As of Tuesday, January 31, 2023
#By BRENT STUBBS
#Senior Sports Reporter
#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
#THE FAC first annual Bert Bell Memorial Swim Meet took place over the weekend with quite a few competitors attaining the qualifying standards for the 2023 CARIFTA Games in Curacao in April.
#David Singh of the Barracuda Swim Club clocked 2:56.31 to win the boys 11-12 200m breaststroke, surpassing the CARIFTA standard of 3:05.01. He also did it in the 50m backstroke in 35.59 to surpass the standard of 33.92.
#Trace Russell of Mako Swim Club clocked 1:19.52 to beat out Singh, who did 1:21.64 as they both surpassed the qualifying standard of 1:24.55. Singh also won the 50m freestyle in 28.53 to surpass the standard of 28.59.
#Russell also beat out Singh in the 50m breaststroke as they surpassed the standard of 37.57. Russell won in 35.45 and Singh was second in 36.72.
#Saleste Gibson led two other qualifiers in the girls 11-12 50m butterfly with her victory in 31.77. Team-mate Christin-Alyssa Clarke got second in 32.72 and Violet Saralegui of Lyford Cay Swim Club was third in 32.74. They all went under the standard of 32.80.
#Gibson also did the standard of 29.60 in the 50m freestyle, surpassing the standard of 30.18. Gibson also did 1:13.93 to surpass the qualifying standard of 1:15.88 in the 100m butterfly. Alissa Ferguson won the girls 11-12 100m backstroke in 1:16.65 and Gibson was second in 1:18.85 as they both surpassed the standard of 1:19.01.
#Donald Saunders of LIT clocked 27.57 to win the boys 13-14 50m butterfly to surpass the standard of 28.35. Saunders also did it in the 50m backstroke in 30.84, surpassing the standard of 30.84.
#Two competitors surpassed the standard of 35.35 in the girls 11-12 50m backstroke. Christin-Alyssa Clarke got another qualifying time in 34.93 with Alissa Ferguson of the Barracuda Swim Club did 35.11.
#The top individual winners from the meet were as follows:
#Girls’ 8-and-under – Kirsten Rolle of Blue Waves Swim Club was the winner with 36, followed by runner-up Astwood Hanna of Mako Aquatic Club with 31.
#Boys 8-and-under – Cole Albury of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 59. Benjamin Cartwright of the Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 30.
#Girls 9-10 – Kaleah Seymour of the Freeport Aquatic Club was the winner with 45. Morgan Simms of the Barracuda Swim Club was the runner-up with 35.
#Boys 9-10 – Dexter Russell of Freeport Aquatic Club was the winner with 54. Kyle Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 35.
#Girls 11-12 – Saleste Gibson of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 52. Jaylah Threadgill of Lyford Cay Club was the runner-up with 38.
#Boys 11-12 – David Singh of Barracuda Swim Club was the winner with 59. Alexander Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the runner-up with 50.
#Girls 13-14 – Alanna Murray of Black Marlins Swim Club was the winner with 61. Runner-up was Seannae Norville-Smith of Mako Aquatics Club with 36.
#Boys 13-14 – Malcolm Menzies of Black Marlins Swim Club was the winner with 55. Runner-up was Orison Moss of Black Marlins Swim Club with 41.
#Girls 15-16 – Elina Fiaux of Lyford Swim Club was the winner with 44. Runner-up was Kyana Higgs of Barracuda Swim Club with 36.
#Boys 15-16 – Cherkadin Wells of Mako Aquatics Club was the winner with 33. Runner-up was Nkume Ijeoma of Alpha Aquatics with 29.50.
#Girls 17-and-over – Delaney Mizell of Lyford Swim Club was the winner with 54. Runner-up was Grace Farrington of Barracuda Swim Club with 30.
#Boys 17-and-over – Andrian Brown of Alpha Aquatics was the winner with 33.
#Runner-up was Hodari Prince of Barracuda’s Swim Club with 32.
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/jan/31/swimmers-make-mark-carifta/?news