Different class: Swim star Murphy facing real tests

AFTER PASSING one national test, star Irish swimmer Gráinne Murphy faces an examination of a different type this week.

Last weekend Murphy starred in the Dave McCullagh Meet at the University of Limerick, where the European junior champion broke the national 200m breaststroke record.

She set a new junior and senior best of 2 mins 32.54secs in the heats, taking 2.32 seconds off Fiona Doyle’s junior record and 1.04 seconds off Emma Robinson’s senior record.