Cayman’s swimmers were given a hero’s welcome at Owen Roberts International Airport Thursday afternoon after recording their best-ever showing at the Carifta Swimming Championships.
At the championships in Nassau from April 15-19, 19 teams competed in the pool and the Cayman Islands finished third with 621.5 points.
In terms of points, all swimmers making it to finals contribute to team points and then relays are double points.
In the High Points Awards, Cayman’s swimmers had the following top three finishing places:
Girls 11-12: Avery Lambert, third
Boys 11-12: Corey Frederick-Westerborg, second
Girls 13-14: Alison Jackson, third
Girls 15-17: Lauren Hew, first.
FINA Points Best Swim:
13-14: Alison Jackson – 100 LC (long course) Meter Freestyle prelims in a time of 58.22 for 714 points.
The FINA Points Table assigns point values to swimming performances. The base times are defined every year, based on the latest world record that was approved by FINA, the international governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.
The competition
Swimmers competed in age categories 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17 years old for pool races. Listed below are the Cayman athletes who won medals.
A total of 47 medals were won in the pool and three in open water (one silver, two bronze).
Gold
Lauren Hew (15-17), 50m backstroke
Corey Frederick-Westerborg (11-12), 100m butterfly
Corey Frederick-Westerborg, (11-12), 200m freestyle
Alison Jackson (13-14), 200m freestyle
Lauren Hew (15-17), 200m freestyle
Avery Lambert (11-12), 100m backstroke
Lauren Hew (15-17), 100m backstroke
Avery Lambert, Sophie Ellison, Stephanie Royston, Raya Embury-Brown (11-12), 4x100m medley
Corey Frederick-Westerborg, (11-12), 100m freestyle
Lauren Hew (15-17), 100m freestyle
Stephanie Royston (11-12), 200m butterfly
Lauren Hew (15-17), 400m freestyle
Alison Jackson (13-14), 50m freestyle
Avery Lambert (11-12), 200m backstroke
Lauren Hew (15-17), 200m backstroke
Alison Jackson (13-14), 100m freestyle.
Silver
Zachary Moore (13-14) 1,500m
Avery Lambert, Stephanie Royston, Raya Embury-Brown, Kyra Rabess (11-12), 4x100m freestyle relay
Lauren Hew, Samantha Bailey, Sarah Jackson, Ella Plunkett (15-17), 4x100m freestyle relay
Avery Lambert (11-12), 200m freestyle
Zachary Moore (13-14), 200m freestyle
Corey Frederick-Westerborg (11-12), 50m butterfly
Avery Lambert (11-12), 400m IM
Sabine Ellison (13-14), 400m IM
Corey Frederick-Westerborg (11-12), 200m IM
Lauren Hew (15-17), 200m IM
Alison Jackson, Ria Plunkett, Emily Link, Sabine Ellison (13-14), 4x200m relay
Lauren Hew, Samantha Bailey, Sarah Jackson, Ella Plunkett (15-17), 4x200m relay
Jonathan Key, Eddie Weber, Rory Barrett, John Bodden (15-17), 4x200m relay
Avery Lambert (11-12), 400m freestyle
John Bodden (15-17) Open Water 5K
Bronze
Ria Plunkett (13-14) 800m freestyle
Sam Bailey (15-17) 800m freestyle
John Bodden (15-17) 1,500m freestyle
Sabine Ellison (13-14), 200m breaststroke
Avery Lambert (11-12) 50m backstroke
Zachary Moore (13-14), 50m backstroke
Lauren Hew (15-17), 100m butterfly
Ria Plunkett, Emily Link, Sabine Ellison, Alison Jackson (13-14), 4x100m freestyle relay
Eddie Weber (15-17), 400 IM (tie)
Avery Lambert (11-12), 200 IM
Sabine Ellison (13-14), 200 IM
John Bodden (15-17), 200m butterfly
Ria Plunkett (13-14), 400m freestyle
Zachary Moore (13-14), 400m freestyle
Corey Frederick-Westerborg (11-12), bronze, 50m freestyle
Zachary Moore (13-14), 200m backstroke
Samantha Bailey, Lauren Hew, Ella Plunkett, Sarah Jackson (15-17), 4x50m freestyle relay
Ria Plunkett (13-14) Open Water 5K
Sam Bailey (15-15) Open Water 5K.
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