Killarney Swimming Club returned home with an impressive haul of 19 medals from the Future Challenger Gala held in Mallow at the weekend.
The event was for 10-12-years-olds and focused on backstroke, butterfly and individual medley.
Several Killarney Swimmers obtained personal bests and took home over 15 bands for achieving specific times in events.
The mixed 100 free relay team of Evan O’Donoghue, Aoibhinn Heinemann, Aoife Coffey and Lily Larkin won a bronze medal and the mixed 100 medley relay team of Noah Keogh, Maria Avila, Evan O’Donoghue and Aoife Coffey clinched the silver in two very close races.
The gala was a wonderful start to the season for the club.
Results:
Evan O’Donoghue: 1st 50 fly; 2nd 100 individual medley; 3rd 50 back
Aoife Coffey: 2nd 100 back; 2nd 200 individual medley; 3rd 50 fly
Juan Avila: 2nd 50 fly; 3rd 100 individual medley; 7th 100 back
Maria Avila: 2nd 50 back; 5th 200 individual medley; 8th 100 fly
Aoibhinn Heinemann: 2nd 50 fly; 4th 200 back; 10th 100 individual medley
Noah Keogh: 2nd 200 back
Kyrylo Lutchenko: 4th 50 fly; 5th Boys 100 back; 7th 100 individual medley
Nessa Brosnan: 5th 200 back
Lily Larkin: 7th 100 fly; 8th 100 back
Liam O’Mahony: 8th 50 back
Maro Lucic-Kovacevic: 9th 50 fly
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