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Suriname retains 2012 Goodwill Swimming Championship
– George & van Lange only gold medalist individually
Onika George joined Guyana’s Olympian Britney van Lange of Bishops High School on the golden podium on the final day (Sunday) of the 18th Goodwill Swimming Championship which was hosted by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA). The Guyanese swimmers can say they made the best of the Championship as they walked away with a wealth of experience despite George and van Lange being the only two swimmers overall to achieve individual gold medals at the
Britney van Lange
National Aquatic Centre.
van Lange, aged 15, whose focus in the sport will now turn to the 2016 Rio Olympics, continued to dominate in the Championship, shattering two more Goodwill records, 100 meters Breaststroke and 50 meters freestyle to make her country proud.
Her first gold for that afternoon of the meet which turned out to be a meet record came in the girls 15-17 50 meters free. van Lange made no mistake when she plunged off the deck after the whistle to turn in a blistering 27.74 seconds, a new personal best which now replaces Trinidad and Tobago’s Sonya Jaggernauth 2001 Goodwill record of 27.89 seconds. Marie Marcano finished second in 28.68 seconds and Soraya was third in 29.54 seconds.
Trinidad’s Colleen Parag 1:25.56 seconds in the girls 15-17 100 meters breaststroke could not deny a one-two finish by the Guyanese swimmers, van Lange and Athena Gaskin in that event.
van Lange stormed her way to another victory to inscribe her name as the new Goodwill 100 meters breaststroke record holder after registering 1:22.16 seconds. The 1:22.17 seconds record was previously held by Jean Olfer of Suriname. Gaskin splashed off a second off her seed time (1:29.22 seconds) to take a new PB in 1:25.09 seconds.
The Olympian however suffered first defeat at the Championship when she touched in at third place in the girls 15-17 100 meters Backstroke. The event was won by Suriname’s Soraya van Dijkin in 1:11.03 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago’s Marie Marcano got her first victory over van Lange with her second place time of 1:13.91 seconds; van Lange clocked 1:14.26 seconds to finish third as Soroya Simmons also of Guyana ended in fourth place in 1:15.56 seconds.
Event 99, the girls 13-14 50 meters freestyle was a tie between Guyana’s Onika George who put up a hard fight and Suriname swimmer Valery Amstelveen, both swimmers clocked 29.22 seconds. George also shaved off a second off her seed time of 30.33 seconds, achieving a new personal best time.
In the Guyanese girls 15-17 200 meters freestyle relay, Athena Gaskin, Steffi DeNobrega, Soroya Simmons and Britney van Lange also took a gold medal in 2:0.25 seconds to brush aside their only rival, Trinidad, Marie Marcano, Colleen Parag, KieranneRamtahal and Richelle Roberts (2:02.22 seconds) in the race.
The boys settled for bronze in both 11-12 (Daniel Scott, Joseph DeNobrega, Kevin Dare and Dylan Nurse) and 13-14 (Selwyn Miller, Omari Dunn, Omar Adams and Hannibal Gaskin) 200 meters freestyle relay.
Meanwhile, Suriname amassed 1507 points through 120 events to win the Championship.
Below are the scores from the 2012 Goodwill Swimming Championship:
Combined Team Scores
1. Suriname 1507
2. Trinidad & Tobago 1443.5
3. Barbados 898.5
4. Guyana 514
Women Scores
1. Suriname 695
2. Trinidad & Tobago 676.5
3. Barbados 519.5
4. Guyana 275
Men Scores
1. Suriname 812
2. Trinidad & Tobago 767
3. Barbados 379
4. Guyana 239
(Juanita Hooper)
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