After four days of intense and exciting swimming at the National Stadium Pool, it came down to the last relay events for the Y-Speedos Swim Club to seal their grip as the 2002 Walter Rogers Age Group Swimming Champs. With just 20 points separating the Y-Speedos and the defending champions Tornadoes Swim Club at the start the final session, the stage was set for some fast and intense competition. Six of the twelve meet records were set in the session as the point standings fluctuated with each event. In the end, the Y-Speedos, scored 1928.5 points, 56 ahead of the Tornadoes (1872.5) to regain the Walter Rogers Age Group Champions Trophy, which they last held in 1999.

The Marlins Swim Club, led by the girls 8 and Under high points champion Samantha Spence, scored 246 points to secure the third place trophy, while the Blue Seal Swim Club (167) and the Flying Fish Ambassadors (164) battled it out for 4^th and 5^th

Tornadoes Rene Wright got the final session going with a bang, breaking Allison Bardowell’s 11-12 200 M Butterfly record of 2:57.26, swimming 2:55.91. Two events later, Tiffany Walton was equally impressive in the 13-14 200 Butterfly as she posted a 2:44.84 to lower the meet record by 3 seconds. Butterfly seemed to be the stroke of the day as Tornadoes Timothy Wong continued the trend by eclipsing his own 15 & Over 200 M Butterfly record set in 2001 winning the Gold in a fast 2:01.41 for his second record of the meet. Chris Fisher’s 15 and Over 100 M Breaststroke meet record (1:12.80) which had lasted for 14 years, tumbled as Tornadoes Dominic Lee swam a personal best time of 1:10.86, increasing his record haul to two.

As the meet climaxed with the Medley relays, two records would fall as the swimmers fought to ensure maximum points. The Y-Speedos team of Ramon Walton, Leachim palmer, Matthew Williams and Donovan Todd swam away from the field to win the 9-10 200 M Medley Relay event in 2:35.51, nipping the old record of 2:35.79. In the last event of the competition, Anthony Morrison, Dominic Lee, Timothy Wong and Matthew Stewart swam 4:20.76 to seal a spectacular competition by breaking the 15 and Over 200 M Medley Record.

Dominic Lee and Lemone Lowe (Speedos) won the Achievement Awards for the 13-14 and 15 & Over age groups, scoring 13 points each. These awards are given to the swimmers who score the most points based on the United States Time Standards. Other notable performances came from Steele Blair (Flying Fish Ambassadors), who walked away with the 8 and Under male high points trophy scoring 57 points while winning all six of his swims in fine style.  The high point trophy winners were: 

8 & Under Female Individual Scores

Spence, Samantha 8     MAR         47

Steele, Blair     8    FFA         54

9-10 Female Individual Scores

Bridgewater, Taryn 10      SPE         52

Walton, Ramon 10      SPE         48

11-12 Female Individual Scores

Stewart, Gillian 11      TOR         74

Hamilton, Brad A 12      TOR         79

13-14 Female Individual Scores

Walton, Tiffany 13      SPE         77

Lowe, Lemone          14 SPE         66

15 & Over Female Individual Scores

Chen, Katherine 15      TOR         69

Lee, Dominic 15 TOR         60

FINAL POINTS STANDINGS