Cayman Gold Rush In St Pete

 
Session 4 of the SPA Open in St. Petersburgh saw a Cayman Gold Rush.

Alison Jackson opened the proceedings with a Golden swim in the 9/10yrs 100m freestyle (1:12.02) before a hat trick of back to back wins in the breaststroke events: Sarah Jackson taking the 11/12yrs 100m in a new National Record of 1:26.37; Alex Dakers winning the boys 11/12yrs in 1:30.37 and Alison Jackon taking the 9/10yrs in a new CIASA & National Record of 1:34.87.

Alison Jackson finished the sesssion as she began...a GOLD in the 9/10yrs 50m backstroke in 38.58.

These winning swims were supported by outstanding medal winning performances.

Samantha Bailey narrowly missed the CIASA record with a bronze medal performance of 1:06.60 in the 11/12yrs 100m freestyle; she went on to take silver in the 11/12yrs 50m backstroke (34.93). Teammate Stefanie Boothe also took a pair of medals, bronze in the 11/12yrs 100m breaststroke (1:28.26) and bronze in the 11/12yrs 100m butterfly (1:15.16)

Alex Dakers raced to silver in the 11/12yrs 100m butterfly (1:19.40) whilst Holly Stradling and Liam Sinclair took bronze medals in the 9/10yrs 100m butterfy with 1:33.84 and 1:42.00 respectively

other Top 10 finishes were:

Carmella Ylanagan 7th 8yrs&U 50m freestyle (46.19), Jordan Corkkes 10th 11/12yrs 100m freestyle (1:12.35), Emily Link 7th 9/10yrs 100m freestyle ( 1:20.71), Corey Westerborg 8th 9/10yrs 100m freestyle (1:18.73), Emiley Link 9th 9/10yrs 100m breaststroke (1:49.01), Corey Westerborg 10th 9/10yrs 100m breaststroke (1:52.00), Riley Doyle 6th 8yrs&U 50m backstroke (54.52), Andy Hasting 10th 8yrs & u 50m backstroke (58.59), Sarah Jackson 5th 11/12yrs 50m backstroke (36.73), Jordan Crookes 5th 11/12yrs 50m backstroke (38.48), Zachary Moore 9th (39.38), Emily Link 4th 9/10yrs 50m backstroke (43.41),  Corey Westerborg 5th 9/10yrs 50m backstroke (42.57), Jordan Crookes 6th 11/12yrs 100m butterfly (1:25.05)

Cayman Swimming....

What a difference a year makes!!!