Danielle Hill, Ellen Walshe, Victoria Catterson and Eoin Corby added to their national titles at the Irish National Winter Championships, while Evan Bailey set two new Irish junior records.
At the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Hill added a third title to the two she won on the opening night of competition, in the 100m backstroke. The Larne competitor, who had set a new Irish record of 57.56 in the event just last week, clocked 58.16, winning gold ahead of National Centre Ulster's Lottie Cullen (58.41) and Ellen Walshe (59.22).
Walshe starred with a further two titles of her own. The 400m individual medley European bronze medallist won the national title in the same event in 4:41.25 after claiming 50m butterfly gold earlier in the evening in 26.03.
In the women’s 200m freestyle final, Catterson added to the 800m freestyle title she won on Friday coming home first in 1:56.41, just outside the Irish record of 1:55.90 she set at the European Short Course Championships last week. Walshe (1:59.17) and Grace Davison (1:59.70) were the only other swimmers under the two-minute mark, claiming silver and bronze.
The men's 200m breaststroke saw Dublin’s Corby win his second gold of the meet, clocking 2:07.67.
Ella Carroll cruised to victory in the women’s 1500m freestyle final. The National Centre Limerick swimmer stopped the clock at 17:06.20 and had 20 seconds to spare over Jessika Robson who claimed commemorative silver in 17:29.29. Kilkenny’s Nessa Godden won national silver in 17:42.54, with bronze going to Slaney Shark’s Katie Prunty (17:49.59).
In the men’s 1500m, Trojan’s Ronan Fahey topped the podium in 15:43.40 ahead of National Centre Limerick team-mates Denis O’Brien (15:51.74) and Daragh Horgan (15:58.13).
Meanwhile Bailey continued his record-breaking form, with his records coming in the 50m butterfly, adding to the two 100m freestyle Irish records he set earlier on Friday. Bailey first broke Paddy Johnston’s 2019 time of 24.02 in the heats, with a time of 23.84.
The 18-year-old lowered that time again in the final to place third in 23.61. National Centre Dublin swimmers Calum Bain and Shane Ryan won gold and silver in 23.19 and 23.26, respectively.
