Nine Medals for St Lucia National team at XIX Goodwill Games in Barbados
NINE MEDALS FOR GOODWILL SWIM TEAM
A jubilant St Lucia National team returned from the XIX Goodwill Games in Barbados over the weekend 16th August – Sunday 18 th with a total of 9 medals.
Competing against the teams from Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Barbados, the St Luciansput up a competitive show for their first appearance at these games and have been invited to participate in the 2014 Games in Suriname.
For the St. Lucians, Thalia Bergasse won two medals with a silver in 50M Back and Bronze in the 100M Back.
Abbie Pultie was also a silver medalist in 50M Breast and earned a Bronze in the 100M breast.
Nicholas Mc Lennon captured a silver medal in 100M Back, Jayhan Odlum- Smith won a Bronze in the 100M free and Terrell Monplaisir won a Bronze in the 100M Breast
The other two medals were in the Boys 9-10 400M Medley Relay and Boys 11-12 200m Free Relay
Many of the swimmers also posted personal bests for the meet
Head Coach Brad Worrell expressed the view “This meet created a great opportunity for our younger, less experienced swimmers to be exposed to a higher level of competition. It has been a great motivator for our kids and they all had a wide range of improvements over all age groups”
Team manager Carol Mangal was also full of praise of the teams’ enthusiasm and discipline
The final medal count was
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
Suriname 57 35 41 133
Barbados 42 26 30 98
Trinidad & Tobago 21 54 38 113
St. Lucia National Team 0 3 6 9
Guyana 0 2 6 8
The final points standing was
Place Team Points
1 Suriname 1,514
2 Trinidad & Tobago 1,365
3 Barbados 1,289
4 St. Lucia National Team 520
5 Guyana 142
