JAMAICANS ALIA ATKINSON AND NATASHA MOODIE STAR AT ART ADAMSON INVITATIONAL

November 24, 2007

At the recent Art Adamson Invitational hosted by Texas A and M University Alia Atkinson a student had two individual wins in the 100 and 200 Yard Breastroke races in NCAA automatic qualifying times. She took the 100 Breastroke in 1:01.03 and the 200 Breastroke in 2:12.93. She also scored victories as a part of the A Team in the 200 and 400 Yard medley relays.

In the both relays she had the fastest breastroke splits of 27.97 and 1:00.76 respectively. Both relay team times were NCAA consideration times of 1:40.07 and 3:38.46 respectively. She also had consideration times in the 200 Yard Individual Medley (2:03.22) and the 100 Yard Butterfly (54.63). In the last event of the day Atkinson had two consideration times in one race as the leadoff swimmer for the 400 Free Relay C team swimming 50.33 (consideration time for the individual event) and the relay team made the standard finishing in 3:23.70.

Compatriot and University of Michigan swimmer won the C Final of the 100 free in 52.17. She later went faster leading off the B team when stopped the clock in a fast 51.32. The format of the meet had heats in a 50 meter pool and finals in a 25 yard pool.

JAMAICAN RESULTS

Alia Atkinson

EVENT          HEATS (metres) FINALS (yards)

200 I.M        2:28.63 (LCM) 2:03.22 (2^nd C Finals)

50 Free            27.28                             23.54 (4^th B Finals)

200 yard Freestyle Relay                                 1:33.75 (4^th B Team)

400 yard Medley Relay                                    3:38.46 (1^st)

100 Butterfly     1:03.91                              54.63 (1st B Finals)

100 Breastroke   1:12.87                              1:01.03  (1^st)

200 yard medley relay                                     1:40.07  (1^st)

800 free relay                                                7:24.74 (5^th)

200 Breastroke    2:40.64                              2:12.93  (1^st)

400 yard Freestyle Relay                                  3:23.70   (4^th C Team)

Natasha Moodie

EVENT          HEATS (metres) FINALS (yards)

50 Freestyle            27.45                                23.66 (3^rd C Finals)

200 yard Freestyle relay                                  1:34.99 (5^th B Team)

400 yard Medley Relay                                     3:50.39 (7^th B Team)

100 Breastroke     1:21.31

200 yard Medley Relay                                     1:45.17 (7^th B Team)

800 yard Freestyle Relay                                   7:40.94 (10^th D Team)

100 Freestyle        1:01.24                            52.17  (1^st C Final)

400 yard freestyle relay                                    3:28.30 (8^th B Team)

Complete Results can be viewed by clicking on this link:

http://www.realtime.net/~dhbrown/2007ArtAdamson/index.htm

Submitted by: Anthony Morrison-Vincent (Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica)