2024 IRISH WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Friday, December 13th – Sunday, December 15th
- Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Dublin, Ireland
- SCM (25m)
- Results – Meet Mobile: 2024 Irish National Winter Championships
While the Short Course World Championships roll on from Budapest, the 2024 Irish Winter Championships got underway from Dublin. Over 500 swimmers representing 80 clubs are set to compete across the 3-day competition.
Day 1 Highlights
Sans backstroke aces Danielle Hill and Shane Ryan, the latter of which won 50m back bronze tonight at SC Worlds, Marie Godden and David O’Loughlin topped the 50m back domestic podiums.
Godden stopped the clock at 27.68 to get the edge over Ards’ Grace Davison who settled for silver in 27.97. Jena Macdougald rounded out the podium in 28.00.
As for the men’s race, O’Loughlin punched a result of 24.89 as the sole sub-25-second swimmer. National Centre Ulster’s Charlie Cassidy snagged silver in 25.29 while Brandon Bliss of Swin Belfast got the bronze in 25.41.
Davison dove back in for the women’s 100m free where she nabbed gold by a large margin.
17-year-old Davison got to the wall in 53.56 with the next-closest swimmer represented by Danielle Farrell who touched in 55.24. Victoria Catterson also landed on the podium in 55.80 as the 3rd place finisher.
Calum Bain was the fastest men’s 100m freestyler, putting up a time of 48.36. That earned the victory over teammate Danny Morgan who logged 48.98 as the only other swimmer under the 49-second line. Larne’s Thomas Leggett rounded out the podium in 49.06.
