2025 MCCULLAGH INTERNATIONAL
- Friday, February 21st – Sunday, February 23rd
- The Aurora Sports & Leisure Centre, Bangor, Northern Ireland
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Results: Meet Mobile – McCullagh International Meet 2025
We saw the final day of action unfold at the 2025 McCullagh International. From Friday through Sunday, high-profile Irish and British swimmers took to the Aurora Sports & Leisure Centre pool to kick off their 2025 year of racing.
Following his 200m free gold from earlier in the competition, University of Stirling’s Jack McMillan doubled up with a win in the 400m free.
McMillan stopped the clock at 3:52.96 to hold a healthy advantage over Luke Hornsey and Cormac Rynn who settled for respective silver and bronze. Hornsey got to the wall in 3:55.64 followed by Rynn’s bronze medal-worthy result of 3:59.87.
The men’s 50m free saw Tom Fannon get it done for gold in 22.43, getting to the wall over half a second ahead of runner-up Evan Bailey.
Bailey secured silver in 22.98 as the only other swimmer to delve under the 23-second territory.
25-year-old Lewis Fraser clocked the fastest time in the men’s 100m fly, 53.09, for the win. Olympic multi-medalist Duncan Scott was next to touch in 53.70, followed by 27-year-old Jamie Ingram, who rounded out the podium in 52.83.
Scott upgraded to gold in the 200m IM where the Olympic silver medalist in the event clocked 2:00.25 to beat the pack by nearly 6 seconds.
Danielle Hill scored the fastest time in the women’s 50m free, registering 25.28 to claim gold ahead of Lucy Hope (25.92) and Drew McKenzie (26.09) who snagged the minor medals.
Finally, Templelogue’s Ellen Walshe added to her already impressive hardware haul here, topping the women’s 100m fly decisively.
Walshe checked in with a gold medal-worthy time of 58.00 as the sole swimmer under 1:01.
24-year-old Walshe opened in 27.46 and closed in 30.54 to come within .04 of her own Irish record of 57.96, a time she put on the books at the 2023 Irish Championships.
Sad for Vols fans that Walshe didn’t stick with her countrywoman Mona McSharry and the Tennessee program. She was the SEC Swimmer of the Meet for the Vols as a freshmen–then opted to return to Ireland!