{"id":647266,"date":"2026-07-24T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=647266"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:15:14","slug":"tom-fannon-ellen-walshe-lower-irish-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tom-fannon-ellen-walshe-lower-irish-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Fannon, Ellen Walshe Lower Irish Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tom Fannon, Ellen Walshe Lower Irish Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Fannon<\/strong> and <strong>Ellen Walshe<\/strong> have lowered Irish records at the Irish Summer National Youth and Senior Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Fannon started it <a href=\"https:\/\/swimireland.ie\/2026\/07\/22\/record-breaking-fannon-steals-the-show-at-nac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the second day of the five-day meet on Wednesday<\/a>. He went 21.58 in the men\u2019s 50 freestyle, lowering his national mark of 21.74 from the Paris Olympics in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Fannon\u2019s time is 10th in the world this year. He\u2019s fourth among European competitors ahead of the continental championships next month.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/live-timings.swimireland.ie\/?_gl=1*1f3dwhq*_gcl_au*NzA4NDQzMTIxLjE3ODIzODc1MDY.*_ga*MTA2MTk1OTkzNi4xNzgyMzg3NTA2*_ga_2C9KTEKXMY*czE3ODQ4MDczODAkbzQkZzEkdDE3ODQ4MDc0NTEkajUzJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 28-year-old went 21.79 in prelims to put a scare into the time, then was markedly faster in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Walshe <a href=\"https:\/\/swimireland.ie\/2026\/07\/24\/walshe-breaks-longstanding-senior-record-on-day-four\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Friday added<\/a> to her hefty bag of records with the 200 backstroke. She broke it twice, going 2:09.98 in prelims and 2:09.69 to win the final basically uncontested, her margin of victory more than eight seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Walshe takes down the record set in 2012 by Olympian <strong>Melanie Nocher<\/strong> at 2:10.75. She put a scare into that record in May\u2019s AP Race in London at 2:10.88.<\/p>\n<p>Walshe now holds national records in four disciplines, with the 200 free mark, the 200 back, 100 and 200 fly and 200 and 400 individual medley. She\u00a0also won the 50 backstroke in 28.62 seconds on Thursday,<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Shortt<\/strong> set a best time in the men\u2019s 200 freestyle on Tuesday at 1:49.93, but he was second in the race to <strong>Evan Bailey\u2019s<\/strong> 1:48.58. Shortt won the 200 backstroke a day later in 1:56.83, 1.1 seconds off the national mark he set in April.<\/p>\n<p>National record holder <strong>Darragh Greene<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 100 breaststroke in 1:01.61. 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