Ellie McCartney leads four Irish swimmers into U23 finals
A busy morning of action in Slovakia saw last night's newly crowned European U23 Champion Ellie McCartney progress to another final along with Jack Cassin, Eoin Corby and Cormac Rynn.
Newly minted 200m individual medley champion McCartney was back in the pool on Friday morning for the heats of the 100m breaststroke where she clocked 1:08.70 to advance to this evening's 5.13pm final in fifth place overall.
McCartney swimmer has a personal best of 1:06.97 from the Irish Open in April this year.
Jack Cassin had the swim of his life in the 200m butterfly heats. The 21-year-old from Cork touched in 1:57.69 to place second in his heat and second overall, knocking over a second off his previous best of 1:58.71.
The impressive swims continued from the John Szaranek trained swimmers as Corby won his 200m breaststroke heat in style, turning at the last 50m in third place to touch first in 2:12.77. The Limerick man, who has a personal best of 2:10.50 from 2021, will be the third seed in Friday evening's final.
And then a fourth Irish swimmer secured a final place as19-year-old Rynn was just outside his best of 3:53.70 in the 400m Freestyle touching in 3:54.10, securing the eighth and final place.
The Sette Colli International event in Rome, Ellen Walshe cruised into the 400m individual medley final, placing fourth in her heat and sixth overall in 3:50.32.
In the 50m breaststroke heats, Mona McSharry, silver medallist in the 100m breaststroke on Thursday, was ninth in 31.20 and will compete in the B final.
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