Mona McSharry and Shane Ryan progress in heats at European Championships in Rome

Mona McSharry has progressed in the heats of the 200m Breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships in Rome on Sunday morning.

The Sligo woman put yesterday's frustration in the 100m Breaststroke behind her quickly as she came home second in heat 3 in a time of 2:26.94.

It was good enough for seventh overall and she'll be back in the pool later today.

There was disappointment for the two other Irish swimmers involved in that discipline, with Ellie McCarthy finishing ninth in the same heat as McSharry in a time of 2:32.38, which placed her 25th overall.

Niamh Coyne came home eighth in her heat in a time of 2:30.67, which placed her 21st overall.

Elsewhere, Shane Ryan also progressed after winning his heat in the 50m Backstroke.

The Pennsylvania-native came home in at time of 25.33 in heat 1, to finish clear of Erikas Grigaitis of Lithuania.

His time was the 12th fastest overall as he moves into the semi-finals this evening.

There was disappointment for Robert Powell and Finn McGeever as both failed to progress in the heats of the 200m Freestyle.

Powell went in heat 2 but came home in last place in a time of 1:54.25, just under four seconds behind the winner, Luxembourg's Pit Brandenburger (1:50.62), placing him 42nd overall.

McGeever then went in heat 3 where he managed a time of 1:51.32, which was good enough for eighth place out of nine starters, and 36th overall.

Saso Boskan of Slovenia touched the wall first in a time of 1:48.08.