Shane Ryan, Mona McSharry Among Ireland's European C'ships Selections (original) (raw)
Swim Ireland has announced its 12-member strong line-up for the 2018 European Championships set for Glasgow in August. Among the headliners are 2017 World University Games champion Shane Ryan and World Junior champion Mona McSharry.
Selected from performances at both the Irish Open in Dublin, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, the roster also includes a junior contingent with the likes of World Junior silver medalist Conor Ferguson and newly-minted national record holders Darragh Greene and Brendan Hyland.
Swim Ireland also revealed its roster for the European Junior Championships, the ISF World Games in addition to the World Youth Olympic Games.
Of the athletes headed to the various competitions, National Performance Director Jon Rudd states,“We asked our athletes and coaches to step up and deliver performances in a sole trials period and this selection is a culmination of that process. Both our season best and lifetime best performances at the Irish Open and the Commonwealth Games were impressive in allowing us to do this and now we can focus on this final cycle into the summer and deliver again in each athlete’s benchmark meet. The Olympic Games creep ever-closer and they will be on before we know it. So opportunities and challenges such as those before us this summer must be used wisely – for the moment itself and in preparation for Tokyo come the summer of 2020. We can both feel and see the progress and the summer of 2018 has to be the next stage for us in that sense.”
| 2018 LEN European Championships (Glasgow, Scotland) Selections 2nd – 12th August 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athlete Name | Home Programme | Home Coach |
| Calum Bain | University of Stirling | Brad Hay |
| Conor Ferguson | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Darragh Greene | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Brendan Hyland | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Niamh Kilgallen | Claremorris | Yvonne Morris & Padraic Kilgallen |
| Jack McMillan | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| Mona McSharry | Marlins (Ballyshannon) | Grace Meade & Sinead Donagher |
| Alex Murphy | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Robert Powell | Athlone | Johnny Powell |
| Shane Ryan | Auburn University | Sergio Lopez |
| Jordan Sloan | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| David Thompson | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| 2018 LEN European Junior Championships (Helsinki, Finland) Selections 4th – 8th July 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athlete Name | Home Programme | Home Coach |
| Ellen Cassidy | Dolphin (Cork) | Mick McCormack |
| Victoria Catterson | Ards (Newtownards) | Davy Johnston |
| Niamh Coyne | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Maria Godden | Kilkenny | Mikey McCarthy |
| Paddy Johnston | Ards (Newtownards) | Davy Johnston |
| Amelia Kane | Ards (Newtownards) | Davy Johnston |
| Alfie Kelly | Newcastle | Ryan Livingstone |
| Julia Knox | Banbridge | Davy Wilson |
| Cadan McCarthy | National Centre (Limerick) | Emmet Crowley |
| Finn McGeever | National Centre (Limerick) | Emmet Crowley |
| Jack McMillan | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| Robert Powell | Athlone | Johnny Powell |
| Rebecca Reid | Ards (Newtownards) | Davy Johnston |
| Naomi Trait | Kilkenny | Mikey McCarthy |
| Ellen Walshe | Templeogue | Brian Sweeney |
| 2018 ISF World Schools Games Gymnasiade (Casablanca, Morocco) Selections 2nd – 9th May 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athlete Name | Home Programme | Home Coach |
| Niamh Coyne | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Maria Godden | Kilkenny | Mikey McCarthy |
| Cadan McCarthy | National Centre (Limerick) | Emmet Crowley |
| Jack McMillan | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| Mona McSharry | Marlins (Ballyshannon) | Grace Meade & Sinead Donagher |
| Rebecca Reid | Ards (Newtownards) | Davy Johnston |
| Sean Scannell | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Ellen Walshe | Templeogue | Brian Sweeney |
| 2018 IOC World Youth Olympic Games (Buenos Aries, Argentina) Nominations 6th – 18th October 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athlete Name | Home Programme | Home Coach |
| Niamh Coyne | National Centre (Dublin) | Ben Higson & Steven Beckerleg |
| Jack McMillan | Bangor | Paul Dennis |
| Mona McSharry | Marlins (Ballyshannon) | Grace Meade & Sinead Donagher |
| Robert Powell | Athlone | Johnny Powell |
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