Impressive races from familiar faces

GASA National Swimming Championships 2016…

By Delvon Mc Ewan

A competitive opening day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Nationals Swimming Championships saw some impressive races from familiar faces at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.

Soroya Simmons
Soroya Simmons

One of those season swimmers is Soroya Simmons out of the Dorado swim club, who stood out among her peers in the 18 and over category. The 19 year old started the day with a timing of 19:53secs as she concluded her 1500m freestyle comfortably in the morning session.

In her next race, the 400m individual medley, she recorded a time of 5:55.12secs to once again top her field. Then she closed off the day strongly in the 100m Backstroke with timings of 1:14.78.

Her colleagues from Dorado dominated the morning session but not without a stern challenge from Sea Otters’ swimmers.

Alex Winter in the boys 1500m freestyle, Lian Winter in the girls 11-12 200m butterfly and Daniel Scott-boys 200m butterfly, all out of Dorado club spearheaded their races. Lian Winter also won the 11-12 100m backstroke.

For Sea Otters, Vidjaz Mohamed-11-12 boys 1500m freestyle and Phillip DeNobrega-boys 15-17 1500m freestyle were among the winners in the opening session.

Trumaine Cole out of the Silver Shark swim club was the other winner in the morning session in the Boys 18 and over 100m Backstroke.

Other winners on the first day include, Kayla Hardy girls eight and under 50m breaststroke, Jeron Sookram boys eight and under 50m breast stroke, Aleka Persaud girls 9-10 50m breaststroke, Raekwon Noel boys 9-10 50m breaststroke, Jadyn George girls 11-12 50m breaststroke, Leon Seaton 11-12 50m breaststroke, Brandon Abrahams boys 11-12 50m BS and 11-12 100m backstroke, Kenita Mahaica girls 13-14 50m breaststroke, Alex Winter boys 13-14 50m breaststroke, Tiffany DeMoura girls 15-17 50m breaststroke, Phillip DeNobrega 15-17 50m Breaststroke, Shaqueel Amin boys 18 and over 50m breaststroke, Aleka Persaud, Tzedeq Sekhel, Accalia Khan.

The clubs involved in the three day event which will conclude on Sunday are; Dorado, Sea Otters, Silver Shark, Orca and Dolphin.