Sport Northern Ireland Athlete Successes
Connor takes Freestyle Clean Sweep
Sport Northern Ireland athlete Conor Leaney completed the freestyle clean-sweep at the Swimming Short Course National Championships over the weekend.
Connor took Gold in the 50m and 200m freestyle titles on Sunday (22 November)
to add to the 100m gold he won on Saturday (21 November) and the 400m on the opening day of the event.
McKillop wins Irish junior title
Paralympic gold medallist and Sport Northern Ireland athlete Michael McKillop has qualified for the European Cross County Championships by winning the Irish junior title on Sunday.
Belfast man McKillop won the Under-20s race by about 50 metres from Dubliner
Liam Tremble at a muddy Kilbeggan track in Westmeath.
He matches the feat of fellow athlete Jason Smyth who was the first Irish Paralympian to qualify for a major able-bodied event. Smyth competed in this
year's European Under-23 track championships.
McKillop will now be on the six-man Irish team for the European Championships which are to be held at Santry in Dublin on 13 December.
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