Raekwon Noel has now clinched four gold medals at the Pan Am Aquatics Championships
Guyana’s Golden Boy Raekwon Noel added to his gold- medal cabinet on Friday night with scoring big once again at the Pan American Aquatics Championships in Medellin, Colombia.
Noel picked up his first gold medal of the evening in the 19-22 years 100M Backstroke event, stopping the clock at 56.78s, lowering the Nationals record which he had reset only hours prior in the events’s preliminary round.
Colombia’s Gabriel Hernandez clocked 57.04s for second place while Puerto Rico’s Suil Quinoes finished in 59.27s to complete the podium.
In the qualifying round on Friday morning, the 19-year-old registered 56.88s for a spot in the final and a new National record. The previous record in that event stood at 57.72s.
Later that evening, Noel romped to his fourth Gold medal of the Championships in the 400M Freestyle event. The Guyanese stopped the clock at 4:00.66 for first place, taking a whopping 5 seconds off his preliminary swim earlier that day.
Hours prior, Noel had clocked 4:05.96 in the 19-22 400M freestyle preliminaries, becoming the fastest qualifier for the finals.
Earlier this week, The Indiana University swimmer first took to the pool in the 19-22 years 100M Butterfly event, clocking 54s for the gold medal and a new national record. Mauel Diaz of Venezuela was second in 54.27s while Puerto Rico’s Andres Brooks had to settle for the bronze medal in 54.52s.
Noel previously held the 100M Butterfly record which he set at 56.35s back in 2023.
Noel then rewrote another one of his own National records, betting his 200M Butterfly time. In the 19-22 event’s preliminary run on Thursday morning; the Guyanese swimmer stopped the clock at 2:03.33s. Noel’s previous record stood at 2:04.21s.
Later that evening, Noel took his medal count to two gold with another championship- winning swim.
Noel stopped the clock at 2:02.53 to further lower his National record in the 200M event and to claim first place while Puerto Rico’s Andres Brooks was second in 2:04.04. Completing the podium was Mexico’s Mark Van Eybergrn in 2:05.69.
