The swimmers collectively broke previous record by over 9 minutes!
One hundred Irish Swimmers celebrated National Swimming Day (Friday) by breaking (to be ratified!) the Guinness World Record 100 x 50m Relay at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Dublin.
The swimmers collectively set a time of 46 minutes 38.04 seconds breaking the previous record by over 9 minutes!
Ireland’s fastest ever female swimmer Danielle Hill lead off the relay with Bangor swimmer Jack McMillan bringing it home. The team of swimmers aged from 15 – 60 included national squad members, club, masters, open water swimmers and water polo players coming together from all four regions!
Participants raised in excess of €10,000 (we’ll have the final amount next week!) with all proceeds going to the Irish Cancer Society and Northern Ireland Hospice.
Congratulations swimmers on a fantastic achievement!
Huge thank you to all of our officials, witnesses, our fantastic MC Jon Rudd and the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre for their support.
Previous Record: 55 min 22.24 sec Record Set: 46 min 38.04 sec
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