LATYCAR MASTERS COMPETITION DAY 5 RESULTS

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September 6, 2003  
      
The last day saw fast swimming with nearly all of the team having season best times. In the 45-49 category it was Lee against his arch -rival Richard Knaggs of  Trinity Masters in the 50 meter freestyle. Throughout most of the race it seemed that Lee would hold off his competitor from the twin island republic but Knaggs made a desperate lunge at the very end of the race to grab a marginal victory of 27.99 to Lee's 28.09
                

In the 40-44 age group which was the most competitive category Lowe and Bair found it hard going against the swift Brazilians and their neighbours from the Eastern Caribbean .In the first of of two heats Lowe placed second in a season best 29.29 to Peter Richards  of JE Security Masters Barbados. Lowe hopes to build on this performance for his races for the rest of the year utilizing a better distance per stroke style. Bair still recuperating from a bad shoulder seeded with a faster time than Lowe found the pace too hot handle in his first meet of the year and finished in a creditable 30.03  . The eventual winner was surprise, surprise, Ricardo Santos in 24.71 the event's fastest time , followed by Trinity's Bruce Kaufman in 25.84 and fellow Brazilian Sergio Ulloa in 26.48

                                                     

In the 19-24 the script followed the seedings with Gittens first "Tony" second and Fernandez of Venezuela third. The only twist was that "Tony' was the only one of the three to finish in a new PB of 26.17 chopping .12 off his old record for his second personal record of the meet.

                           

In the 160-199 200 meter medley (age groups formed from the total of each swimmer's age) disaster struck the team of Marsh, Lowe , Lee and Bair (exact relay order). they were disqualified because Marsh dove into the water instead of entering feet first, a rule many  found needed immediate reviewing.

                              

In the 200meter freestyle relay the team same team (relay order Lee, Lowe , Bair and Marsh) did well with the first three doing splits faster than their individual races and a energized Marsh anchoring in 28 low for a total time of 1:55.89. They finished behind the Brazilians anchored by Santos in 1:42.16 the fastest time for the meet and the Trinity Masters 1:50.39.

                     

So at the end of the 7th Latycar Masters the Jamaican contingent finished with six Gold, six Silver and three Bronze.

Submitted by Tony Morrison.

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