Coralie Balmy and Malia Metella Swim well in the France Cup

November 26, 2007

Two former CARIFTA standouts Coralie Balmy and Malia Metella did well at the recent France Cup held in Montpellier France yesterday. The best moment from the French Caribbean duo had to be Balmy's win over French distance queen Laura Manaudou in 800 M Freestyle 8:35.48 to 8:38.20. The win is a significant confidence booster for the young Balmy as Manaudou was the world record holder in this event and the 1500 until recently and is still the global standard bearer in the 400 M Free. Balmy until recently was the 800 meter record holder at CARIFTA (swum in a 50 meter pool) in the 13-14 age group until it was broken by M Lightbourne (Bahamas).

Although Balmy had the biggest win Metella had the most wins taking the 50 M Butterfly in 27.14, 100 M Free in 55.69, and the 100 M Butterfly in 1:00.76. At this year's CARIFTA held in Jamaica she lost her 100 fly records in the 11-12 and 15-17 divisions to K Williams (Trinidad and Tobago) and A Vanderpool-Wallace (Bahamas) but still holds her 50 M Freestyle records in the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups.

Balmy were well placed in other events: 400 M Free 4th (4:13.53), 400 M Individual medley 7th (4:57.75) and the 200 M Backstroke  7th (2:21.91).

Results can be seen below
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/published/6233.asp

Submitted by Anthony Morrision (Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica)