Silver Shark Club swimmer, Leon Seaton was relentless on day one of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Time Trials ahead of the CARIFTA Games which is scheduled for later this year.
Leon Seaton (starting block three) and Silver Shark Swim Club team mate at the start of the Boys U-12 100m Free style on Saturday at Liliendaal (Photo by John Ramsingh)
Seaton impressed in the association’s first event for 2017 as he finish his 50m dash freestyle in winning and qualifying time on Saturday at the National Aquatic Centre at Liliendaal. His time of 27.97secs beats the 28. 89 secs qualification time which makes him eligible for the April swim meet.
However, he was the lone success story on a day that saw a poor turnout where only 15 swimmers-five females and 10 males took to the Olympic standard pool. Seaton was not so fortunate in the 50m butterfly and 100m freestyle where he missed out on qualification but will be hoping for a better showing in the second time trial set for next month.
Lian Winter and Rackwon Noel in the 50m butterfly and 50m backstroke respectively also narrowly missed out.
The usually fit and enthusiastic swimmers seemed rusty and tired but are expected to redeem themselves, among them the George’s Sisters at the next time trial scheduled for February which should be GASA’s annual Mashramani Meet.
Saturday’s Time Trials saw participation in the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups in both the boys and girls categories.
