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North Sligo’s Mona McSharry has eased through to the final of the women’s 100 metres at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. The Grange 17-year-old was second-fastest qualifier in Friday night’s semi-finals, matching her time of one minute 7.79 seconds from the morning heats. McSharry has already won…

Mona McSharry has qualified fastest for this evening’s semi-finals in the 100 metres breaststroke at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis today. Her time of one minute 7.79 seconds sets her up nicely for this evening’s semi-finals, with the second round of heats getting underway shortly after 11.30pm Irish…

Sligo’s Mona McSharry has claimed a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis. The Marlins Ballyshannon club member was less than point-two of a second behind the winner when finishing third in last night’s 50 metres breaststroke final. The 17-year-old Grange native will now turn her attention towards…

European champion Mona McSharry will go for gold at the World Championships in the US shortly after 11pm Irish time tonight. The Grange youngster was the fastest qualifier in last night’s 50 metres breaststroke semi-finals in Indianapolis at the World Junior finals, in a time of 31.09 seconds. The Marlins…

Sligo’s Mona McSharry has won her first heat at the opening day of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis today. The double-European champion from Grange was in heat seven of the 50 metres breaststroke, and touched home first in a time of 31.41 seconds. McSharry is top seed…

The winner of The Irish Times Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month award for June 2017 is Mona McSharry. The swimmer, whose club is Marlins, Ballyshannon, returned from the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in Israel with two gold medals and one silver medal. The 16 year old Sligo native,…

A home coming in honour of Sligo swimming star Mona McSharry takes place in her home town of Grange this evening. McSharry claimed her second European title and third medal in five days at yesterday’s European Junior Swimming Championship in Isreal yesterday with an outstanding win in the one hundred…