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JAMAICANS MINE 4 MORE MEDALS AS FOUR RECORDS FALL AT CCCAN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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On the penultimate day of the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships, Jamaicans continued to shine breaking one meet and three Jamaican records while adding 4 medals to the countries tally. Jamaica’s 7 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze medals ranks fifth out of 29 countries. With 102 events completed, Mexico continues lead the points standings with 1115.5 points, 220 ahead of Venezuela. Jamaica’s 150 points ranks 7th.. Janelle Atkinson and Tamara Swaby both swam personal best times in the 200 M Butterfly. Despite swimming 2:18.78 and breaking the Jamaican National Record Atkinson had to settle for the Silver being touched out by Mexico’s Paola Espana who swam 2:18.01 to set a new 18 and Over CCCAN Championship Record. Tamara Swaby improved her own PB by 3 seconds to finish 6th with a time of in 2:23.74. Atkinson increased her medal count to 6 when she struck Gold in the 18 and Over 100 M Backstroke winning the event in a personal best time of 1:06.69 just .18 seconds off Lydia Gordon’s five year old National Record. In the same event Angela Chuck, who had won the 200 M Backstroke, swam a personal best time of 1:11.27 to place 6th. Ramon James, who attends Maryland University, took the Bronze in the Male 100 M Backstroke. Ben Neisser was the overwhelming favorite to win but opened the door when he had a bad turn at the 50 M mark. Coming off the turn, just a meter separated Neisser, Victor Bayata (Mexico) and Jamaica’s Ramon James but Neisser swam away touching in 57.56 ahead of Bayata (59.61). James improved his on preliminary time to finish third in 1:00.19, taking the Bronze. Dominic Lee ended his medal drought when he won the Bronze in the Male 200 M Breaststroke lowering the Jamaican Age Group Record he had set in the preliminary heats. Venezuela’s Andara Leopoldo, the CCCAN 11-12 record holder won the event by swimming 2:30.31. Alfonso Espinosa (DOM REP) touched in 2:32.89 and Lee third in 2:33.55. In the 13-14 200 M Individual Medley, Allison Bardowell swam 2:32.07 to lower the National Age Group Record (2:32.68) she had set at the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships in Aruba last year. Bardowell finished 5th while Raine Paulson-Andrews swam 2:34.12 to finish 8th.
With only .75 seconds separating the eight
finalists, the 15-17 Male 50 Freestyle promised to be a fast and exciting
race. After swimming personal best time of 25.01 in the prelims,
Jamaica’s
Andrew Saunders had a great start, but
Trinidad’s
George Bovell and Ryan Yearwood took the lead with Bovell winning in a fast
23.97. Yearwood took second touching in 24.04 and Bajan Cliff Gittens third,
24.26. Saunders swam under 25 seconds for the first time to finish 6th
in 24.96. Latest points standings: Team Rankings Through Event 102 Combined - All Ages PL ID Team Name
Abbrev Points 1 504 MEXICO MEX 1115.50 2 506 VENEZUELA VEN 888.50 3 503 COLOMBIA COL 351.00 4 502 PUERTO RICO PUR 270.00 5 516 TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO TYT 236.50 6 505 REPUBLICA DOMINICANA DOM 234.00 7 501 JAMAICA JAM 156.00 8 509 CUBA CUB 151.00 8 512 COSTA RICA CRC 151.00 10 511 GUATEMALA GUA 150.00 11 513 BARBADOS BAR 105.00 12 508 HONDURAS HON 82.00 13 510 EL SALVADOR ESA 80.00 14 515 ISLAS VIRGENES ISV 51.50 15 507 PANAMA PAN 47.00 16 514 ANTILLAS HOLANDESAS AHO 40.00 17 518 SURINAM SUR 22.00 18 519 NICARAGUA NIC 16.00 19 520 BERMUDAS BER 7.00 19 521 ARUBA ARU 7.00 21 523 ST. LUCIA LCA 4.00 22 517 GRENADA GRA 1.00
The final preliminary session starts at 09:00 local (08:00 Jamaican time) July 7th 2001
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