Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry Headed To Irish Open Championships

2025 IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Saturday, April 12th – Wednesday, April 16th
  • Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Dublin, Ireland
  • LCM (50m)
  • Meet Central
  • Psych Sheet

The 2025 Irish Open Championships represent another World Championships Trials meet among those being held around the world during the month of April.

Beginning on Saturday, April 12th and spanning through Wednesday, April 16th, the elite competition will see over 300 swimmers from over 50 clubs compete for national titles and the opportunity to represent Ireland in Singapore.

Several swimmers have already made the grade courtesy of their performances at last year’s Olympic Games and World Championships. Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe, Tom Fannon, Danielle Hill, and Shane Ryan are on the list but still need to compete here in order to assure their slots.

Speaking ahead of the Championships, Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director Jon Rudd said,

“With six Ireland National Teams all looking to be filled for Championship events this summer, there’s a whole world of opportunity waiting for our athletes across these five days in Dublin.

“This is also the first opportunity for athletes to qualify for the National programme for the 2025-2026 season and it is for these reasons that we have provided athletes with three opportunities (heats, semi-finals and finals) in most events to post the times necessary to gain a green jacket this summer, with the 400m, 800m and 1500m events having heats and finals only.

“We wish all Irish athletes the very best luck in their final days of preparation as we head into Saturday and very much look forward to seeing the Irish record books being re-written once again in our National pool. The stage is very much set!”

Key Entrants

Luka Armbruster (GER)
Tom Fannon
Darragh Greene
Danielle Hill
Ellie McCartney
Mona McSharry
Miguel Nascimento (POR)
Diogo Ribeiro (POR)
Shane Ryan
John Shortt
Ellen Walshe
Daniel Wiffen
Nathan Wiffen

Quote courtesy of Swim Ireland.

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