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Cayman's Geoffrey Butler took silver in the 17yr+ 1500m freestyle at the South Western Regional Youth Championships held at Millfield School. Geoffrey, 6 times medallist at the recent CARIFTA Championships, paced his way a fine early training cycle time of 16:31.71 to take second spot.This swim, his second fastest ever over the distance, demonstrates his level of consistency in this event. Earlier in the meet Geoffrey tied with his teammate Matthew Courtis in the 400m freestyle; both recording a time of 4:15.88 and tying for 6th place. Lara Butler placed...
Cayman swimmers, Matthw Courtis, Geoffrey Butler and Lara Butler are racing at the South West Youth Championships which are being held at Millfield School. The meet is providing an early cycle "hit out" for these swimmers; all three being heavily involved with exam preparations at this point in time. You can follow their results here http://www.swimwest.org.uk/results/2013/Youth/webpages/ enjoy!
We recently posted the Cayman National Male & Female Short Course Records.... and coming very soon will be the National Long Course Records. It's all happening in Cayman Swimming !! whooooshhh!.
Whilst GENE THERAPY is aimed at curing muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis and other conditions, GENE DOPING is aimed at getting perfectly healthy people to run, jump, swim, throw and lift faster and further. The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) suggests a test for Gene Doping isnt fasr away. You can find out more here http://www.swimvortex.com/gene-doping-test-close-says-wada/ Interesting!
Stefanie Boothe has been presented with a special racing suit as a result of her CARIFTA swim. Stefanie's performance in the 100m butterfly at CARIFTA saw her improve her entry time by some 13.63 seconds: a 15.25% improvement. This was the highest percentage drop of any swimmer on the team. The suit was donated by PAW swimwear in the UK. Well Done Stefanie!
More and more Cayman swimmers are getting on the Fast Swimming Train..... Training twice per day (swim + land) addressing area of nutrition etc...and pursuing their dreams of FAST SWIMMING. There's still a way to go but we are getting there..... Remember....it's scary how fast you can swim if you do the right things. The sport and the lifestyle is the same the world over... Here;s what 15yr old Ruta Meilutyte (Olympic Champion) has to say........ It’s good to get back into my routine at school and inthe pool. It...
Cayman National Short Course Records will be available in our Records & Rankings section very soon. These records are separate from our CIASA Records and reflect times acheived by those with Caymanian Status. If you spot any anomalies please bring these to our attention.....we welcome these comments as they will assist us in formulating an accurate set of records. Long Course Records will be the next challenge.
Cayman swimmers are training well and looking good! A few days Post CARIFTA break helped recharge the batteries and get them ready for the next training cycle which will lead to some FAST SWIMMING at the forthcoming meets...particularly the end of cycle target meet! Swimmers will liaise with their own coaches about a suggested Summer Break....for those fully on the FAST SWIMMING TRAIN this is likey to be 2-3 weeks maximum.(dont be tempted to take longer undo all the great work and end up at square one!) Cayman Swimming is...
After a mediocre Olympics (by their standards) the Australians are back in the swim. Firing it up at their World Trials is James Magnussen 47.53 100m freestyle and Cate Campbell with a 52.83 100m freestyle (in the semi finals with a breath going into the finish!) For a report on these swims read here http://www.swimvortex.com/33547/ At CARIFTA we spoke of big meets often require a fair bit of waiting around; often days waiting to swim once or twice. Cate Campbell summed this up " I've been here 6 days and...
