Records Tumble at 14th Invitational Club Meet in St. Lucia
Records Tumble at 14th Invitational Club Meet in St. Lucia
The Rodney Heights Aquatic Center (RHAC) 14th Invitational Club Meet came to a successful conclusion over the weekend 11th to 14th April 2013 with three National Records and seventeen national Age Group Records being established and participation of over 340 competitive swimmers from 17 Swim Clubs from around the Caribbean.
With swimmers from Barbados, Trinidad, Antigua, Grenada, St Vincent and St Lucia in competition, this year’s meet again cemented the event as one of the premier swim events for the eastern Caribbean and created another big “bump” for swimming in St Lucia under the organization of Dr Diane Worrell and the Rodney Heights Aquatic Center
The younger swimmers dominated the meet as the most clubs sent their predominantly younger age groups to give them the regional exposure to swimming at this level. It was also a test of endurance as the swimmers began competition from the Thursday evening to the Sunday afternoon.
The meet was attended by 17 clubs from the 6 Caribbean islands and was characterized by excellent competition, efficient organization and a large crowd attendance supporting the swimmers and the sport.
Antigua Aquatic Club captured the top club spot for the second time with an overall solid performance with 704 points and St Lucias Racers raced to second place with 700 points and Sea Jays swim club third with 651 points. Antigua Aquatic Club demonstrated their power in the juniors with the young swimmers helping them to first place.
The Antigua clubs again demonstrated their depth and strength especially at the younger age groups and send a clear message to their OECS competitors for 2013.
The team standings were
1 Antigua Aquatic Club 704
2 Racers Swim Club 700
3 Sea Jays Swim Club 651
4 Sharks Swim Club, 607
5 Marlins Swim Club 597
6 Alpha Swim Club 456
7 Southern Flying Fish 318
8 Grenfin Swim Club Grenada 303
9 Lightning Aquatics Swim Club 249
10 Black Sands Swim Squad 238
11 Wadadli Aquatic Racers 220
12 Pirates Swim Club Barbados 130
13 Heatwave Aquatics Swim Club 119
14 Blue Marlins 92
15 Cobra Adventures Swim Club 67
16 HighTide Stingrays Swim Club 64
17 Titans Aquatic Swim Team 12
Brad Worrell of Racers stepped up to the plate to set two national records in the 100 and 200 M SC breast stroke with times of 1:07.65 and 2:36.92 respectively. In the 800 M free, Jonathon McLennon also of Racers swam a 10:55.88 to set the other national record
Eight of the seventeen national Age group records were registered by Ethan “Speedy” Dyke Elliott of Sea Jays Club who clearly enjoyed this meet with his record performances
The Age Group records were
Female 8 & Under 100 Breast
Naima Hazzel with time of 1:54.32 LA
Female 8 & Under 100 Fly
Jenna-lee Campbell with time of 2:48.89 LA
Female 11-12 200 Fly
Katelin Samuel with time of 3:18.65 SHARKS
Male 8 & Under 100 Fly
D'Andre Blanchard with time of 2:20.50 LA
Male 9-10 50 Free
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 30.63 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 100 Free
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 1:08.68 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 200 Free
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 2:32.55 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 400 Free
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 5:26.47 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 50 Back
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 36.10 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 100 Back
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 1:21.17 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 100 Breast
Terell Monplaisir with time of 1:34.88 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 100 Fly
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 1:17.20 Sea Jays
Male 9-10 200 IM
Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 2:52.18 Sea Jays
Male 11-12 800 Free
Nicholas McLennon 11:54.63 with time of RACER
Male 15-17 800 Free
Jonathon McLennon with time of 10:55.88 RACER
Male 18 & Over 100 Breast
Bradford Worrell with time of 1:07.65 RACER
Male 18 & Over 200 Breast
Bradford Worrell with time of 2:36.92 RACER
Dr Diane Worrell was extremely satisfied with the meet and also expressed gratitude to the sponsors and all the officials who made this event possible. There was special mention to Kathleen Beckles (Meet Referee) and Hilroy Emanus (Starter). Lily Bergasse, Edith Clashing, David Worrell Jr., Donovan Brown, Joyce Huxley and Antoinette Desrivierre.
The sponsors were
Diamonds International
Dominoes Pizza
The Marina At Marigot Bay
Bay Gardens Hotel
J.E. Bergasse and Company Ltd.
Plural Agencies Limited
Ferrands Food Products
DuBoulay's Bottling Company
Pinnock Brothers - Geely Auto
Windward and Leeward Brewery
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