Ellie McCartney secures World Championships time as Ellen Walshe lowers freestyle record

Elsewhere, gaving set a new Irish Senior Record of 1:56.61 and securing a consideration time for the World Aquatics Championships in the 200m Backstroke semi-final, National Centre Limerick’s John Shortt withdrew from the Final as he sits his Leaving Certificate oral on Wednesday morning.

Ellie McCartney celebrates after winning. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady.

Ellie McCartney and Ellen Walshe starred on the penultimate night of racing at the 2025 Irish Open Swimming Championships at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre with McCartney locking in a consideration time for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, bringing the number with times achieved to seven and Walshe lowering her newly minted 200m Freestyle Irish Record.

McCartney, who has been having the meet of her life in Dublin, secured a sensational Championship Record and consideration time for the World Aquatics Championships in the 200m Breaststroke semi-final.