Lauren Hew and Cole Morgan Strike Gold In St.Pete

 
CARIFTA Medalllists and Backstroke specialists, Lauren Hew and Cole Morgan, struck gold on the opening night of the St.Petersburg Aquatics Meet.

Swimming in the 50m backstroke they both utilised their superior underwater dolphin kick to take the Women's and Men's titles in 33.50 and 31.06 respectively; Catriona Macrae took bronze in the women's event (34.21) to put two Cayman swimmers on the podium.

Alison Jackson continued her winning ways with victory in the 9/10urs 200m IM with 2:58.99; narrowlymissing the long standing CIASA & National Records.

In the 400m freestyles Holly Stadling took silver in the 9/10yrs in 5:55.87 whilst Alex Mccallum took bronze in the 18yrs+ in 4:17.42.

Other Top 10 Finishes were:

Lauren Hew 9th Snr 50m fly (32.87), Iain McCallum 6th Snr 50m Fly (29.63), Jonathon Key 7th 13/14yrs 400m Free (4:56.13), Holly Stradking 6th 9/10yrs 200m IM ( 3:24.40), Emily Link 8th 9/10yrs 200m IM( 3:28.92), Stefanie Boothe 5th 11/12yrs 200m IM (2:52,32), Sarah Jackson 6th 11/12yrs 200m IIM (2:52.46), Liam Sinclari 5th 9/10yrs 200m IM (3:26.99), Corey Westerborg 7th (3:31.71, Jake Bailey 8th (3:35.95). Alex Dakers 5th 11/12yrs 200m IM (2:54.26), Zaxhary Moore 7th (3:05.32, Jordan Crooks 10th (3:09.56)

A GREAT start to the meet...

Always good to see Cayman Swimming making an impact!

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