On the first weekend of the Easter Holidays, five girls journeyed out to the NAC to represent St. Mary’s & St. Gerard’s N.S. at the Irish Minor Schools Championships. Once again they did themselves and our school proud. They swam PBs (Personal Bests) across the board.
Alannah Healy qualified for the final in 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly finishing in 7th place in both finals.
Fiadh O’Connor qualified for the final in 50m Freestyle, finishing in 5th place.
Our relay team of Fiadh, Katie McGovern, Alannah and Eve O’Neill finished in 3rd place for the Medley Relay, claiming the bronze medal. The girls took a combined 13.62s off in the Medley Relay and 14.05s in the Freestyle Relay from their Leinster Championship swims. Super teamwork!
In the afternoon Caragh Healy represented our school finishing in 16th place in the 100m IM and in 11th place, just missing the final, in 50m Fly.
We are really proud of our swimmers and all the hard work they put in.
Event 1 Girls 9 Year Olds 50 m Freestyle
Alannah Healy 40.86 (7) (Heats)
Alannah Healy 41.72 (7) (Finals)
Event 1 Girls 10 Year Olds 50 m Freestyle
Fiadh O’Connor 35.42 (4) (Heats)
Fiadh O’Connor 35.49 (5) (Finals)
Event 3 Girls 9 Year Olds 50 m Breaststroke
Katie McGovern 1:01.92 (13)
Event 5 Girls Under 10 200 m Medley Relay
Fiadh, Katie, Alannah & Eve *Bronze* 3:27.64 (3)
Event 7 Girls 10 Year Olds 50 m Backstroke
Fiadh O’Connor 45.21 (11)
Event 9 Girls 9 Year Olds 50 m Butterfly
Alannah Healy 49.79 (7) (Finals)
Alannah Healy 50.84 (6) (Heats)
Event 11 Girls Under 10 200 m Freestyle Relay
Alannah, Eve, Katie & Fiadh 3:06.22 (6)
Event 13 Girls 11 Year Olds 100 m IM
Caragh Healy 1:31.85 (16)
Event 23 Girls 11 Year Olds 50 m Butterfly
Caragh Healy 39.96 (11)