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Wow........ What a meet so far. Holy buckets! After an opening night that saw Stingray swimmers set the pace in dominating fashion, the train kept rolling both Friday evening and Saturday morning. Catriona MacRae jump-started her teammates by dropping 9 seconds in the 400 IM, moving up one spot and placing 2nd overall, first in her age group. Massive swims by Chris Courtis (100br), Alison Jackson and Sarah Jackson (50 free both) rocked the Lion's Aquatic Centre, and their Stingray teammates kept the party rolling all through the night and...
Stingray's distance crew for the Caledonian hit the water tonight for the first race of the competition, the 800 Freestyle. Sam Bailey and Jonathan Key held together kneck and kneck over the entire race and finished 3rd and 4th overall, respectively. Sam dropped 10 seconds in a time of 10:21 while Jonathan knocked off 11 seconds, finishing at 10:23. Ella Plunkett came in close behind with a time of 10:38, smashing her previous best by 38 seconds. Brandon Williams also swam a respectable race, finishing in 10:40. The spoils of...
For the second year running, Stingray Swim Club was the only team on island to bring home honors from the weekend of the 21st Annual Flowers Sea Swim. Alex McCallum, competing in the innaugural 5k event this past Monday, finished 5th overall, and 3rd place in the men's division. Teammates Catriona Macrae, Andrew Smilley and younger brother Iain McCallum also completed the 5k course. Ashley Theaker was the 2nd Caymanian female to finish the annual 1 mile swim! In addition, Stingray boasted loads of first time swimmers in the event...
Food, fun and family filled the dining hall of The Reef Resort on Cayman's East End this past Sunday as SSC held it's Annual Awards Banquet. More than 150 people crowded in to celebrate, including the Honorable Minister Bodden, newly appointed to the head of Sports for Cayman. Every child was recognized for their acheivements and for their efforts over the past year, but a few swimmers were given special recognition for their oustanding accomplishments, which highlighted an exceptional and successful year for the club. SHEPHEARD'S CUP Wunyae Crawford ...
Chris Courtis sets off today to Clearwater Florida to compete in the "Beat the Heat Invitational" (I can only assume they are Spurs fans). Courtis will be swimming in 6 events over the course of three days in an attempt to qualify for World Championships this summer in Barcelona as a member of the Barbados team. Good luck Chris! Updates on his results to come.
What started out as a beautiful day at the pool, with hundreds of swimmers and spectators converging at Lion's Pool from all over the Cayman Islands, ended in tragedy this Saturday afternoon along Governor's Beach.ý Special Olympics athlete Pablo Perez, a 42 year old visiting swimmer from Uruguay, suffered a heart attack midway through the Butterfield 800m Sea Swim and was pulled out of the water by his coach and a team of rescuers. Doctors worked hard in an attempt to resuscitate Perez on the beach, and later at the...
As the fog cleared in Sarasota Saturday morning, Stingray's older swimmers hit the pool to start off a long day of competition on the Gulf Coast. Wunyae Crawford got things started right for the older boys by chopping off 4 seconds in the 200 IM. Crawford also dropped half a second in the 50 freestyle as well. Chris Courtis jumped for his first long course competition since CARIFTA of 2012 and swam a 2:15.47 in the 200IM, good for second place overall. Courtis also placed second overall in the 100...
On a warm, light summer night at the Sarasota YMCA Pool, Andrew Smilley and Cole Morgan stepped up and swam the 400 IM, the first event of the night and the first event for a Stingray swimmer. Smilley finished the event in a time of 5:39.55, just off his previous best. Cole Morgan, despite a less than desirable butterfly leg, brought it hard in the backstroke and freestyle legs to cash in at 5:29.29, a personal best by over 24 seconds. More action at the pool tomorrow, starting with the...
Stingray Swim Club is sending 14 swimmers Stateside this Friday morning for the annual Sarasota YMCA Invitational. The competition will be held over three days and will include every recognized Olympic event. Swimmers, young and old, will be making the trip in hopes of PB's, records, podiums, and qualifying times. While younger swimmers like Liam Henry, Jonathan Anderson, Corey Westerborg and Monina Thompson look to improve upon their performance at the Walter Rodgers Meet in February, older swimmers Cole Morgan, Alex McCallum and Chris Courtis are all looking to make...
