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Jun 04, 2015 Sports
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The curtains came down on the on the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Independence Championships on Tuesday last at the National Aquatic Centre with Amy Grant setting a new record in the Girls 13-14 1500m Freestyle.
Amy Grant had a superb four days in the pool taking 9 Gold medals. Grant has performed
well in the races that supporters and well wishers believed she was taking on too many strenuous events in such a short space of time but she has proven them wrong yet again.
The reason behind the talk of this kind in the swimming fraternity is the placing of the events that she loves to take part in which are short but they came up after she swam a long event like the 400m Freestyle.
Swimmers are given a minimum of 20 minutes rest after each event to recover before swimming the next race. For athletes who swim multiple events like Grant, who attempted 11 events in four days, it becomes truly challenging, especially when you have a talented swimmer breathing down your neck in the short sprint events and he or she skips the long distance races, that really puts you under severe pressure.
But in any sport if you want to be the best you have to beat the best. On Saturday, May 30th, in the Girls 13-14 50m Freestyle sprint, known as the Blue Ribbon Event in swimming, Grant set a personal best time of the season to take her first Gold of the championships, followed by a medal of no lesser value in the grueling 200m IM also with a personal best.
The multi talented athlete closed off the day with another personal best, this time in the 50m Butterfly. One day later, Sunday, Grant won Gold in the 400m Freestyle followed by Gold in the 100m Freestyle with a personal best time and closed off with Gold in the 100m Butterfly also with a personal best time.
Monday should have seen the completion of the Meet, however Friday’s events were rescheduled and fixtures re-arranged but Grant still took Gold in the 800m Freestyle followed by Gold in the 200m Freestyle along with a personal best time.
On Tuesday, the final day of the championships, that was the time Grant had to be at her best since she was looking to set a new record in the daunting 30 lengths of the 1500m Freestyle. Known to be a fighter, Grant did not disappoint; with powerful arm strokes that produced a steady pace and perfect split times by the clock, she swam to the coveted Gold that made it nine (9) for the championships and a record for the Girls 13-14 1500m Freestyle which was also another personal best time.
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