2023 IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, April 1st – Wednesday, April 5th
- Sport Ireland National Aquatic Center, Dublin, Ireland
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
- World Championships Selection Criteria
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
While competing on day two of the 2023 Irish Open Championships, Mona McSharry fired off a new national record in the women’s 100m breaststroke.
The 22-year-old Olympian topped the podium in Dublin with a time of 1:06.04, beating the field by well over 2 seconds en route to gold. Her result overtook her own previous Irish standard of 1:06.21 she put on the books at the 2021 Irish National Team Trials.
McSharry opened in 31.78 and closed in 34.26 to produce her new 1:06.04 record, inching closer to the 1:06 barrier. Her time would have captured 4th place at last year’s World Championships and would have secured silver at last year’s European Championships.
McSharry now ranks as the 2nd fastest swimmer in the world this season, sitting only behind Dutch national record holder Tes Schouten who clocked the only sub-1:06 thus far in 1:05.92 in France last month.
2022-2023 LCM Women 100 Breast
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1:04.62
| 2 | Lilly King | USA | 1:04.75 | 06/30 |
| 3 | Evgeniia Chikunova | RUS | 1:04.92 | 04/19 |
| 4 | Lydia Jacoby | USA | 1:05.16 | 06/30 |
| 5 | Kaitlyn Dobler | USA | 1:05.48 | 06/30 |
McSharry is coming off of the NCAA Women’s Championships where she represented her University of Tennessee Lady Vols. McSharry placed 16th in the 50y freestyle, 4th in the 200y breaststroke and 2nd in the 100y breaststroke.
34.26 second 50 is no joke. Will be interesting to see if she can control her first 50 as successfully, at a race with others splitting much faster than 31.7.
thats dirty. Shes going to give the Americans a fight.
First and second 50s only 2.48 seconds apart. That’s the closest I think I’ve ever seen in an elite 100 breaststroke long course.
GBO! Great job!
She’s a dark horse for a world champs medal