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St.Ignatius Catholic School held their Annual Swimming Championships at the Lions Pool yesterday. Friendly rivalry between competing houses and fast swimming was the order of the day. The scores were: 1st St. Mark 380 2nd St. Luke 355 3rd St. Matthew 340 4th St. John 330 A fine job from all concerned; particularly Coach Gill. Well Done! .
Ruta Meilutyte, a training partner of Cayman's Lara & Geoffrey Butler, set a new European Record of 29.96 for the 50m breaststroke at the Mare Nostrum Meet in Barcelona. Ruta, still only 16yrs old, won the Olympic 100m breaststroke title in London last year and 4 days ago set a new European Record for the 100m breaststroke of 1:05.20 in Monaco. Her 50m breaststroke time was even more impressive as she isn't rested and the starting blocks had no wedge platform. Great Swimming! Read more here http://www.swimvortex.com/meilutyte-makes-history-1st-under-30sec-in-textile/ Yes, Ruta is...
CARIFTA medallist, Coral Tomascik, is spending a few days training in Swimming Canada's High Performance Centre in Toronto. As a special guest of Coach Ben Titley, one of the World's finest coaches, she will experience life in the professional and focused environment of elite swimming. What a great opportunity!
Stingray Swim Club celebrated their successes at the Annual Awards Banquet held at the Reef Resort. Every swimmer was recognised for their achievements and successes with several swimmers being singled out for awards: SHEPHEARD'S CUP Wunyae Crawford SPIRT AND SPORTSMANSHIP Bronze Group: Sam Dakers Silver Group: Miquela Montana Gold Group: Stefanie Boothe Senior Group: Alex McCallum MOST IMPROVED Bronze Group: Justin Ebanks Silver Group: John Bodden Gold Group: Ella Plunkett Senior Group: Cole Morgan SWIMMER OF THE YEAR Samantha Bailey And a good time was had by all!
Cayman swimmers William Balderamos, Justin Thomas and Anthony Lyons, travelled to Sarasota, Florida to compete in the Pan American Masters Long Course Championships. All three opened their account in style with Top 16 finishes in the 100m freestyle; William (25-29yrs) placed 10th with 1:01.40, Anthony (35-39yrs) took 15th in 1:04.79 whilst Justin (25-29yrs) secured 16th in 1:05.29. In the 50m fly the trio all made the Top 20 in their age groups; Justin Thomas 13th (29.68), William Balderamos 14th (30.42) and Anthony Lyons 18th (32.55) The 200m freestyle saw our...
The world famous Flowers Sea Swim is nearly upon us. To see Dara on Cayman 27 click here. http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2013/06/07/diving-in-to-a-sea-of-flowers Don't forget to register.... Get in the swim!!
The University of Florida, the previous home of Cayman's very own Shaune & Brett Fraser, have created a focused and positive training environment. Take a look at their indoor and outdoor pools....for exclusive use by the University Team and Gator Swim Club. Very Nice!
To help with programming, planning and preparation, CIASA has put in place an initiative of Sanctioned Meets. The meets will be Quality Assured as Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 and a Calendar of Events for the coming season will be published. To find out more click here It's all happening in Cayman Swimming!
