Swimming:Teenager Sycerika McMahon posted her fifth Irish senior record in just two days at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France as she qualified for the final of the 100m individual medley.
The 17-year-old from Portaferry in Co Down claimed a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke final on Thursday, setting a new Irish mark of 30.34, and continued her fine run of performances today by qualifying in seventh position for Saturday’s final.
Her semi-final time of 1:01.24 was almost a second faster than her heat swim of 1:02.13, which qualified her in 14th position.
Tallaght and NAC high performance centre swimmer Brendan Hyland was also in record-breaking form today as he set a new junior standard in the men’s 400m individual medley. His time of 4:25.11 knocked over a second off Shane Aherne’s 2005 record.
London Olympian Barry Murphy will be back in action on Saturday after a day rest, swimming in his favoured discipline, the 50m breaststroke. Murphy, who holds the Irish record in the event is ranked 14th going into the heats.
All 10 Irish swimmers will be in action on Saturday.