TORNADOES SWIM CLUB TAKES HOME THE WALTER LOWI SPRINT TROPHY

November 12, 2005

Fresh from their win at the ‘AB’ Short Course Swim Meet, the Tornadoes Swim Club today dethroned defending champions, the Y-Speedos Swim Club, to win the Walter Lowi Sprint Meet held at the National Stadium Pool. The Tornadoes Swim Club finished with 871 points to Y-Speedos 744 points in the Age Group Category. Completing the top five were; Blue Seals Swim Club – 209.50, Electric Eels Swim Club – 155.50 and Marlins Swim Club 146 points

Three (3) National Age Group Records were broken during the Meet. Jason Adams set a new National Age Group Record of 29.33 seconds in the Boys 11-12 50M Butterfly while Dominique Dawson set the new standard in the Girls 13-14 50M Butterfly touching in 32.14 seconds and Dominic Lee in the Boys 15 and over 50M Breaststroke with a time of 30.55 seconds.

The following were the FINA High Points Awards winners:

8 & Under Girls Stefani Webley, Royals 50M Free 352 pts

8 & Under Boys Antoine Young, Blue Seals 50M Free 229 pts

9–10 Girls Kendese Nangle, Blue Seals 50M Free 503 pts

9–10 Boys Xavier Boland, Tornadoes 50M Breast 299 pts

11–12 Girls Nicole Chin, Tornadoes 50M Back 462 pts

11-12 Boys Jason Adams, Tornadoes 50M Fly 517 pts

13–14 Girls Lanesa Downs, Y-Speedos 50M Free 572 pts

13–14 Boys Matthew Hilton, Y-Speedos 100M Breast 588 pts

15&Over Girls Gillian Millwood, Y-Speedos 50M Fly 532 pts

15&Over Boys Dominic Lee, Tornadoes 50M Breast 730 pts

In the Masters Category, for swimmers 25 years old and over, the Tornadoes Swim also came out champions with 103 points over the Y-Speedos Swim Club who scored 45 points followed by Electric Eel - 34 and Royal Swim Club - 32 points respectively.

The next Meet on the ASAJ’s Calendar will be the ASAJ’s Development Meet on Saturday, November 26, 2005.

End (Faith Palmer)