Bermuda Swimmers: 11 Medals & 2 Records

Bermuda’s swimmers continue to put on an outstanding performance at the 2010 Caribbean Island Swimming Championships [CISC] in Cuba, with a total medal count of 11 (4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze) after three days of competition.

Putting the proverbial icing on the cake, Keira Aitken won a gold medal in record style, setting a new CISC record in the 50m backstroke with a time 0:29.61, a time which sees her qualify for next year’s FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.

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That wasn’t the only record setting perfomance from the Bermuda team, as the silver medal winning female 4 x 100m medley relay team of Rebecca Sharpe, Lisa Blackburn, Kiera Aitken and Eleanor Gardner set a new Bermuda National record of 4:35.32, completely shattering the old record of 4:52.86 by a staggering 17 seconds.
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In the first two days the Bermuda National Team won 6 medals, and day three saw the team continue to build on their previous successes winning 5 more medals.
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Lisa Blackburn continued her superb form by winning her 3rd individual medal of these championships, a silver this time, in the 18 & over 50m breaststroke with a time of 0:35.19.

In the same event on the boy’s side, Julian Fletcher won a bronze medal in a time of 0:30.92. Emma Franklin won also a bronze medal in the girls 13 & 14 200m backstroke in a time of 2:36.34.

Finally, Roy-Allan Burch and Nick Thomson reached the finals in the 50m backstroke finishing 6th in a time of 29.07 and 7th in a time of 29.09 respectively and Morgan Hopkins reached the girls 15-17 year old 50m breaststroke final but she was unfortunately the victim of a false start.

Today [July 1] Day 4 of the Championship will see the following athletes in the water:

• 50m backstroke – Emma Franklin, 13 & 14 girls.
• 400m individual medley – Morgan Hopkins, 15 to 17 girls.
• 100m butterfly – Rebecca Heyliger, 15 to 17 girls; Roy-Allan Burch, 18 & over boys.
• 200m freestyle – Eleanor Gardner, 18 & over girls.

Bermuda sent a 10 strong team of 10 to compete in Havana City, Cuba in the meet will be held from June 28th to July 2nd. The team travelled to Florida for training in a 50 meter pool and final meet preparation before travelling to Cuba on June 26th. Representing Bermuda in Cuba are: Emma Franklin: Morgan Hopkins, Rebecca Heyliger, Eleanor Gardner, Rebecca Sharpe, Kiera Aitken, Lisa Blackburn, Nick Thomson, Julian Fletcher, Roy Allan Burch and Emma Franklin.
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In addition to Bermuda, 19 islands were invited to the 2010 Caribbean Championships: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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