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ATKINSON AND CHUCK LEAD THE WAY AT CCCAN |
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Jamaica’s Olympian swimmers Janelle Atkinson and Angela Chuck started Jamaica’s quest for honors at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships (CCCAN) with a bang when in the first event they qualified first and second for the final of the Female 18 and Over 100 M Freestyle. Atkinson’s time of 58.23 set a new CCCAN Meet record for the age group while Chuck swam a personal best of 58.96. Three other Jamaicans qualified for the finals. Dominic Lee swam 1:11.37 in the 13-14 Male 100 M Breaststroke to qualify with the fourth fastest time. In the girls 11-12 100 M Freestyle, Alia Atkinson’s time of 1:03.93 was enough to qualify in sixth position. In the Male 18 and Over 100 M Freestyle, Ramon James qualified in eighth position with a time of 54.78. Raine Paulson-Andrews is second alternate in the 13-14 100 M Breaststroke (1:25.00). Other results include: 15-17 Male 100 M Breaststroke – Andrew Saunders (1:12.80) 12th 11-12 Male 100 M Freestyle – Brad Hamilton (1:04.78) 14th Travis Forte (1:06.00) 18th
The finals will begin at 5:00 pm. (4:00 PM Jamaica time)
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