John Shortt smashes one other swimming report on the Irish Open Championships – The Irish Instances

John Shortt wrapped up the collection of record-breaking swims in model on day two of the Irish Open Swimming Championships in Bangor, smashing his personal 100m backstroke report when clocking the fourth quickest time on the earth this yr.

Still solely 19, Shortt clocked 53.17 seconds, bettering the report of 53.37 he set on the Giant Open in Paris three weeks in the past. The Galway swimmer, who final yr set a world junior report in addition to profitable world junior and European short-course titles, nonetheless has his specialist 200m backstroke to return.

Jack Kelly additionally made a reputation for himself when breaking the Irish report within the 50m breaststroke, the 23-year-old New York-born swimmer, whose mom is from Cork, clocking 26.84 to enhance on Darragh Greene’s earlier Irish report of 26.94.

Kelly’s time additionally qualifies him for the European Championships in Paris in August. He is swimming for the Terenure Club this week, and he additionally has two extra breaststroke occasions to return.

Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry took her first win of the week in acquainted vogue, profitable the 50m breaststroke in 30.43 seconds – additionally a typical for the Europeans.

Ellen Walshe was additionally a category aside within the ladies’s 400m particular person medley, profitable in 4.39.38, her second win after the 200m butterfly on Wednesday.

Maria Godden gained the 100m backstroke in 60.35 seconds, and within the males’s 400m particular person medley, 22-year-old Liam Custer from Cork gained in 4.23.14, simply off the Irish report.