Ellen Walshe Nears 200 IM Personal Best On Final Night Of McCullagh International (original) (raw)
2023 MCCULLAGH INTERNATIONAL
- Friday, February 24th – Sunday, February 26th
- Aurora Complex, Bangor, Northern Ireland
- LCM (50m)
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- Results (when available)/Meet Mobile – McCullagh International Meet 2023
The 2023 McCullagh International wrapped up from Bangor tonight with Eoin Corby wrangling up double gold.
The 21-year-old Limrick swimmer first topped the men’s 50m breast podium, posting a time of 28.45 before also taking the 200m IM victory in a mark of 2:07.66.
For the women’s 200m IM, it was Ellen Walshe who scored the top time, with the University of Tennessee athlete putting up a performance of 2:12.48. That erases her previous season-best of 2:14.21 logged at the Lisbon International meet earlier this month and fell within striking distance of her own personal best of 2:12.02 produced in Dublin nearly 2 years ago.
Walshe’s gold medal-worthy effort tonight now ranks the 22-year-old 6th in the world this season.
2022-2023 LCM Women 200 IM
| 2 | KateDouglass | USA | 2:07.09 | 07/01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | KayleeMcKeown | AUS | 2:07.19 | 05/12 |
| 4 | AlexWalsh | USA | 2:07.89 | 07/01 |
| 5 | YuYiting | CHN | 2:08.34 | 05/02 |
| 6 | Regan Smith | USA | 2:08.48 | 06/02 |
| 7 | SydneyPickrem | CAN | 2:08.61 | 03/30 |
| 8 | JennaForrester | AUS | 2:08.98 | 07/24 |
| 9 | MarritSteenbergen | NED | 2:09.16 | 04/08 |
| 10 | AnastasyaGorbenko | ISR | 2:09.28 | 05/21 |
Additional Winners
- Jeremy Bagshaw topped the men’s 400m free podium in a time of 3:58.18 while 22-year-old Victoria Catterson followed suit for the women in 4:18.99.
- Tom Fannon got it done for gold in the men’s 50m free, producing a result of 22.73. Calum Bain was also under the 23-second threshold in a silver medal-garnering outing of 22.99.
- Last night’s 50m back victor Danielle Hill was ahead of the women’s 50m free field tonight in a result of 25.61.
- The women’s 50m breast saw Eimear Doyle hit 33.22 for the win.
- John Shortt bagged another win, this time taking the men’s 200m back in 2:04.42. 21-year-old Mara Godden earned the women’s win in 2:14.71, the only sub-2:20 result of the pack.
- Loughborough’s Maisie Elliott logged a time of 1:02.00 to take the women’s 100m fly as Jack Cassin posted 55.22 to grab gold in the men’s race.
About Retta Race
Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.