{"id":471884,"date":"2021-05-10T06:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471884"},"modified":"2021-05-17T08:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:51:28","slug":"mona-mcsharry-spearheads-24-strong-swim-ireland-squad-for-european-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mona-mcsharry-spearheads-24-strong-swim-ireland-squad-for-european-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mona McSharry Spearheads 24-Strong Swim Ireland Squad For European Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Swim Ireland<\/strong> has confirmed a 24-strong team will compete at the <strong>LEN European Championships<\/strong> which started on Monday in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty swimmers will compete at the <strong>Duna Arena<\/strong> including the quartet of <strong>Shane Ryan, Darragh Greene, Daniel Wiffen\u00a0and\u00a0Mona McSharry\u00a0<\/strong>who have already achieved the consideration time for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet that competed for Olympic qualification at the FINA Diving World Cup in Japan last week comprise the diving team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanya Watson<\/strong> became the first female Irish diver to qualify for the Olympics with <strong>Oliver Dingley<\/strong> also booking a ticket to Tokyo for his second Games and they will be joined in the Hungarian capital by <strong>Clare Cryan<\/strong> and <strong>Ciara McGing<\/strong> who must wait and see if invitations are extended to them.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus On Relay Qualification<\/h3>\n<p>McSharry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/irish-olympic-trials-mcsharry-lowers-national-100-breast-mark-to-106-29-as-quartet-make-the-cut\/\">posted an Irish 100m breaststroke record of 1:06.29<\/a> at the Irish trials in April with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/irish-olympic-trials-wiffen-sets-second-irish-record-of-the-meet-in-1500-free\/\">Wiffen setting marks in the 800 (7:52.68) and 1500 free (15:16.90).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greene lowered the men&#8217;s 100br to 59.76 with Ryan a three-time Irish record holder.<\/p>\n<p>The quartet are joined by national record-holders\u00a0<strong>Brendan Hyland, Conor Ferguson, Danielle Hill, Ellen Walshe\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jack McMillan\u00a0<\/strong>and Irish Junior record-holders <strong>Paddy Johnston\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Eoin Corby.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_470803\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470803\" data-attachment-id=\"470803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/irish-olympic-trials-wiffen-sets-second-irish-record-of-the-meet-in-1500-free\/daniel-wiffen\/\" 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class=\" wp-image-470803\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Daniel-Wiffen-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Wiffen\" width=\"367\" height=\"262\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-470803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Wiffen: Photo Courtesy: Swim Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Finn McGeever<\/strong> set a 400 free record of 3:53.83 at the trials and will make his European debut in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>The focus for the swimming contingent will be to qualify an Irish relay team to the Games for the first time since 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The top 12 nations at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju automatically qualified a relay team and with 16 slots available per relay, it means four positions are still available before the qualification period ends on 31 May.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish men&#8217;s 4x100m medley relay finished 14th in Gwangju whilst the men&#8217;s 4x200m freestyle relay were 16th.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>These positions must be secured further with faster times than those achieved in Gwangju with the Championships in Budapest being the last opportunity for European nations to do so.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>An Irish team in the mixed 4x100m medley relay has also been selected for Budapest, as has a quartet for the women&#8217;s 4x100m medley and 4x100m freestyle relay events.<\/p>\n<h3>NPD Rudd Outlines &#8220;Clear Intent And Purpose&#8221;<u><\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Swim Ireland\u2019s National Performance Director\u00a0<strong>Jon Rudd<\/strong>\u00a0said:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_407184\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407184\" data-attachment-id=\"407184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/irish-eyes-are-smiling-as-corby-coyne-help-make-it-55-swim-records-in-just-two-weeks\/jonrudd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jonrudd.jpg\" 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alt=\"jonrudd\" width=\"349\" height=\"249\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-407184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Rudd &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Jon Rudd<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor our swimmers, this event has an explicit relay focus as far as we are concerned and the athletes are aware that this is the absolute priority for these Championships.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing more honourable in our sport than representing your nation in a relay event and this team have been selected with one purpose in mind &#8211; that of Olympic relay qualification.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team is littered with high-quality athletes, and we will be doing all we can to see at least one Irish relay team feature at an Olympic Games for the first time in 49 years.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For our divers, it&#8217;s off a plane from Tokyo and onto a plane to Budapest in the quest for much needed international competition leading into the summer, something that we have all missed so much in the last 14 months.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Across swimming and diving, it is a large team, and it has been selected with a clear intent and purpose.&#8221;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Advertising: Shop At Swim360<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/absolutebm.aspx?b=1546\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swim Ireland has confirmed a 24-strong team will compete at the LEN European Championships which started on Monday in Budapest. 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