New Irish senior record for Ellen

ELLEN Walshe highlighted the opening night of the Irish Open Swimming Championships at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, with a new Irish Senior Record and Championship Record in the 100m Butterfly .

Walshe, who was the first Irish swimmer to swim under 1 minute in the 100m Butterfly in 2020, broke 59 seconds for the first time in this morning’s heats in 58.32.

The Templeogue swimmer then broke 58 seconds in the final to clock the eighth fastest time in the World this season in a blistering 57.96.

Walshe’s time was under the World Aquatics ‘A’ time for the 2023 World Championships in Japan and the consideration time for the European U23 Championships in Dublin in August.

A delighted Walshe commented ‘I wasn’t really expecting it this morning, I’ve been training IM (Individual Medley) rather than Butterfly, it’s nice to go back to an event that I kind of stepped away from for quite a while, and come back with no nerves I guess’.

Walshe is back in action on Sunday in the 100m Breaststroke.

Meanwhile, Tallaght and National Centre swimmer Niamh Coyne was second in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final in a time of 1:08.62 behind first place Mona McSharry who finished with a time of 1:06.04 ISR.

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