The opening day of the 2010 Irish Youth Open Championships brought considerable success to Ulster swimmers.

The jewel in the crown was a spectacular 1-2-3 in the Womens 50 metre Breaststroke.

Belfast Leander club's European Junior Bronze medallist Sycerika Mc Mahon collected the gold medal in 32.85 seconds, Sycerika was followed home by Alison Todd (City of Belfast) 32.25 and Ashleigh Hyland (Bangor) 34.25.

Sycerika McMahon also won the 15 under 200 metre butterfly in a creditable 2 mins 18.69 secs.

Other Ulster Gold strikes were:

Jordan Sloan (Bangor 16 & under)

200 free (1 minute 54.91 seconds)

100 back (1:01.23)

Katie Reid (Lisburn 16 years)

200 free (2:08.76)

100 back (1:06.89)

Conor Donnelly (Leander 17-18 years)

200 free (1:56.84)

Bethany Carson (Lisburn 17 and over)

200 free (2:06.00)

Darren Bell (Ards 17-18 years)

100 back (1:01.93)

Michael Dawson (Ards)

50 breast (29.48)

To follow the results as they happen click on:

http://www.swimireland.ie/Meets/Results/

Swim Ulster PRO Joseph P Fitzpatrick, 22 July 2010