The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association’s Bermuda National Swimming Championships continued at the National Aquatics Center.
Ashley Irby won the Girl’s 12 & Under 100m Freestyle A Final touching the wall first in a time of 1:03.95, Megan Lau finished second with a time of 1:08.32 and Alyssa Paynter finished third clocking a time of 1:09.71.
Ashley Yearwood edged Lisa Blackburn in the Girls 13 & Over 100m Freestyle A Final as four Girls finished under the one minute mark. Yearwood touched the wall in a time of 58.47, Blackburn finished with a time of 58.90, Rebecca Heyliger finished third with a time of 58.94 and Madelyn Moore was 4th in a time of 59.67.
Evan Farrow swam to victory in the Boy’s 12 & Under 100m Freestyle A Final with a time of 1:05.95, Alex Pilgrim finished 2nd with a time of 1:07.60, Jude Moseley was third clocking 1:08.95.
While Andrew Beveridge edged Jesse Washington to take the Boy’s 13 & Over 100m Freestyle A Final. Beveridge clocked 53.57, with Washington touching the wall in a time of 53.98 and Dejan Wellman finished third with a time of 55.71.
The Sharks coaches have been very pleased with the continued progress of the team after a spectacular Summer age groups. The hard work and dedication of the team continues to bear fruit with multiple personal best times and more records. The Saturday night finals were even more special because we had some of our overseas senior athletes at home to race in the new pool. Recently we have mentioned how the 1:00 barrier for local female swimmers in the 100 free had been broken so rarely. The final on Saturday had 4 females under 1:00 in one of the true highlights of this season. With Rebecca Heyliger, Lisa Blackburn and Ashley Yearwood swimming 58 seconds and young Maddy Moore close behind with 59 it was a proud moment for Bermuda Swimming. One of our younger seniors, Holly Bruton, swam an amazing 100 Breast claiming 2nd place in the 12 and unders and getting an AA time, missing a AAA time by a mere second.
