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Adept performances as National Swimming Championships conclude
A small crowd was on hand to witness several captivating events when the National Swimming Championships
Selena Fiedtkou (centre) just after prevailing in the girl’s U-10 50 metre freestyle event with Tiana Adams (right) and Lisa Ramraj
got underway at the recently commissioned Aquatic Center, Lilliendaal ECD yesterday afternoon.
The event was organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Guyana Teacher’s Union and the swimmers were privy to the use of the modern Olympic sized pool. It was apparent that most of the swimmers are only now appreciating the challenges of competing in the pool and many are still inept in the art of dealing with the distance.
Sixteen districts competed for honours including Barima/Waini, Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon, West Demerara, East and West Coast Berbice, Corentyne, Bartica, Potaro/Siparuni, Rupununi, Upper Demerara/Kwakwani, North, East and South Georgetown, East Bank Demerara, New Amsterdam and the Essequibo Islands.
The event was supposed to have started at 09:00hrs but suffered several setbacks that forced organizers to start more than two hours later. Naturally, this caused a setback and up to press time only a few results were available.
Despite the meager attendance, the swimmers turned in remarkable performances and one could not help but applaud their efforts. One of the events that stood out occurred among several tots competing in the Girls U-10, 50M Freestyle event. A ferocious battle ensued from the whistle right down to the finish with Selena Fiedtkou of District 10 carting off the honours. Tiana Adams of District 11 finished a close second, while Lisa Ramraj of District 7 closed off the podium spots.
The Boys U-10 event over a similar distance saw just two competitors battling for the first prize. In the end District 13 representative, Javed Troyer romped home ahead of his District 4 adversary Andrew Skeete.
The Girl’s U-16, one hundred meters backstroke saw Soroya Simmons capturing the honours followed by Saiyana Baksh in the number two spot. Shebekie Duggan closed off the podium spots. Omari Dunn swam away with the top prize in the Boys U-16, 100m backstroke leaving Isaac DaSilva and Ayaw Zimron in his wake, while Laurindo Rose of District 9 finished ahead of Jerome Catalena and Marilyn Gonsalves respectively and carted off the honours in the girls U-18, 100m backstroke.
District 7 representative, Andrew Simmons also turned in a credible performance, crossing the finish line in front of Kobe Roberts of District 13. This was in the Boys U-14, fifty meters freestyle event.
In total, there were 52 events including freestyle relays, medley relays, backstrokes and butterfly races. The heats were contested shortly before several races in the competition were contested. The results of the entire meet will appear in a subsequent issue of this publication.
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