Y-SPEEDOS WIN AT TORNADOES INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET

As curtains closed yesterday (Sunday, April 28, 2002) at the 6^th Annual Tornadoes Invitational Swim Meet host and Defending Champions Tornadoes Swim Club surrendered the trophy to the Y-Speedos Swim Club.  The Y-Speedos won the Meet with a total of 1,247 points to Tornadoes’ 1,193.  Completing the top five (5) places were Marlins Swim Club with 380 points, Flying Fish Ambassadors 211 and Royal Swim Club 180.

Twelve (12) Records were broken at the Meet.  The Most Outstanding Records being in the 11-12 Age Group 400 Metres Freesytle for both boys and girls.  In the Girls’ event, Gillian Stewart of the Tornadoes clocked 5:05.35 to shatter Y-Speedos’ Tiffany Walton’s record of 5:21.56.  In the same event, second place Rene Wright also of the Tornadoes, clocked 5:06:06 to also break the record.  In the Boys’ event, Tornadoes’ Brad Hamilton, the CARIFTA star who won 10 gold medals, , swam a time of 5:01:46.to erase the previous record of 5:09:27 set by John-Claude Wright of the Tornadoes.  Second place Alford Green, Y-Speedos, also erased the record in a time of 5:02:40.  Brad Hamilton also broke the 11-12 boys 50 Metres Freestyle in a time of 27:46. Other record holders were Dominic Lee (3), Ramon Walton (2), Tashna Smith-Edwards and Tiffany Walton in the individual events.  The Y-Speedos broke the 8 and Under Girls’ and the 9-10 Boys’ 200 Metres Medley Relays.

Faith Palmer; Tornadoes Swim Club.