St Lucian swimmers collect 12 records and 30 medals

.12 RECORDS AND 30 MEDALS FOR SWIMMERS

St Lucian swimmers had a massive representation at the 22^nd Annual Aquatic Centre International hosted by the Barbados Amateur Swimming Association in Bridgetown over the weekend 24^th to 26^th May 2013. With record 85 swimmers from 6 local clubs, this was easily the most swimmers pooled for an overseas meet. The swimmers set 12 new Age group records and garnered 30 overall medals.

Ethan Dyke Elliot of Sea Jays Swim Club continued his great run of record breaking performances and highlighted his “OECS showdown” between himself and Leyton Martin of Antigua’s Wadadli Aquatics in the sprint freestyle, back and fly events. Ethan set 7 of the 12 St Lucian Age group records, winning two Silver and three Bronze medals.

The records being

Female 9-10 50 Back

Katie Kyle with time of   39.99                       SHARK

 

Male 8 & Under 100 Breast

D'Andre Blanchard with time of 1:54.21         LA

 

Male 9-10 50 Free

Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 31.50           SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 100 Free

Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 1:08.61        SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 200 Free

  Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 2:32.94       SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 400 Free

  Jamarr Archibald with time of 5:38.40          SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 50 Back

  Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 37.53           SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 50 Fly

  Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 34.41          SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 100 Fly

Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 1:20.15        SJ'S

 

Male 9-10 200 IM

Ethan Dyke-Elliott with time of 2:55.13        SJ'S

 

Male 15-17 200 Breast

Stefon Emmanuel with time of 2:50.20          SFF

 

Male 18 & Over 100 Breast

  Bradford Worrell with time of 1:11.67         RACER

 

Jammaar Archibald set an age group record of his own in the 400 Free, showing outstanding improvement over the past year and a testament to his commitment to the sport for the last 9 months.

 

Stefon Emmanuel (SFF) and Omar John (Storm Aquatics) had another OECS battle down to the wire in the 200 Breast with Stefon getting the best of Omar and  establishing a New Age group Record and a Silver medal.

Katie Kyle in her first ever Long Course Swim established an Age Group record in the Girls 9-10 50 Back

 

Jenna Lee Campbell of Lightning Aquatics carried away the Gold in the girls 8 and under 50m Breast

Thalia Bergasse had a great comeback meet and started it off with a second place finish in her signature event the 50M Back. She was the top finisher in her age group 15-17, however this meet was swam as 15&over. Thalia won a Silver and one Bronze medal
 

Jyasi Daniel qualified for CCCAN by establishing 2 "AAA" Times in the 50 & 100 Freestyle. Leaving his fate down to his final swim, Jyasi established his 50 Free "AAA" Time in his last swim of the meet by leading off the 200 Freestyle relay in a time of 27.56. He captured a Bronze medal

 

Bradford Worrell was St. Lucia's only age group winner at the meet with a truly impressive performance. His best swim was in the 200M IM during the first session as he established a Personal Best Time and overall captured two Gold, two Silver and a Bronze medal.

 

Jamie Peterkin also won a Bronze medal in the 200 IM

Cobra Swim Club participated in their first ever Long Course Meet. Despite only scoring a single point, tremendous recognition must be given to Coach Vanessa Eugene for her efforts as a coach and swimmer to motivate these young men and women to use swimming as a positive avenue to transform their lives and outlook on life.

Apart from the individual performances, the clubs had relay successes with Lightning Aquatics winning one Silver and 4 bronze, Sharks winning five Bronze and Racers capturing two Bronze

The six local clubs were Sharks swim club, Sea Jays Swim Club, Racers swim club, Cobras Swim Club, Lightning Aquatics and Southern Flying Fish. Twenty clubs with over 350 swimmers from the Caribbean participated in the meet.

The final point standings were 

1. Alpha Sharks Swim Club                 B'Dos                        1387

2. Pirates Swim Club                            Barbados                 1030.5

3. Grenfin Swim Club                          Grenada                    477.5

4. Antigua Aquatic Club - Storm         Antigua                    431.5

5. Titans Aquatic Swim Team              B'Dos                      407.5

6. Wadadli Aquatic Racers                                                   349.5

7. Sharks Swim Club,                             St. Lucia                  156

7. Racers Swim Club                              St. Lucia                 156

9. Lightning Aquatics Swim Club          St. Lucia                110

10. Sea Jays Swim Club                         St. Lucia                 102                       

11. Guyana Combined Teams                                                56

12. Black Sands Swim Squad                                                54.5

13. Petrotrin Barracudas                           T&T                      53

14. Heatwave Aquatics                            B'Dos                     51

15. Silver Fins Swim Club                       B'Dos                     50

15. HighTide Stingrays Swim Club                                        50

17. Southern Flying Fish                         St. Lucia                 43

18. Dolphins Swim Club                         B'Dos                     33

19. Blue Marlins                                                                     28

20. Cobra Adventures Swim Club         St. Lucia                   1

The St Lucian swimmers from all teams were in high spirits for the well organized and well attended meet with our top swimmers now in preparation for Central American and Caribbean Championships in Costa Rica in July 2013