Under overcast skies the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association’s Schroder’s Summer Age Group Championships continued.
Three individual records were taken in the heats beginning with Finn Mosley as he lowered his own record in the Boys 8 & Under 200m Backstroke from 4:14.30 to 3:34.62. Emma Harvey was back in record form shaving 4 tenths off her own 11-12 Girls 100m IM record in clocking 1:14.26. During the Boys 15 & Over 100m IM, Philip Hagen continued his recorded setting ways with a time of 1:05.11 which lowered his own record.
The Sharks 13-14 Girls 200m Freesytle relay team of Maddy Moore, D’Andra Seymore, Jessie Thomas and Shannon Hassell took the record from 2:00.27 to their time of 1:57.43.
Jesse Washington, Philip Hagen, Shannon Botelho and Ferdinand Arnold joined together representing the Sharks in the Boys 15 & Over 200m Freestyle lowered their own record from 1:49.01 to 1:48.48.
The Harbour Quartet of Emma Harvey, Lynsey Palmer, Alyssa Paynter and Ashley Irby took the record in the 11-12 Girls 200m Freestyle record from a previous Harbour team setting a new time of 2:06.65 beating the previous time of 2:08.01.
Moore had some issues with her goggles in the morning heats of the 100m Freestyle but in the finals she was all about business. In 40 years of the modern era of Bermuda swimming only 5 female swimmers break the 1:00 barrier in the 100m Freestyle, tonight the just turned 13 year old joined that elite group, the record was 1:01.14 but Moore lowered it to 59.46.
This was a special swim and electrified the pool for the rest of the night.
In the very next heat Hassell swam 1:01.13 to set her 2nd AAA time which makes her eligible for selection to this summer’s CCCAN Championships in Costa Rica.
Jayson Hassell followed his sister and hit his A time in the 100 Freestyle which makes him eligible for the National training team. One of the most impressive swims of the evening was from Dejan Wellman who came in with a personal best of 57.04 but raced to a 55.18.
The 200m Backstroke was the next event up for grabs and the record breaking continued. Finn Moseley took nearly 2 seconds off his record from the morning heats to swim a 3:32.76 on his way to win the 8 and Under event.
The 50m Butterfly was where the records were taken by a trio of swimmers. Emma Harvey in the Girls 11-12 swam 31.14 taking the record from Ashley Yearwood set in 2007. Moore who has just starting to sample Butterfly swam 30.56 to take the Girls 13-14 record from Ashley Aitken set in 1999. Washington followed the girls lead with his 27.09 which beat the 28.14 set in 2001 by Darren Woods.
The night was finally capped off when Shannon Hassell swam the 400m Freestyle where she lowered her personal best from 4:58.67 to her new 4:45.81 which took the record of Ashley Yearwood of 4:46.90 from 2008.
