AFTER a very successful day at the Munster Schools Swimming Championships recently, the Coláiste Muire team returned with 22 medals.

In individual events Ella Holly took bronze in the U16 100m Breaststroke and Freestyle, while Elin Blake took bronze in the Senior 100m Backstroke.

The Colaiste Muire Intermediate team (l-r) Fatima Sanchez, Sarah Cosgrove, Amy Ryan and Ella Holly

All swimmers performed superbly with Leah O’Connor, Mia Holly and Olivia Cosgrove also achieving top 10 finishes. The junior relay of Roisin Hogan, Mia Holly, Ingrid Murphy and Leah O’Connor won silver medal in their freestyle relay and bronze in the medley. The intermediate team of Ella Holly, Amy Ryan, Sarah Cosgrove and Fatima Sánchez took bronze in both freestyle and medley relays.

The senior team of Elin Blake, Olivia Cosgrove, Aoibhinn Cullen, Muireann Corry and Jessica Brophy took bronze in the freestyle relay and fifth in the medley.  The full team Colaiste Muire team also included Lucy Crean, Noelle O’Connor, Claudia Haugh, Ellen Henry, Lianda McGuire and Keelin Forde. All Colaiste swimmers performed superbly in a hugely competitive field of over 700 swimmers from secondary schools around Munster.

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