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ASATT Trinidad Swimming Championship… Simmons, Grant, Hussein and Boys 8 and Under Relay Team win medals in Trinidad
Fifteen local swimmers from the Dorado Speed Swim Club, Orca Swim Club and the Silver Shark Swim Club competed at the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Club Invitational Swim Meet held from December 11 – 14, 2014 at the Marlins Swim Pool situated at St. Anthony’s College Grounds, Westmoorings. The Guyanese returned home with nine medals.
The annual Long Course 50m Inter-Club swimming championship, which marks the beginning of the Trinidad long course season, was sanctioned by the World Governing Body FINA thus results attained at this meet can be used as FINA qualifying times for International championships in 2015.
Further, the results will earn participants FINA ranking points which allow swimmers to attain a world ranking. A total of 34 clubs from Jamaica, Barbados, Florida (USA), St. Lucia, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, and host Trinidad and Tobago participated.
The Guyanese contingent returned with a total of 9 medals.
Amy Grant swam a personal best time in the 1500m freestyle where she took Gold to break her own National Record which was 27:58:00 setting a new Long Course time of 24:44:69. She also shattered the Guyana Long Course 50m Butterfly Record which was held by Onika George with a time of 37:31 stamping her name in the Record Book once again with a time of 34:52.
The participating swimmers were well supported by the Guyanese delegation comprising of six parents, two coaches and a manager. The coaches were Stephanie Fraser (head coach) and Tatiana Woodroffe (assistant coach) and the manager was Ms. Dawn Noel.
The team expressed thanks to the following sponsors for making this trip possible:
John Fernandes Ltd, Guyana Oil Company, C & V Shipping, P & P Insurance Brokers, CCS Guyana Ltd, Mr. Orlando Rogers, Movement Auto Rentals & Bus Service, Rawle & Dwight Ferguson, Chanel 72, Jiffy lube, Ramchand Auto Sales and Banks DIH.
Amy Grant was sponsored by her uncle Eddy Grant.
Here are the results of the Guyanese top performers:
Soroya Simmons (Girls 15 years and over) topped the medal standing with 5 medals, they were:
800 M Freestyle (10:51:28; entry time 11:41:30) – Silver medal
1500M Freestyle (20:49:97; entry time 21:10:00) – Bronze medal
200M Backstroke (2:46:98; entry time 2:39:03) – Silver medal
100 Backstroke (1:15:19; entry time 1:13:710 – Silver medal
200M Freestyle (2:24:42; entry time 2:23:61) – Bronze medal
Amy Grant (Girls 11 – 12)
1500M Freestyle (24:44:69) – Gold Medal
Antonio Hussein (Boys 11 – 12)
50M Freestyle (28:15) CARIFTA -C time – Bronze Medal
Raekwon Noel, Ethan Gonsalves, Elliott Gonsalves, Vladimir Woodroffe (Boys 8 and Under)
4 x 50M Freestyle Relay (3:04:69) – Silver Medal
Raekwon Noel, Ethan Gonsalves, Elliott Gonsalves, Vladimir Woodroffe (Boys 8 and Under)
4 x 50M Medley Relay (3:34:30) – Silver Medal
Pics – Amy Grant and Raekwon Noel, Antonio Hussein, Soroya Simmons (at left crop)
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