John Shortt Tears Up Irish Record Books In 200 Back

John Shortt Tears Up Irish Record Books Once More With First Voyage Inside 1:56 In 200 Back

John Shortt continues to tear up the Irish document books as he went 1:55.70 within the 200 again  on the Irish Open in Bangor.

The 19-year-old – who’s coached by John Szaranek on the National Centre Limerick – set the earlier commonplace of 1:56.07 ultimately month’s Giant Open in Paris.

John Shortt: Photo Courtesy: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

On Saturday, he sliced 0.37 from that point to go fourth within the rankings behind Roman Mityukov who soared to prime spot on the Swiss Championships hours earlier in 1:55.36 with Pieter Coetze and Hidekazu Takehara having each gone 1:55.57 final month.

It was his second Irish document of the week following his 53.17 within the 100 again and along with his 25.08 title within the 50, Shortt claimed a backstroke clear sweep with all of them in championship document time.

While Shortt was in clear water, Neddie Irwin and Emmet Cousins had been locked in a duel behind him with the previous edging it by a sliver in 2:03.35 to 2:03.36 for a National Centre Limerick clear sweep.

Shortt stated by means of Swim Ireland:  “Brilliant, you know, I think the last two weeks have been really solid, in terms of every time I’ve gotten in the water this season I’ve improved. So I think it’s been a really solid last three days and I’m excited to see where the summer goes.”

Wiffen Claims Second Title; Walshe Claims Four

Daniel Wiffen claimed his second title of the week within the 400m freestyle, including to 1500 gold on the opening night time. Double Olympic medallist Wiffen managed the race from the outset, touching residence in 3:49.35. Behind him, his twin Nathan Wiffen and National Centre Limerick’s Cormac Rynn had been inseparable as they charged to the wall collectively, sharing the silver medal in 3:54.12.

Ellen Walshe claimed her fourth nationwide title of the week with victory within the 400m freestyle. Already topped champion within the 100m and 200m butterfly and the 400IM, Walshe confirmed her versatility with a private better of 4:12.54, a time contained in the consideration commonplace for the European Aquatics Championships.

Loughborough’s Fleur Lewis completed second to take commemorative silver in 4:18.93, whereas National Centre Ulster’s Victoria Catterson secured nationwide silver in 4:19.81. Sundays Wells’ Clare Custer, the 800m freestyle champion, accomplished the rostrum with bronze in 4:21.40.

Breaststroke Clean Sweeps For McSharry & Kelly

Mona McSharry additionally claimed a clear sweep of the breaststroke occasions with a 1:06.27 victory over 100m. It got here a day after she set an Irish document of two:22.22 over 200m which adopted her 30.43 victory within the 50.

She was adopted by Ellie McCartney who clocked 1:07.60 for her second silver of the week with Eimear Doyle third in 1:10.52.

Mona McSharry: Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

Jack Kelly accomplished a hat-trick of breaststroke titles within the 100m the place he shaved 0.01 off Darragh Greene’s championship document in 59.91 which he’d matched in prelims. Greene (1:00.60) and Adam Bradley (1:00.81) joined Kelly on the rostrum, the latter in an Irish junior document.

Kelly is coached by Bob Bowman in Texas the place he rubs shoulders with the likes of Leon Marchand, who gained the Olympic 200 breast title amongst 4 golds at Paris 2024.

The ladies’s 200 again proved a good contest, with Lottie Cullen (National Centre Ulster), Grace Davison (Ards) and Maria Godden (National Centre Limerick) locked in a battle for the medals.

Cullen, already topped 100m champion, produced a powerful end to take gold in 2:12.23, simply 0.14 seconds away from 100m and 200m freestyle champion Davison, who touched in 2:12.37. Godden secured the bronze medal in 2:14.94.