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The last meet of the year, CST's Holiday Bash, certainly proved to be one of the most successful of the year! Tons of time drops highlighted the event, along with 18 new team records by 9 different swimmers! The new team records were set by Dececia Prince (11 year 1,500 free), Adaya Bourne (12 year 1,500 free), Arianna Lont (13 year 1,500 free), Nikki Grandnter (12 year 200 back), Taffi Illis (18 year 50 back and 50 breast), Matias Piazza (12 year 100 free, 400 free, and 1,500 free), Joey...
CST swimmers took home a ton of hardware from the annual Aquathon race, a biathlon consisting of swimming and running. Participants may do both parts, or either part, as part of a relay team. Vadym Semkiv was the first swimmer out of the water, and led his relay to a first place finish in the Adult Team category. Matias Piazza was the second swimmer to finish, and helped his team to a win in the Junior Team category. CST swimmers swept the PreJunior category, with Adriann Coppelmans, Nico Piazza, and...
Several CST swimmers took part in the annual Lab Sports Harbour to Pier swim, and did their team proud. CST swimmers swept the 2.5k (actually closer to 1.3k), with Matias Piazza taking the main prize. Following Matias was Vadym Semkiv in second, Joey Schvartz in third, Adriaan Coppelmans in fourth, and Nicolas Piazza in fifth. Coach Eline Broere was the fastest woman in the event.
CST hosted their first Pentathlon meet on Sunday, in a fun and spirited event that will become an annual endeavor. The format of the meet was different than normal, as the swimmers were awarded based on the sum of five different races. Many of the races were tightly contested in certain age categories, as swimmers needed to balance taking advantage of their specialties while not giving up too much ground on their secondary events. This year's pentathlon champions were Lucas Berman (6 year old boys), Darina Smirnova (7 year old...
The swimming pool suffered a lot of damage during hurricane Irma and the facility was closed for almost a year. To reopen the facility many quick fixes were done but necessary maintenance and replacements were pushed forward. In this project the pumping and filtration system will be replaced with an energy efficient system. In addition, solar LED lights will be installed on the perimeter and parking lot to enhance security. This will lead to costs savings which will be reinvested in the facilities. CST thanks R4CR and Dutch Government -...
Although we had a smaller crowd for our latest open water practice, swimmers enjoyed some longer swims and some fun at the end.Unfortunately Sunday's open water competition is postponed until November 29th, the session was still highly beneficial. And Joey got burried in the sand!
Carib Swim Team hosted a two day swim meet on October 24 - 25, kindly sponsored by Guardian Group. It proved to be a very successful meet for CST swimmers, with a ton of personal bests and new achievements. Among these new achievements were 14 new team records! The new record holders are: Adriann Coppelmans (10 years) 400 IM, Nikki Grandtner (12 years) 200 backstroke and 400 IM, Taffi Illis (18 years) 100 breast and 800 free, Matias Piazza (12 year) 100 free, 200 free, 800 free and 100 butterfly,...
These new wedge blocks help bring the CST pool into a new age of competitive facilities. These blocks feature, of course, the wedge at the back of the block, and also a backstroke ledge. Our coaches will work with our swimmers on how to use these prior to our next meet. CST wishes to thank St. Maarten Timeshare Association, who made a generous donation that allowed us to puchase these blocks. We also wish to thank Ady and Franck for taking a lot of their time to fix the wood...
It was a close meet all the way through, but in the end Blue Team just barely upset Red Team 166 - 156. However, great swims were performed by both teams. Highlights included three new 'A' times by Joey Schvartz, two new 'A' times by Adriaan Coppelmans, and two new 'AA' times by Matias Piazza. There were also a slew of new 'BB' and 'B' times. It proved to be a great start to the season! Results are available on this website, as well as on Meet Mobile.
