Regent House Swimmers make a Splash!
Over the weekend from 24th to 26th February 2022, four brave swimmers from Regent House School participated in Swim Ireland’s Dave McCullagh International Swimming Championships at Aurora Aquatic Leisure Complex in Bangor, Co. Down, This highly prestigious gala annually attracts top level Olympic athletes from both GB and Ireland! This year’s gala proved to be no exception, with swimmers from Regent House having the opportunity to potentially swim alongside 2021 Olympians: Tom Dean, Duncan Scott and Freya Anderson, to name but a few.
Competing against swimmers of all ages- and from all corners of the British Isles, our Regent House swimmers: Kiera Aiken, Naeve Courtney, Adam Barnes & Benji Cummings, not only notched up a plethora of personal best times but secured a selection of medals, Ulster Junior Record Times and assisted their club in securing the Dave McCullagh Trophy for Best Club in Ireland, this being awarded to our local swimming club, Ards A.S.C.
Day 1 got off to an impressive start with
Kiera Aiken
B final woman’s 400m IM, ranked 1st
Naeve Pountney
Woman’s 4X200 freestyle relay Bronze medal
50m Backstroke, ranked 25th.
Adam Barnes
B final men’s 50 back – 5th
Men’s 4X100 medley relay Ulster Junior Record and Silver medal
Benji Cummings
100m breaststroke, ranked 26th
Day 2
Kiera Aiken
B final woman’s 200 breast, ranked 7th
Naeve Pountney
100m Backstroke, ranked 38th
Adam Barnes
Men’s 4x100 freestyle relay Ulster Junior Record and Bronze medal
100m backstroke, ranked 32nd
Benji Cummings
B final men’s 200 breaststroke, ranked 4th
400m IM, ranked 29th
Day 3
Kiera Aiken
B final woman’s 200 IM, ranked 3rd
Naeve Pountney
Unfortunately illness forced Naeve to withdraw.
Adam Barnes
200m Backstroke, ranked 29th
Benji Cummings
50m Breaststroke, ranked 27th
200m IM, ranked 47th
