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Irish swimmers have closed out an impressive weekend at the Luxembourg Euro Meet, securing several medals, numerous finals, and a strong showing of personal bests for several swimmers over the course of the meet.

Daniel Wiffen continues his good form, claiming gold in the 400m and 800m freestyle, and silver in the 1500m. Grace Hodgins was also on form to finish 5^th in the 800m.

In the short-distance freestyle events, Thomas Fannon claimed 6^th in the 50m freestyle, while Diarmuid Sutton was 19^th overall. In the Women’s sprint event, Erin Riordan was 8^th in the final. Riordan went on the secure 10^th overall in the 100m freestyle just behind Victorria Catterson in 9^th place.

Jack Cassin was in action in the 200m freestyle, taking 6^th in the Men’s final, while Catterson and Maria Godden were 12^th and 13^th respectively in the Women’s 200m.

Maria Godden had a strong meet securing a silver in the 50m backstroke, while team mates Cullen and Rooney were 11^th and 14^th, and silver in the 100m backstroke, again followed by Cullen and Rooney who were 13^th and 14^th overall in the 100m distance. Godden was 3^rd in the 200m, while Rooney was 9^th. Cullen took 11^th to win the B final.

Eoin Corby was the sole male representative in the breaststroke finals throughout the meet, finishing a strong 9^th in the 50m, 12^th in the 100m, and 11^th in the 200m. Meanwhile Ellie McCartney was 5^th in the Women’s 100m breaststroke and 6^th in the 200m.

Thomas Fannon sprinted to 14^th in the 50m fly, while McCartney and Riordan were 12^th and 17^th in the event.

In the medley events, Jack Cassin was 10^th in the 200IM and 4^th in the 400IM, while McCartney was 4^th in the 200IM.

The team rounded out the weekend results by placing 2^nd in the 4 x 100 mixed medley relay, and 4^th in the 4 x 100 mixed freestyle relay.

The full results are available at https://euromeet.lu