December 24, 2003....Alia Atkinson
showed why she is one of the best swimmers in the Caribbean when
she took 4 gold medals and a silver at the inaugural Florida Gold
Coast sprint Championships held in Fort Lauderdale. Her victories
came in the 50 yard Breaststroke, 50 yard Freestyle, 50 yard
Butterfly, 100 Yard Individual Medley. She was not the only
regional swimmer on the medal podium as fellow Olympic hopefuls
Bradley Ally and Panamanian Ismael Ortiz captured three gold
collectively.
Selected results
15-16 girls
Alia Atkinson
1) 50 breastroke 31.47
1) 50 freestyle 24.85
1) 50 butterfly 26.90
1) 100I.M. 1:02.50
2) 50 backstroke 30.40
17 and over boys
50 yard freestyle
1) Ismael Ortiz 21.43
4)Sean Dehere 22.13
8)Bradley Ally 22.57
24)Imran Ally 23.66
50 yard breastroke
3) Bradley 27.99
14)Ismael 29.92
27)Imran 34.55
50 yard backstroke
1) Bradley 25.29
6) Ismael 26.17
8) Sean 26.28
50 yard butterfly
2) Bradley 23.18
4) Ismael 24.07
6) Sean 24.28
18)Imran 25.24
100 I.M.
3) Bradley 54.45
6)Sean 56.25
15)Imran 1:00.58