COLE BAY--Caribbean International Academy (CIA) won the 17th annual Caribbean Gems Inter-school High Schools Meet on Sunday. The meet, hosted by Carib Swim Team (CST), was attended by four schools: CIA, Learning Unlimited (LU), Milton Peter’s College (MPC) and St. Dominic’s High School.
Each school entered full teams of 12 pupils, ages 12-20 years, from grades 7-12 who swam in 13 events. All four competitive strokes were swum during the meet; backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle over distances of 50 and 100 metres. There were also relay races; 100m boys’ and girls’ freestyle, and 100m mixed medley with 2 girls and 2 boys swimming together in a team. Each swimmer could swim 2 individual races and one relay race.
After some fierce competition, the combined team results were: first place CIA with 127 points; in second place LU with 108 points and in an unprecedented tie MPC and St. Dominic’s took third place with 91 points, so everyone was a winner. More than a couple of races were neck and neck with finishes separated by milliseconds, making for an exciting morning at the pool for swimmers and spectators alike. MPC took home the Spirit Cup for their sportsmanship and cheering supporters.
Special mention goes to the following swimmers who won gold in both their individual races: Isabeau Croes (MPC), Emma Marshall (SDHS), Iris van den Oever (CIA), Yannick Arnoult (SDHS), Leshawn Brown (MPC) and Vadym Semkiv (CIA)
Girls 14 &under:
50m backstroke; gold Isabeau Croes (MPC), silver; Michelle Lemaitre (CIA) & bronze Diya Rajpal (SDHS)
100m freestyle; gold, Samantha Sollinger (CIA), silver, Dhrishti Shahani (SDHS) & bronze, Summer Jean Morton (LU)
50m breaststroke; gold, Selena Peterson (MPC); silver, Samantha Sollinger (CIA) & bronze Nina Gardes (CIA)
50m butterfly; gold Isabeau Croes (MPC) & silver Dhrishti Shahani (SDHS)
50m freestyle; gold Nina Gardes (CIA), silver Selina Peterson (MPC) & bronze Chanae Davis (SDHS)
Girls 15 &over
50m backstroke; gold Iris van den Oever (CIA)
100m freestyle; gold Emma Marshall (SDHS), silver Ivyanne Louisa (MPC) & bronze Bente Kemps (CIA)
50m breaststroke; gold Bente Kemps (CIA), silver Chantae Davis (SDHS) & bronze Kathlyn Vlaun (MPC)
50m butterfly; gold Emma Marshall (SDHS), silver Kiana Johnson (CIA) & Ivyanne Louisa (MPC)
50m freestyle; gold Iris van den Oever (CIA), silver Chantae Davis (SDHS) & bronze Kiana Johnson (CIA)
Boys 14 &under
50m backstroke; gold Sahil Khatnani (LU) & silver Jai Gangwani (SDHS)
100m freestyle; gold Vadym Semkiv (CIA), silver Sahil Khatnani (LU) & bronze Jai Gangwani (SDHS)
50m breaststroke; gold Thibault de Laguarigue (LU), silver Omarique Felix (SDHS) & bronze Gabriel Segatto (CIA)
50m butterfly; gold Vadym Semkiv (CIA), silver Paul ten Broecke (LU) & Omarique Felix (SDHS)
50m freestyle; gold Paul ten Broecke (LU), silver Gabriel Segatto (CIA) & bronze Thibault de Laguarigue (LU)
Boys 15 &over
50m backstroke; gold Leshawn Brown (MPC), silver Sebastian Kortenoever (CIA) & Rashad Romeo (LU)
100m freestyle; gold Yannick Arnoult (SDHS), silver Sebastian Kortenoever (CIA) & bronze Devesh Mirpuri (LU)
50m breaststroke; gold Yannick Arnoult (SDHS), silver Ki-mani Olivacce (LU) & bronze Kidd Holiday (MPC)
50m butterfly; gold Leshawn Brown (MPC), silver Nicholas de Tullio (LU) & Devesh Mirpuri (LU)
50m freestyle; gold Nicholas de Tullio (LU), silver Christofer van Vliet (MPC) & bronze Ki-mani Olivacce (LU).
(Photo Emma Croes.)
