Swim Ulster held their second Development Gala of the season on Saturday 21 January 2017 at the Omagh Leisure Complex, Mountfield Road in Omagh.
Fourteen swimmers from Breifne Swim Club attended this gala, nine from the Competition Squad – Abby McDowell, Alegra Aylward, Katie Gannon, Charlie Gannon, Maia Smith, Beth Grant, Doireann McNamara, Maksimas Aylward and Donnacha McNamara and five from the Development Squad Ella Maguire, Autumn Vickerman, Hamish Vickerman, Sean Hourihane and Conor Hourihane.
The swimmers took part in fourteen different events gaining a total of fourteen personal best times. They also won five gold medals, six silver medals and two bronze medals.
Technical assessment still continues in the development galas and this is to ensure that all swimmers progressing to qualifying galas have four legal strokes and can execute good streamlining on turns (hips past the flags). Swimmers under eleven are assessed on 100M IM and swimmers over eleven are assessed on 200IM.
Seven swimmers passed the technical assessment, allowing them to progress to qualifying galas (if they have the three qualifying times including the IM time). They are Ella Maguire, Alegra Aylward, Katie Gannon, Conor Hourihane , Maia Smith, Beth Grant and Maksimas Aylward.
Medal winners are as follows:
Gold Medals
Hamish Vickerman – 100M Freestyle Kick
Alegra Aylward – 50M Butterfly
Maksimas Aylward – 50M Butterfly, 100M Breaststroke
Beth Grant – 100M Breaststroke
Silver Medals
Alegra Aylward – 100M IM
Maksimas Aylward – 200M IM
Abby McDowell – 50M Freestyle
Hamish Vickerman – 50M Freestyle
Ella Maguire – 100M Freestyle Kick, 50M Butterfly
Bronze Medals
Beth Grant – 200M IM
Alegra Aylward – 50M Freestyle
A full list of results can be found here.