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Swimmers get back in the pool

Tue, May 11th 2021, 08:59 AM
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After being postponed for a week, the Milo Butler Blue Waves Swim Club Spring Invitational took place over the weekend as swimmers were back in action at the Betty Kelly-Kenning National Swim Complex for the first time since March 6.

Head coach of the club Dellan Brown said he was happy with the performances of the swimmers who were eager to get back in the pool after a long layoff.
“The weekend on the whole was like a stress reliever for the team,” Brown said. “We have been locked in training for almost 10 weeks. CARIFTA was canceled and we had to reschedule our calendar and training plan. We were stuck in a 10-week cycle. The swimmers were a little disappointed about it not being held last weekend but we reset and came into this weekend and wanted to do great.”
Brown said all of his swimmers were able to drop times in at least one of their races. With the CARIFTA meet canceled for a second consecutive year, swimmers will now be tuning up for the Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s National Swimming Championships, set for the end of next month.
“I can proudly say that every member of our team (Blue Waves) dropped time in one or more events. That is just the work that they put in. They have been pushing, they’re disciplined and have been working hard. It is just a manifestation of what they have been doing,” said Brown. He added that his swimmers are pumped up for the nationals, which is the biggest meet of the season for them. He said they will field their biggest team in five years of the club’s existence.
For a second straight weekend, 19-year-old DaVante Carey went under 58 seconds in the 100 meters (m) backstroke event. The Mako Aquatics swimmer clocked 57.64 seconds to touch the wall first in the 15-and-over boys race and in his heat. This followed him setting a national record of 57.12 seconds at the UANA (Swimming Union of the Americas) Tokyo Qualifier in Clermont, Florida, last weekend.
At the meet this past weekend, Alpha Aquatics Club’s Rondon Williams was a distant second in that age category when he clocked 1:09.03. Carey’s teammate Wellington Gray finished third with a time of 1:11.40.
There were three Mako swimmers in the 15-and-over boys 200m back event. Carey took it easily, touching the wall in 2:15.12. Last weekend, he went under the 2:09 mark, setting a national record of 2:08.05. Those were Carey’s two events for the meet and also his first long course meet on home soil for the season.

Head coach of the club Dellan Brown said he was happy with the performances of the swimmers who were eager to get back in the pool after a long layoff.

“The weekend on the whole was like a stress reliever for the team,” Brown said. “We have been locked in training for almost 10 weeks. CARIFTA was canceled and we had to reschedule our calendar and training plan. We were stuck in a 10-week cycle. The swimmers were a little disappointed about it not being held last weekend but we reset and came into this weekend and wanted to do great.”

Brown said all of his swimmers were able to drop times in at least one of their races. With the CARIFTA meet canceled for a second consecutive year, swimmers will now be tuning up for the Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s National Swimming Championships, set for the end of next month.

“I can proudly say that every member of our team (Blue Waves) dropped time in one or more events. That is just the work that they put in. They have been pushing, they’re disciplined and have been working hard. It is just a manifestation of what they have been doing,” said Brown. He added that his swimmers are pumped up for the nationals, which is the biggest meet of the season for them. He said they will field their biggest team in five years of the club’s existence.

For a second straight weekend, 19-year-old DaVante Carey went under 58 seconds in the 100 meters (m) backstroke event. The Mako Aquatics swimmer clocked 57.64 seconds to touch the wall first in the 15-and-over boys race and in his heat. This followed him setting a national record of 57.12 seconds at the UANA (Swimming Union of the Americas) Tokyo Qualifier in Clermont, Florida, last weekend.

At the meet this past weekend, Alpha Aquatics Club’s Rondon Williams was a distant second in that age category when he clocked 1:09.03. Carey’s teammate Wellington Gray finished third with a time of 1:11.40.

There were three Mako swimmers in the 15-and-over boys 200m back event. Carey took it easily, touching the wall in 2:15.12. Last weekend, he went under the 2:09 mark, setting a national record of 2:08.05. Those were Carey’s two events for the meet and also his first long course meet on home soil for the season.

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