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