McSharry Fourth, Walshe Sixth Twice on Final Day of World Cup Racing

Mona McSharry was fourth in the 50m Breaststroke, while Ellen Walshe secured two sixth place finishes in the 100m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley on the final day of racing at stop one of the World Aquatics World Cup in Carmel, USA on Sunday night.

McSharry, who was also fourth in the 100m Breaststroke over the weekend, missed a medal by just two hundredths of a second in the 50m Breaststroke Final. The Sligo woman clocked 29.82 with the bronze medal won in 29.80 by Germany’s Anna Elendt.

Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova took gold in 29.33 with silver going to Belgium’s Florine Gaspard in 29.58.

Already a silver and bronze medal winner over the weekend in the 400m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly, Ellen Walshe doubled up with sixth place finishes in the 100m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley on the final day of racing.

The Templeogue swimmer touched in 57.27 in the 100m Butterfly Final, improving on her heat time of 57.39 and was home in 2:07.31 in the Medley Final, bettering her preliminary swim of 2:07.52.

McSharry and Walshe will both return for stop two of the World Aquatics World Cup from October 17^th to 19^th in Westmont, Illinois.

ENDS

Day 3 Results

Women 50m Breaststroke      Mona McSharry              H 29.94 (4^th)       F 29.82 (4^th)

Women 100m Butterfly         Ellen Walshe                    H 57.39 (5^th)       F 57.27 (6^th)

Women 200m IM                    Ellen Walshe                    H 2:07.52 (4^th)   F 2:07.31 (6^th)

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