The Bahamas with 21 medals at CISC

Thu, Jun 28th 2012, 11:13 AM

Margaret Albury-Higgs added another gold to the country's medal count, yesterday, capturing the 100 breaststroke event, in the girls 11-12 division, at the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC), in Savaneta, Aruba.
The Bahamas has won 12 gold, five silver and four bronze medals, with a handful of finals left to go, at the regional swimming championships. The Bahamas was represented in about five finals last evening. The first gold medal in Wednesday's evening session, picked up by Albury-Higgs, was done in 1:21.46. She out-swam Junice Martin and Victoria Acosta who touched the wall in 1:24.64 and 1:24.88 respectively. The time posted by Albury-Higgs was an improvement from the one she turned in during the preliminary rounds.
Another Bahamian heading into the final with the fastest time was Leslie Campbell. However, she had to settle for silver, later that day, after Nina Ebensperger of Puerto Rico, out-touched her. The winning time was 1:10.41 and Campbell's time was 1:10.57.
Finishing just shy of a medal yesterday were Joanna Evans and Dionisio Carey. Evans placed fourth in the 100 free for girls 13-14. Her time was 1:01.33. Capturing the gold was Sariyah Sherry of Barbados. Ariana Carrasquillo and Rebecca Maduro finished second and third respectively.
Winning the 100 backstroke for boys 13-14 was Jabari Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago. Carey was fourth in 1:05.62. Baptiste stopped the clock at 1:01.71. Also in that race, for The Bahamas, was Meshach Roberts. He finished eighth overall in 1:08.98.
In the preliminary rounds, Evans swam 1:02.57 while Carey posted the second best time in his heat. Evante Gibson was sixth overall in the 100 breaststroke, in 1:10.25.
Joanna Evans advanced to the final of the 100 free, in the girls 13-14 division, in a time of 1:02.57. Sherry had the fastest time, 1:01.81, and Rebecca Maduro posted a time of 1:02.30. Campbell just missed out on the final. She was ninth overall in a time of 1:06.09. No Bahamian advanced to the final of the boys 100 free. Competing in the preliminary rounds were Gershwin Greene and Farion Cooper, with times of 57.81 seconds and 59.21 seconds respectively.
Megan Reid was ninth in the 50 free for girls 11-12 and Celia Campbell was 11th. Reid's time was 30.05 seconds and Campbell finished in 30.66 seconds. Clement Bowe swam 28.19 seconds for ninth overall in the 50 free.
Simone Sturrup moved on to the final of the 200 Individual Medley (IM) for girls 13-14. Sturrup posted a time of 2:46.78 and Candis Pique of Suriname marched into the final with the fastest time, 2:37.21. The results from the final were unavailable up to press time.
So far, Albury-Higgs has won a bronze in the 200 IM and a gold in the 200 breaststroke. Evans picked up gold in the 200 free and gold in the 800 free. You can call Sturrup the "golden girl" of the meet, as she has won gold medals in the 50 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.
A gold, silver and bronze was collected, so far, by Jenna Chaplin. Her medals came in the 200 butterfly, 100 butterfly and 200 free, respectively. Bria Deveaux added two silver medals and a bronze to her medal haul. She placed second in the 50 and 100 backstroke. The bronze came in the 50 free. Taryn Smith won't be out-performed, as she too captured medals at the championships, winning a gold in the 200 butterfly and a bronze in the 100 butterfly.
The boys 18-and-over team got a silver in the freestyle relay and the girls 13-14 squad picked a gold in the 400 free relay. Another gold was won by Carey in the 50 backstroke and Miriam Crispo secured a bronze in the 200 butterfly.
A final medal count and overall ranking for Team Bahamas was unavailable up to press time. The championships wrapped up yesterday.

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