The St. Croix Dolphins Swim Team participated in its first short course swim meet of the season at the Beeston Hill swimming pool on St. Croix. Forty-five Dolphins participated in the meet, which included swimmers ranging in age from 5 to 17 swimming events in a 25-meter pool.
The team hoped to accomplish two objectives in this meet: 1) obtain personal best swim times and 2) qualify for the Campeonatos de Piscina Corta to be held in Puerto Rico on Dec. 1-2. All in all, the Dolphins swimmers produced 80 percent personal best times out of all races. The biggest time reductions occurred in the ‘Age 8 and Under’ category, with swimmers in this age group consistently dropping time in their races, some dropping up to 15 seconds.
Each swimmer was allowed to swim four events at this meet. The following Dolphins swimmers achieved 45 qualifying times for the Puerto Rico meet in these events.
Kinobi Banwaree 50m butterfly
Tony Hendricks 100m backstrok50m breaststroke
Lidia Boguslawska 50m breaststroke
Matthew Mays 50m butterf 200m individual medley, 200m butterfly
Webster Bozzo 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m individual medley Reena Tarver 50m butterfly, 50m breaststroke,100m breaststroke
Zackary Bozzo 50m breaststroke
Hannah Tonin 50m backstroke
Daniel Garriga-Cerni 100m individual medley, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke Victor Torres 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m individual medley
Tiy Gonzalez 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke
Jelena Vialet 100m backstroke
Kira Griffith 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke
JJ Washshah 200m free 100m individual medley, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke
Chloe Hayden 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke
Caylee Watson 50m backstro,100m backstroke,100m butterfly,200m individual medley
Thalia Hendricks 50m backstroke, 100m breaststroke
Kenny Wilson 200m freestyl100m individual medley, 50m breaststroke,100m freestyle
In addition to these qualifying times, three new records were set during the meet in the ‘Age 8 and Under’ category (meaning there was no previous record recorded). Seven-year-old Michael Dizon-Bumann set a new record in the ‘Age 8 and Under’ 100m backstroke with a time of 2:11.38, as well as the record in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 2:22.43. Eight-year-old Briana Mattis set a new record in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 2:43.59.
The Dolphins Swim Team thanks all of the parents who volunteered their time to help with the swim meet. These meets cannot happen without the support of volunteers. The Dolphins would also like to thank their friends at Beeston Hill for graciously allowing the team to use their facility for the swim meet.
For additional information on the meet or upcoming Dolphins events, contact the Dolphins office at 719-7946 or e-mail stcroixdolphins@gmail.com.
