Six Irish records set at Long Course event

SWIMMING’S Long Course Championships came to a close yesterday on a high note, with 13 swimmers achieving international qualifying times, four new Irish senior records and two new Irish junior records to round off a very successful weekend.

Barry Murphy (CRC) showed his talent in two sprint events, taking gold in the 50m Freestyle in a new Irish senior record time of 23.14, breaking the previous record set by Nick O’Hare in 1996.

Murphy went on to take the title in the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 29.12 and picked up his third gold medal of the day as the anchor man on the winning CRC Relay team.