Current Irish 200m backstroke record holder Donal O’Neill, of Blackrock’s Trojan club, on Saturday added to Friday’s 100m Butterfly win and national record with the 200m fly title on day two of the Irish Long Course Championships at the University of Limerick.
Top Irish junior Shane Aherne of Templelogue finished strongly in a time of 2:11.26 to take the 200m Backstroke title from his closest Irish challenger, Phoenix’s Stephen Redmond.
Belfast’s Melanie Nocher doubled up on Friday’s 100m breaststroke crown with the best junior title of the meet and a 2:24.89 in the 200m backstroke.
Meanwhile, Kilkenny’s Michael Donohoe claimed second spot in the 50m fly with an Irish junior record time of 26:00.
MEN' RESULTS
400M FREESTYLE RELAY Trojan ‘A’ 3.38:09
200M BACKSTROKE S Aherne (Templelogue) 2.11:26
200M BREASTSTROKE D McIlroy (Lisburn) 2.28:79
200M BUTTERFLY D O’Neill (Trojan) 2.05:83
200M FREESTYLE M Doyle (Trojan) 1.59:76
50M BUTTERFLY M O’Riada (Trojan) 25.79
WOMEN'S RESULTS
100M BREASTSTROKE E Robinson (Bangor) 1.13:38
200M BACKSTROKE M Nocher (City of Belfast) 2.24:89
400M IM L Kelleher (Sunday’s Well) 5.10:06
50M FREESTYLE J Douglas (Bangor) 26.66
800M FREESTYLE M Tighe (Tuam) 9.24:02
400M FREESTYLE RELAY Bangor ‘A’ 4.06:40
GIRLS' 400M FREESTYLE RELAY Aer Lingus ‘A’ 4.16:93
BOYS' 400M FREESTYLE RELAY Trojan ‘A’ 3.46:60
Filed by James Boylan
