Hyland sets senior butterfly record

Brendan Hyland was the standout performer at the Irish Long Course National Championships, securing the 200m Butterfly title in an Irish senior record time of 1:58.68 at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The previous best was 1:59.14.

Hyland’s team mate Antoinette Neamt was also in fantastic form, securing gold in both the 800m and 200m Freestyle.

Neamt blitzed the field in the 800m to touch in 8:46.23, over 20 seconds ahead of second place Therese Corry (9:11.09) of Portmarnock.

The 13 year-old from Tallaght then went on to win the 200m Freestyle final in 2:03.66 ahead of Lisburn’s Rachel Bethel (2:05.17) and Danielle Lowe (2:05.44) Aer Lingus.

Jordan Sloan of Bangor SC picked up the men’s 200m Freestyle title, his time of 1:51.67 held off 2013 champion Sean Leahy (Dolphin SC) in 1:53.67.

Andrew Meegan retained the 1,500 metre Freestyle title in a close encounter with NAC Performance Centre team mate Brendan Gibbons (15:55.85). Meegan’s time of 15:54.70 was outside the European qualification time but he will have another chance in Sunday’s 800m Freestyle event.