The local trio of Arile Cape, Jonathan Fabio and Johnny Ferdinand all broke records on the final night of the 17th annual Four Nation Goodwill Swim Meet at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence swimming pool on Sunday night. Cape swam to a new meet record in the 11-12 girls’ 100-metre backstroke in one minute, 13.06 seconds to lower the old mark of 1:14.93 which was set by Donna-Marie Wickham ten years ago. Fabio smashed his second meet record when he raced to the wall in 25.42 seconds in the 13-14 boys’ 50m freestyle to improve on the previous record of 25.47 set by Quincy Gemarts of Suriname last year. He also won the 100m backstroke in one minute, 03.02 seconds to end with five individual gold medals.

Ferdinand won her second individual gold medal in the 13-14 girls’ 100m breaststroke in 1:21.32 which bettered Shanice Pique of Suriname 2010 record of 1:22.38. The other gold medal winners on the final night of the three-day meet for T&T were Derelle Prescott, Hadassah Morales, Kimberly Joseph, Vikash Ramtahal, Kael Yorke, Osaze Riley, Renee Cooper, Josiah Morales, Dario Omiss, Samuel Elvin and the 13-14 girls’ 200-metre freestyle and 15-17 boys’ 200m freestyle relay quartets.

The local swimmers also captured ten silver and 12 bronze medals on Sunday, however, despite the locals bagging the most gold medals, 50 in its 120 medal haul, Suriname managed to hold onto its narrow point lead to capture the overall team title. Suriname won 132 medals (36 gold, 57 silver, 39 bronze) for 1,425 points, closely followed by T&T with 120 medals (50 gold, 32 silver, 38 bronze) for 1415.5 points. Third was Barbados with 75 medals (25 gold, 22 silver, 28 bronze) for 1,085.5 points and fourth, Guyana with 15 medals (four gold, six silver, five bronze) for 218 points. For T&T, Marie Marcano (15-17 girls’), Fabio and Josiah Morales (15-17 boys) were the only locals to collect age-group high-point winners’ trophy.

Results

Final medal table
Teams    Gold    Silver    Bronze    Total
T&T    50    32    38    120
Suriname    36    57    39    132
Barbados    25    22    28    75
Guyana    4    6    5    15

Age-Group High Point winners:
Girls:
8 & Under
1.  Danielle Titus (B’dos) - 49
2. Tanya Fernald (Sur) - 39
3. Ashley Weekes (B’dos) - 38

9-10:
1. Kendi Bynoe (B’dos) - 73
2. Chantell Peiter (Sur) - 59
3. Vrisnelit Faure (T&T) - 55

11-12:
1. Tiffany Titus (B’dos) - 69
2. Megan De Freitas (Sur) - 58
3. Ashante Neus (Sur) - 51

13-14:
1. Kiran Singh (Sur) - 61
2. Britany Van Lange (Guy) - 56
3. Chelsea Downes (T&T) - 52

15-17:
1. Marie Marcano (T&T) - 59
2. Noelle Smith (Guy) - 55
3. Caroline Oliviera (Sur) 53

Boys:

Eight and Under:
1. Adarsh Naipal (Sur) - 47
2. Aqeel Joseph (T&T) - 43
3. N’Kosi Dunwoody (B’dos) - 32

9-10:
1. Damon St Prix (B’dos) - 77
2. Yael Touw Ngie Tjouw (Sur) - 72.5
3. Kael Yorke (T&T) - 47

11-12:
1. Irvin Hoost (Sur) - 53
2. Osaze Riley (T&T) - 49.5
3. D’Rell John (T&T) - 43

13-14:
1.Jonathan Fabio (T&T) - 66.5
2. Zuhayr Pigot (Sur) - 53
3. Raiz Tjon A Joe (Sur) - 50

15-17:
1. Josiah Morales (T&T) - 67
2. Quincy Gemerts (Sur) - 47
3. Shiv Bhagwandin (Sur) - 46

 

Source: www.guardian.co.tt

By Nigel Simon