2023 IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, April 1st – Wednesday, April 5th
- Sport Ireland National Aquatic Center, Dublin, Ireland
- LCM (50m)
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Ellen Walshe has done it again, lowering her hours-old national record in the women’s 100m butterfly.
While competing on day one of the 2023 Irish Open Championships, 22-year-old Walshe logged a time of 57.96 to top the 1fly podium, getting under the 58-second threshold for the first time in her career.
In the heats of the event, Walshe posted a mark of 58.32 to claim the top seed. That already scored a new lifetime best, erasing the 59.32 she produced at the 2021 Irish Performance Meet.
| Previous Walshe PB | Walshe Record from Heats | Walshe Record from Finals |
| 28.18 | 27.41 | 27.62 |
| 31.14 | 30.91 | 30.34 |
| 59.32 | 58.32 | 57.96 |
Walshe’s 57.96 time here would have rendered her the 8th-place finisher in this event at the 2022 World Championships. The University of Tennessee swimmer now ranks 10th in the world this season.
2022-2023 LCM Women 100 Fly
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56.12
| 2 | Torri Huske | USA | 56.18 | 06/29 |
| 3 | Gretchen Walsh | USA | 56.34 | 06/29 |
| 4 | Kate Douglass | USA | 56.43 | 06/29 |
| 5 | Maggie MacNeil | CAN | 56.45 | 07/24 |
Additionally, her sub-58 second result qualifies her for the World Championships, dipping under the World Aquatics ‘A’ cut of 58.33.
🎥 | WATCH
Ellen Walshe stole the show on Day 1 of the Irish Open, setting a new 100 Butterfly Irish Senior Record 💥
Be sure to watch this stunning performance from the Templeogue swimmer ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/HaeHPdtjVM
— Swim Ireland (@swimireland) April 2, 2023
Post-race, Walshe said, ‘I wasn’t really expecting it this morning, I’ve been training IM (Individual Medley) rather than Butterfly, it’s nice to go back to an event that I kind of stepped away from for quite a while, and come back with no nerves I guess. I’m doing the 400m IM (as well as the 200m IM) and see how fast I can get in that, I had a good race in Edinburgh.’
Walshe is also set to race the 50m fly, 100m breast, 200m/400m IM and 50m back over the course of this five-day competition.
