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Mona McSharry tackles Olympic Trials as Tokyo comes into view

written by Chris McNulty April 19, 2021
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SWIMMING sensation Mona McSharry will attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games this week.

McSharry, a native of Grange in County Sligo, is a graduate of the Marlin’s Swimming Club in Ballyshannon and is now a student at the University of Tennessee.

McSharry goes in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke events this week in the Irish National Team Trials at the National Aquatic Centre.

“At the moment I’m just focusing on qualifying, there’s no need to focus on whether the Olympic games is going to happen yet because I’m not going yet,” she said.

Last month, McSharry broke her own school record in the 200m breaststroke and also bested the school’s 100m breaststroke record at the Women’s NCAA Swimming and Division Championships.

McSharry won silver in the 100m breast, turning in a school record of 57.80. seconds.

The time eclipsed her own previous best, just a month after she took the time off Olympian Molly Hannis, 58.22 set in 2013. McSharry was fourth in the nation in the 100m breaststroke with her 57.80 effort, while in the 200m, she was third in the nation, taking her own record again in 2:05.01.

Last autumn, McSharry made the move Stateside and she said of her time across the Atlantic so far:  “It was nice to focus less on time and just on winning a race and being competitive, which is what I’ve worked on really well this year, and being able to swim with 40 other girls who are somewhat better than me in some cases and I’m pushing them in other cases.

“It made me work a lot harder in training I think as well so, all in all, it was a really good choice and I’m glad I’ve made it.”

Her top event is the 100m breaststroke, needing 1:07.07 to book a place in Tokyo. Her PB is 1:07.10.

Mona McSharry tackles Olympic Trials as Tokyo comes into view was last modified: April 19th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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