Y-SPEEDOS WINS AB SHORT COURSE SWIM CLASSIC

 

 The Y-Speedos crowned themselves champions of the AB Short Course Swim Classic Scoring 1010 points and taking seven (7) of the twelve (12) Individual High point awards. Tornadoes Swim Club, the 2001 Champions, had to accept the second place trophy scoring 783 points while the Marlins Swim Club scored 132 to take third.

 

In a competition that scored points based on performance, 12 year old Brad Hamilton was clearly the swimmer of the meet, scoring 81 points and winning nine events, five (5) of which were quadruple “A” (AAAA) time standard swims. Ten (10) year old Ramon Walton who should qualify for Jamaica National Squad in 2003 impressed with two (2) quadruple “A” (AAAA) time standard swims of his own. competition rules allowed swimmers to score points only if they achieved one of the six (6) time standards.

 

with the swimmers scoring a total of 2071 points, the standard of the swimming showed a clear improvement over 2001 when only 1649 were scored. INCREDIBLy, 51 of 90 events had new records established.

 

 

 

Combined Team Scores

 

     Place              Team                                                                                                           Points

 

            1              'y' Speedos Swim Club                                                   SPE                       1,010

            2              Tornadoes Swim Club                                                    TOR                      783

            3              Marlins Swim Club Jamaica                                            MAR                     132

            4              Blue Seal Swim Club                                                      BSEAL                  61

            5              Aqua Youths Swim Club                                                AQUA                   44

            6              Dolphin Swim Club                                                         DOLP                    39

            7              Barracuda Swim Club                                                     BARRA                 2

 

Individual High Point Awardees

 

8 & Under Female Spence, Samantha                                 MAR       15

8 & Under Male Bromfield, David                                        SPE        30

9-10 Female Bridgewater, Taryn                                           SPE        28

9-10 Male Walton, Ramon                                                    SPE        50

11-12 Female Stewart, Gillian                                               TOR       41

11-12 Male Hamilton, Brad A                                               TOR       81

13-14 Female Millwood, Gillian                                             SPE        13

13-14 Male Lowe, Lemone                                                   SPE        33

15-17 Female Irving, Kristie                                                  SPE        13

15-17 Male Atkinson, Jevon M                                           UNAT      30

18-21 Male  Smith, James                                                     SPE        18

 

End – October 28, 2002