Yearwoods Win Medals in Championships
Bermudians Ashley and Nicole Yearwood competed in the Joe Gawry’s Southeastern Middle School Championships in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with Ashley winning two gold medals and Nicole winning a silver medal.
Ashley was part of the Baylor School women’s 200 yard freestyle relay gold medal winning team that set a new record in the competition. Ashley swam the second leg for the team that was clocked at 1:32.63 beating the previous record of 1:32.75.
Ashley swam the third leg of the Baylor School women’s 200 yard medley relay team that finished first in a time of 1:41.87.
Nicole won her silver medal in the women’s 200 yard freestyle B final, when she finished second clocking 1:55.83.
In the Women’s 50 yard freestyle A final Ashley finished 4th in a time of 24.32, while Nicole finished 5th in the B final with a time of 25.22 and Ashley finished 6th in the women’s 100 yard freestyle with a time of 52.76.