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, while in Rome, Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry will have second swims following their morning performances.
Newly minted 200m IM 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. The National Centre Limerick (NCL) swimmer has a personal best of 1:06.97 from the Irish Open in April this year.
In Rome 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.
Also, in action in Slovakia, Maria Godden just missed the 100m Backstroke Final, touching ninth overall in 1:02.57, Lottie Cullen swimming the same event clocked 1:02.86. Brandon Biss rounded out the morning for Ireland in the 50m Backstroke clocking 27.17.