A delegation of 28 persons, including 16 swimmers, departed for Trinidad on Tuesday to compete in the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swimming Championship, hosted by the Marlin’s Swim Club at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.
The competition began on Wednesday and will continue until tomorrow. After participating in the tournament, the Dorado Speed Swim Club will also compete in the Marlin’s Open Water Invitational on Sunday. In the first event, the 1500m Freestyle, Dorado Speed Swim Club started off on a high note with Vladimir Woodroffe and Stephen Ramkhelawan making personal best performances and placing first and second respectively in the male 11-12 years category.
However, they both were unable to attain the CARIFTA ‘A’ time standard in this event. Raekwon Noel competed in the 1500m Freestyle male 13-14 years category and placed fourth with a personal best time of 18:05.14 eclipsing the ‘A’ time standard of 18:48.25.
Continuing with another great performance was Monique Watson, who competed in the second event of the day, the 400m Individual Medley. Watson won this event in the female 11-12 years category and made the ‘A’ time with a time of 6:01.01.
In the third event of the day, the 50m Backstroke, Kyra Soares placed 8th in the female 9-10 years category with a time of 39.56. Athalcy Hunte placed 3rd while also attaining an ‘A’ time standard with a time of 34.59 seconds. Watson placed 9th and Brittany Quamina placed 21st in the female 11-12 years category. Woodroffe won a silver medal in the boys 11-12 year category with a time of 33.10, which was also good enough to better the ‘A’ time standard for that event. Elliott Gonsalves, Alex Bentham and Tyler Allicock placed 4th, 13th and 22nd respectively in the same event. In the girls 13-14 years category, Maiya Ifill placed 11th, clocking a personal best 36.43 seconds.
Leon Seaton, competing under “Guyana-Combined”, placed 8th with a time of 29.86 seconds (an ‘A’ time standard). Safiya Foster placed 20th in the girls 15 and over 50m Backstroke. Fitzroy Thom (Guyana-Combined) placed 13th in the male 15 and over 50 Backstroke.
In the final event of the day, the 200m Butterfly, Elliott Gonsalves won gold in the 11-12 years category also with an ‘A’ time standard, clocking 2:31.55. Gonsalves clocked 2:40.33, which was good enough for 10th place, in the 13-14 years category.
The management team is headed by Coach Nicholas Fraser and Assistant Coach Shyka Gonsalves along with managers Colleen Roberts and Marcel Watson.
