Danielle Hill Notches 27.65 50 Back Irish Record At Ulster Championships

2024 ULSTER AGE GROUP & SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Friday, May 3rd – Sunday, May 5th
  • Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex, Bangor, Northern Ireland
  • LCM (50m)
  • Results: Meet Mobile – Ulster Age Group & Senior LC Champs 2024

The 2024 Ulster Age Group & Senior Championships taking place in Bangor, Northern Ireland saw a national record bite the dust at the hands of Danielle Hill.

25-year-old Hill raced in the women’s 50m back where she notched a winning effort of 27.64 to top the podium.

The Larne swimmer’s effort shaved .05 off her own previous Irish standard of 27.69 that she put on the books at the 2023 edition of this annual competition.

Her effort also lowered her previous season-best, a time of 27.75 she clocked at last month’s McCullagh International. At that meet, Hill established a new PB and national record of 1:00.16 in the 100m back.

Hill’s 27.69 now ranks 10th in the world on the season.

2023-2024 LCM Women 50 Back

KayleeAUS
McKEOWN
10/20
26.86 WR
2Mollie
O'CALLAGHAN
AUS27.1604/19
3 Kylie
MASSE
CAN27.2302/21
4Xueer
WANG
CHN27.3509/25
5Letian
WAN
CHN27.4109/25
6Claire
CURZAN
USA27.4302/15
7Iona
ANDERSON
AUS27.4502/15
8Lauren
Cox
GBR27.5502/14
9Ingrid
WILM
CAN27.6102/15
10Danielle
HILL
GBR27.6505/05
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Hill also raced in the women’s 50m free at this competition where she took gold in a mark of 25.56, just over half a second off her lifetime best and national record of 25.15 established at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The ace owns 5 Irish LCM national records in all with more than half having been clocked this year:

  • 50m free – 25.15, 2022
  • 100m free – 54.87, 2022
  • 50m back – 27.65, 2024
  • 100m back – 1:00.16, 2024
  • 50m fly – 26.45, 2024

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JackMeowMeow
11 days ago

The Aquamore Bocconi Sport Center is in Milan, Italy. Probably a typo

Oceanian
12 days ago

A good few days for Irish women. Their 400m girls did some amazing stuff in the athletics World Relay Champs this weekend too.

Boknows34
13 days ago

I hope she finally achieves the sub 60 in the 100 backstroke.

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