Tag: Swimming
BASA Confirm New Short Course Swim Records
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association have updated their Short Course Meter records, following the Thornhill Swim Meet in Thornhill, Ontario Canada, the Ontario Winter Festival in Brantford, Ontario, Canada and the Speedo Eastern Canadian Championships in Windsor, Ontario, Canada Thornhill Swim Meet– Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Elan Daley is now... Read more of this article
Madelyn Moore Reaches Finals In Minnesota
Madelyn Moore reached two ‘A’ finals while competing this past weekend in the Vince Herring Classic Invitational Swim Meet in Minnesota. Moore competing in the girls 13-14 age group category advanced to the 100 yard backstroke A final when she finished 7th during the preliminaries with a time of 1:01.10. Moore also advanced to the A final... Read more of this article
BASA Hosts ‘Best of Best’ Swimming Meet
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association’s first best of Best Series Swim Meet took place at the BASA Pool this weekend. In early action Jessica Bruton swam to victory in the Girls 10 & Under 100 Meter Freestyle with a Personal Best time of 1:15.42, Skylar Trott finished second touching the wall in a time of 1:23.05 and Abigail Powell finished... Read more of this article
New Short Course Swiming Records Confirmed
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association have updated their Short Course Meter Records, following the Ontario Division 1 Team Championships, in Nepean, Ontario, Canada, the Quebec Cup 2 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and the Richmond Hill Winter Invitational, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Elan Daley broke five records while competing in the 8 and... Read more of this article
Roy Allan Burch Wins 2 Races In North Carolina
Bermuda’s Roy Allan-Burch took to the pool to compete in the 2014 Sunbelt Championships in North Carolina recently, picking up two victories. The two time Olympian won the 50 yard freestyle touching the wall in a time of 20.44. He beat out John Long who finished in second clocking a time of 20.69, and Christopher Harrigan who finished third with... Read more of this article
Roy Allan Burch Competes In Texas Grand Prix
Bermuda’s Roy Allan Burch was in action at the Arena Grand Prix held at the of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas this weekend. The two-time Olympian competed in the Men’s 100 Long Course Meter Freestyle Preliminaries where he finished in a time of 51.94 earning him a spot in the C Final. Burch finished 8th competing in the C Final, touching... Read more of this article
BASA Confirm New Short Course Swim Records
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association has released the updated Short Course Meter Records, following the Alex Baumann Invitational meet in Markham, Ontario, Canada and the Invitational P1 and P2 Christmas meet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Ethan Daley set a new 11-12 Boy’s 800m Freestyle record during the Alex Baumann Invitational Meet touching... Read more of this article
Lisa Blackburn Wins Five Medals In Boston Meet
Bermuda’s Lisa Blackburn took part in the New England Masters SCM Championship Meet in Boston on December 14 and 15, racing her way to five gold medals and four meet records. Ms Blackburn said, “I am really pleased with my performances from this weekend. On Sunday, I competed in three races in the span of 60 minutes. “This is a great way... Read more of this article
Bermuda Junior Swimmers Set New Records
The Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association have updated the Short Course Meter records following the recent meet in Montreal, along with the Mailboxes Unlimited Winter Age Group Championships. During the Provincial Invitational P1 and P2 Meet in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Vanessa Esposito broke four 15 and 16 Girls records. Esposito set a 200m individual... Read more of this article
Record Breaker Roy Allan Burch Does It Again
Only one week after shattering the Bermuda National Record in the 100m freestyle, Roy Allan Burch has lowered the record yet again, this time dropping it to 49.27 during a meet in Bolzano, Italy. As Burch broke the record twice last week [in the preliminaries, and again in the finals] this is technically the third time in a week the swimmer has set... Read more of this article
