2021 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, December 16th – Tuesday, December 21st
- Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- SCM (25m)
- Prize Money
- Meet Site
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
Just hours after Ireland’s Ellen Walshe fired off a monster new national record in the heats of the women’s 400m IM, the 20-year-old hacked off even more significant time in tonight’s final.
Getting to the wall in a mark of 4:26.52, Walshe of the University of Tennessee, snagged silver behind winner Tessa Cieplucha of Canada. Cieplucha took gold in 4:25.55 and ironically also hails from the Univerity of Tennessee, making this race a 1-2 punch for the Vols.
For Walshe, before today the Dublin native had never before been under 4:35, owning a previous lifetime best of 4:38.38. That already took down a longstanding national record of 4:36.84 that had been on the books since 1994.
Tonight, however, Walshe entered entirely new territory to get under 4:30 for the first time ever, finishing just over a second outside of gold. Splits for Walshe can be seen below.
Walshe is proving to be quite the versatile dynamo, having already ripped a time of 50.24 in the 100y butterfly last month becoming the 2nd fastest freshman ever in the event with a good chunk of the college swimming season remaining.
It is not ironic that the Gold and Silver medals went to a LVFL and LV respectively. Ironic means happening in the opposite way than expected. Coach Kredich is leading an amazing program for both undergrad and post grad swimmers in Knoxville! Expect to see more of both of these ladies, as well as McSharry!
Was the previous record holder she-that-shall-not-be-named? Have to imagine.
Yes.
That it is a 1-2 win for the LadyVol program is not ironic, but a sign of the strength of the Kredich led UT undergrad and post grad training!
What a swimmer! Congratulations on the performance. Go Vols!