FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA

AUGUST 8, 2006

JAMAICA’S NATASHA MOODIE IN WINNING FORM AT USA SWIM MEET

Jamaica’s Natasha Moodie on Saturday swam a fast 26.84 to win the 15-18 50 M Freestyle Gold Medal at the 2006 USA Southern Zone AG Championships hald at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. Representing the Gold Coast Region, Moodie swam the fastest time of 27.36 in the preliminaries placing her in lane 4 of the finals and powered home in the finals swimming a personal best time, just off Alia Atkinson’s National Record time of 26.71 (2006 CAC Games). Southeastern’s Deirdre Jones finished second in 27.24 and Moodie’s Gold Coast teammate Elizabeth Rogers third, timing 27.62.

In a previous event, Moodie swam 59.45 in the 100 M Freestyle to take the Silver Medal.

Moodie, who migrated to the United States a few years ago, first swam for Jamaica at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships held in Santo Domingo. She has shown incredible improvement since moving to train with Alia Atkinson at the Comets Swim Club in Fort Lauderdale, but has been unable to represent Jamaica since her first appearance due to an immigration issue which has recently been resolved.

Moodie and Atkinson are now in California swimming in the 2006 Junior National Swimming Championships which started yesterday.