Ellen Walshe starred on the final morning of swimming at the Irish Open Championships and Olympic Trials as the Templeogue swimmer secured a second Olympic Qualification Time in the 400m Individual Medley.
Walshe, already qualified for the Games in the 200m Individual Medley, swam an impressive 4:38.05 in the 400m IM, just one tenth of a second outside the Irish Record of 4:37.94 she set three weeks ago at the Leinster Championships.
Danielle Hill continued her great form on the final morning of competition and progresses as top seed to the final of the 50m Backstroke. Hill, who has qualified for the Paris Games in the 50m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke this week in new Irish Records, was just outside her 50m Backstroke Irish Record of 27.95 touching in 28.39.
Hill will not compete in Sunday evening’s 50m Freestyle Super Final where she set a new Irish Record of 24.68 to go under the Olympic Qualification Time of 24.70 on Saturday.
In the Women’s 50m Breaststroke, 15-year-old Ava Jones will take the centre lane after a lifetime best swim of 32.35.
In the women’s 50m Butterfly heats, Ards’ Emma Reid was the only swimmer under 28 seconds in 27.61.
Sunday evening will be the final action from the Irish Open and Olympic Trials with a final shot for Irish swimmers to add their names to the Paris 2024 roster. National champions will be crowned in the Women’s 50m Backstroke, 400m Individual Medley, 200m Breaststroke, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, and the 50m, 200m and 800m Freestyle.
