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Ballinasloe Swimmers make a big splash!

17/2/2016

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The Irish National Minor School Championship was held in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin on Sunday February 7th.  12 swimmers from Ballinasloe swim club represented their National Schools in individual events & an additional 6 represented Creagh NS in Relay events.  The competition in the Minor Schools is exceptionally high with the best young swimmers in the country making it into the Nationals.  Coached by Brendan Breathnach & Rochelle Stockil Trappe the Ballinasloe swimmers performed amazingly! Both Ballinasloe Swimming Club & their schools expressed how they felt very proud to have them representing us!  An even greater congrats is to be sent to those who made it into the finals on the day as this places each of them amongst the top 10 strongest swimmers in the country in that event.  For those who won medals amongst such stiff competition it is a testament to all the hard work they and the coaches put in throughout the year. 

The Results of this amazing representation by the kids are below.
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U9 Girls
  • Kayla McKeon (Creagh NS) performed splendidly on the day she had the 5th fastest time in the heats of the 50M Backstroke & got into the final where she finished 9th.  Kayla made it into the final where she finished in 4th position in the 50M Butterfly.
U9 Boys
  • Evan McKeon (Creagh NS) had two good swims in both the 50M Breaststroke & the 50M Backstroke, he will be under 9 again next year.
  • Liam Martin (Creagh NS) Liam swam well in the 50M Backstroke 
U10 Boys
  • Leon McKeon (Creagh NS) had two strong swims in both the 50M Breaststroke & the 50M Backstroke
U10 Boys
  • Charlie Mooney (Creagh NS) put in a good performance in the 50M Freestyle finishing in 14th position.
U11 Girls
  • Ava McKeon (Creagh NS) had 2 excellent swims in both the 50m Butterfly & the 100M Individual Medley.  Ava made in into the final where she finished in 7th place in the Butterfly.  She had the 6th fastest time in the 100M IM.
U12 Girls
  • Tara McKeon (Creagh NS) put in a great performance in the 50m Butterfly, she made it into the final where she finished in 8th place.  She also swam well in the 100M Individual Medley finishing 13th out of the 48 girls in this event.
  • Ruth Dolan (Creagh NS) swam brilliantly in the 50M Backstroke, she made it into the final where she had the 4th fastest time in this event.  She also swam well in the 100M IM.
  • Caoimhe Kennedy (Gaelscoil Ballinasloe) performed very well in both in both the 50m Backstroke & the 50M Butterfly getting PB’s in both.
U12 Boys
  • James Mooney (Creagh NS) performed brilliantly in the 50M Breaststroke, he made it into the final where he had a super swim finishing in 3rdposition which earned him a National Bronze medal. (James won silver in this event last year).  He also had a good swim in the 50M Free.
  • Conor Harley (Attyrory NS) swam well in the 100M Individual Medley
RELAYS TEAMS CREAGH NS 
Girls U10 Freestyle Relay
  • Kayla Mc Keon, Sheenagh Hanrahan, Emma McGreal, Sarah Dolan – the four girls swam very well, they made it into the final where they finished in 6th place.       
Boys U 10 Medley & Freestyle Relays
  • Leon McKeon, Charlie Mooney, Liam Martin, Evan McKeon – the four boys performed well, they came 5th in the medley relay which was a great achievement.
Girls U12 Medley Relay
  • Tara Mc Keon, Ruth Dolan, Ava Mc Keon, Ailbhe Hanrahan – all 4 girls performed brilliantly finished 1st place which earned each of them won a National Gold medal.         
Girls U12 Freestyle Relay  
  • Tara Mc Keon, Ruth Dolan, Ava Mc Keon, Ailbhe Hanrahan  - the four girls once again performed superbly finishing in 2nd position & earning themselves a National Silver medal.
Boys U 12 Medley & Freestyle Relay
  • James Mooney, Conor Hogan, Adam Mc Greal, Hugh Killeen – they all performed well in both relays.
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16/12/2020 01:58:23 am

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