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MOE\GTU National Schools Swimming C/ships…North Georgetown/District 11 are champs
By Zaheer Mohamed
North Georgetown amassed 451 points to emerge winners of the Ministry of Education\ Guyana Teachers Union / National Schools Swimming championship which was contested yesterday at the National Aquatic Center, Liliendaal, East Coast Demarara.
District 10, Upper Demarara \ Kwakani placed second with 314.5 points followed by District 7 Cayuni Mazaruni on 237 and District 12 East Georgetown on 180. Rupununi (District 9) were fifth with 123 followed by North West (District 01) 108, West Demerara (District 03) 75, New Amsterdam\ Canje (District 15) 45, East Coast Demerara (District 04) 43, Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon (District 02) 38, Potaro Siparuni (District 08) 31.5, South Georgetown (District 13) 31, West Berbice(District 05) 27, East Bank Demerara (District 14)23 and Corentyne (District 06) 7.
The Champs! The successful North Georgetown Swimming Team.
Accalia Khan (Dist.11) won the Girls U-16 100 meters Backstroke in a time of 1:30.20, followed by June Jeffery of District 07 (1:49.36) and Delicia Rodrigues of District 10 (1:50.75). Khan also took Gold in the Girls U-16 50 meters Freestyle in a time of 33.26. Shebekie Duggan of District 10 copped Silver in 36.87 and June Jeffery (District 07) grabbed Bronze in 39.00.
Khan again proved too strong for her rivals in the Girls U-16 100 meters Freestyle stopping the clock at 1:14.54. June Jeffery 1:31.97 and Sunita Lyte of District 09 1:33.04 placed second and third respectively.
Britany van Lange of District 11 took Gold in the Girls open 50 meters Freestyle in 29.72; she also won the Girls open 50 meters Backstroke in 40.56 and the Girls open 100 meters Freestyle in 1:10.28.
Hannibal Gaskin (Dist.11) topped the field in the Boys open 100 meters Freestyle in 1:00.56. District’s 07 Donovan Washington in 1:06.09 and Omali Dare in 1:10.84 of District 10 took the other two podium positions in that event.
Joseph Seguina (Dist.11) got the better of his rivals in the Boys 100 meters open Backstroke in 1:16.20. Keon Blount (Dist.10) in 1:33.94 came second ahead of Carlson Raymundo (Dist.09) in 1:34.95.
Onika George (Dist.11) won the Girls U-18 50 meters Butterfly in 36.32, the Girls U-18 50 meters Freestyle in 31.41 and the Girls U-18 100 meters freestyle in 1:11.13. The girls U-18 50 meters Breaststroke and Backstroke titles went to Athena Foo (Dist.11) in 53.77 and 44.64 respectively.
District 11 200 meters open Girls Freestyle Relay team of Soroya Simmons, Accalia Khan, Onika George and van Lange was too good for their opponents, winning that event in 2:08.84. District 10 in 2:29.43 came second and District 07 in 2:30.94, third.
District 10 claimed the top spot in the Boys 200 meters open Freestyle Relay in 2:00.41; they were followed by District 07 in 2:04.12 and District 03 in 2:09.23.
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