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The 42
5 days ago
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- The 42
McCartney, Cassin, Corby and Rynn secure European U23 finals in Slovakia
NEWLY CROWNED EUROPEAN U23 Champion Ellie McCartney progressed to another final along with Jack Cassin, Eoin Corby and Cormac Rynn in Slovakia on Friday morning, while Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry will have second swims following their morning performances in Rome. At the European U23 Championships, McCartney, who took 200m Individual Medley gold last night, returned to the pool this morning for the 100m Breaststroke heats, clocking 1:08.70 to advance to this evening's final (5:13pm) in fifth place overall. The National Centre Limerick (NCL) swimmer has a personal best of 1:06.97 from the Irish Open in April this year. Advertisement Jack Cassin, meanwhile, who is also an NCL swimmer, produced a career-best performance in the 200m Butterfly heats. The 21-year-old Cork man touched in 1:57.69 to place second in his heat and second overall, chipping more than a second off his previous best of 1:58.71. A dream session for John Szaranek's NCL swimmers continued when Eoin Corby won his 200m Breaststroke heat with a breathtaking finish, turning at the last 50m in third place to touch first in 2:12.77. The Limerick man, who has a PB of 2:10.50 from 2021, will be the third seed in Friday evening's final. Cormac Rynn, 19, then became the fourth NCL competitor to book a final berth, finishing just outside his best of 3:53.70 in the 400m Freestyle, touching in 3:54.10 and securing the eighth and final place in the decider. At the Sette Colli meet 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, finished ninth in 31.20 and will compete in the B Final in the Italian capital. Back at the European U23s in Slovakia, then, Maria Godden narrowly missed out on the 100m Backstroke final, touching ninth overall in 1:02.57. Swimming in the same event, Lottie Cullen clocked 1:02.86. 200m Freestyle Finalist Evan Bailey returned to the pool for the 50m Freestyle, where just one hundredth of a second separated him and Ireland team-mate Oisin Tebite in 23.18 and 23.17 respectively. Brandon Biss rounded out the morning for Ireland in the 50m Backstroke, clocking 27.17. Day 2, Finals Schedule, European U23 Championships Women 100m Breaststroke: Ellie McCartney, 5.13pm Ellie McCartney, 5.13pm Men 400m Freestyle: Cormac Rynn, 5.43pm Cormac Rynn, 5.43pm Men 200m Breaststroke: Eoin Corby, 6.04pm Eoin Corby, 6.04pm Men 200m Butterfly: Jack Cassin, 6.25pm Day 2, Finals Schedule, Sette Colli
Irish Independent
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Evan Bailey crowns fruitful week with second freestyle swimming gold medal
The New Ross native and National Centre Limerick performer had a best time of 49.15 and was the only swimmer under 50 seconds, with Larne's Thomas Leggett home in 50.78 for silver and National Centre Limerick's Cormac Rynn winning bronze in 50.81. Bailey had ensured he was the top seed after a personal best swim of 49.17. The 20-year-old finished ahead of three-time Olympian and Irish record holder in the event Shane Ryan. Ryan clocked 49.49 with his best and Irish record a 48.39 from Olympic trials in 2024. There was a third-place finish for Emmet Cousins of New Ross in the open 400m individual medley final in 4:43.72, behind Banbridge's Tom Wilkinson who topped the podium in 4:37.41, and Phelim Hanley (Blackrock) in a European Juniors consideration time of 4:39.77. Cousins had earlier taken silver in the 200m backstroke final in 2:04.80, with Swim Belfast's Brandon Biss winning his first national title in 2:01.16 while bronze went to Bangor's Brydan Byrne in 2:04.81. Eva Bayley of New Ross collected bronze in the 100m butterfly final in 1:03.89, with Alana Burns-Atkin claiming her second gold medal of the week. The National Centre Ulster swimmer swam a personal best 1:00.70 to add to the 200m butterfly title she won on Tuesday night. Silver went to National Centre Limerick's Lucy O'Brien in 1:02.49.
