Another year, another swimming title for District 11
– record-breaking Seaton unstoppable
By Akeem Greene
The victorious District 11 (North Georgetown) Team celebrate after another triumphant outing in the pool
The 57th edition of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Education Ministry National School Swimming Championships came and there was no change who is the boss of the pool as District 11 ( North Georgetown) added another chapter to over a decade of unmatched dominance.
Amassing 422 points, they purple and white unit made a strong statement of their overall championship intentions given they had 125.5 more points than their closest competitor at the National Aquatic Centre at Liliendaal on Monday.
District 10 (Upper Demerara/Kwakwani) came second with 296.50 points while, South Georgetown (District 13) ended in third with 237 points.
Rounding out the top six spots were East Georgetown (District 12) with 180.50, Cuyuni Mazaruni (District 7) 174 points and North West (District 1) with 173 points.
Rupununi (District 9), Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon (District 2) had 128 and 124 points respectively while East Bank Demerara (District 14) had 58 points and West Coast Berbice (District 5) scored 21 points.
The final four placements went to East Coast Demerara (District 4), West Demerara (District 3), Potaro/Siparuni (District 8) and Corentyne (District 6), who had twenty, twelve, four and three points respectively.
Meanwhile, after over a two-hour delay in the dissemination of results to media operatives and respective team representatives , District 11’s Leon Seaton Jnr and Amy Grant where deemed some of the top performers of the day’s proceedings.
The 13 year-old Seaton won the Boys under-14 50M in a record time of 25.54s, shattering the previous record of 26.18s which he set at the Goodwill Meet in August. He also won the 50M backstroke in a time of 31.66s and the swam the opening leg of the 200M Freestyle relay which team recorded a time of 1:47.40s ahead of District 10’s 1:53.69s.
15 year-old Amy Grant also churned out some impressive performances, winning the under-18 50M freestyle (29.78s), 50M Butterfly (31.22s), 100M freestyle (1:03.72s) along with anchoring 200M relay team to a time of 2:07.43s.
Other standout athletes were District 11’s Accalia Khan, who dominated the open category along with Nikita Fiedtkou. In the boys section it was a Daniel Scott and Alex Winter show while Raewon Noel occupied the podium spots in the under-16 category.
The action will move today out of the pool and unto the synthetic track at Leonora where they crust of the intriguing track and field action commences from 09:00 hrs.
