championships in Serbia, Belgrade.
McCartney joins four Irish swimmers
as medal winners at the event that includes Grainne Murphy, Sycerika McMahon,
Mona McSharry and Conor Ferguson.
McCartney, who swims at National
Centre Ulster and is a member of Ards Swimming put in a personal best
performance when it counted most, clocking 2:14.31. The 18-year-old from
Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh had been fourth overall in the heats (2:16.48) and
semi-final (2:14.93) but had the swim of her life to move up the rankings to
third and claim her first international medal.
A delighted McCartney said ‘I’m
speechless after tonight’s final, delighted to have earned a medal on the final
race of my junior career, I couldn’t have done it without the support of my
coaches, teammates and parents.’
Great Britain’s Leah Schlosshan set a
new Championship Record to claim gold in 2:12.41 with team-mate Phoebe Cooper
taking silver in 2:13.28. In 2009 Grainne Murphy won gold in the event in
2:14.22.
Earlier today, Cora Rooney, Molly
Mayne, Alana Burns-Atkin and Grace Davison combined for a time of 4:16.28 for
fifteenth place overall in the Women’s 4x100, Medley Relay.
Many of the swimmers competing on the
European Juniors team will compete again this Summer at either the LEN U23
Swimming Championships in Dublin, the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and
Tobago or the European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, while 200m
Backstroke Finalist John Shortt joins the World Championships team in Japan
later this month.
Day 6 Results:
200m Individual Medley Ellie
McCartney P 2:16.48 (4) SF 2:14.93 (4) F 2:14.31 (3)
Women 4 x 100m Medley Relay Ireland 4:16.28 (15)
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