24 New Records Set At Swim Championships
The Schroders Spring Swimming Championships were held this past weekend, with over 20 records falling as some of the island’s best swimmers hit the pool.
Speaking after the meet, Coach Richard Goodwin said “From a National perspective having this level of results at this point in the season can only build confidence in what the Bermuda program can produce.
“Lisa Blackburn showed good promise in the 50 breast with a time in striking distance of the Commonwealth Games qualifying standard. Roy-Allan Burch continues to improve and the changes in stroke and power were evident in his performances over the weekend even though he was not rested for the meet.”
He continued, “Sharks swim club is very proud of our 5 age group champions, 12 age group records and 2 National records that were produced over the 4 day competition. More importantly I would like to highlight the overall performance of the team with 144 personal best swims which were produced by swimmers that have competed in these events several times over the season.
“It is always great for the team to produce when they are expected to produce and confirms the hard work that has been put in to our club training over the season so far is paying dividends. The rigorous schedule of stroke development, land based strength and conditioning provided the base that produced this results.
“Ashley Irby had a breakout meet for the season when she produced 6 personal best swims and showed her ability in both free and back as she prepares to swim these events for Bermuda at Carifta. Isabelle Dutranoit who will be swimming in her first Carifta this year was able to produce 6 personal best times with two of them at the A standard in her new age group of 13-14.
“Skyler Powell gave us a glimpse into next year’s Carifta with her 5 personal best times with 4 of them at ‘A’ standard. 10 year old Jessica Bruton was able to swim 6 PB’s all at AA standard. She has to wait another year to be eligible for Carifta but is impatient and has already set her first time in the 11-12 age group. Ciara Henschke produced 6 personal best times and is recovering nicely from her broken arm earlier this season.
“Shannon Hassell returned to form with 4 personal best times and 2 swims at AAA. She moved up an age group during the meet with her 15th birthday. Jesse Washington continues to build toward Carifta with very strong swims that produced record times. He will be looking forward to his training camp in Charlotte when he travel with his swimming mentor Roy-Allan Burch this Saturday.
“Maddie Moore was in spectacular form for this meet. She had 7 personal best swims in her 7 events and produced 8 age group records. 2 of her swims were at AAAA standard and her 50 free time was only 6 points away from Lisa Blackburn’s high point winning swim. Her performances at this beet will help to build her confidence into her new age group at Carifta.
“Rebecca Heyliger was home on break from USC and was in a dual with Lisa Blackburn in the 100 IM while also producing a very strong swim in the 50 fly. She returned to USC on Sunday and will be back to training in preparation for making her Commonwealth Games time.
“Having our big Shark Roy-Allan Burch back on Island was a treat for all spectators at the BASA pool over the weekend. You could hear the crowd gasp at the sheer speed and power of his swims and his amazing swim technique. He will be staying on island for this week while giving motivational talks to several Bermuda public schools, swim sessions to young swimmers and clinic at the BASA pool for Masters and also for young up and coming swimming stars.
“Training will resume immediately as we prepare for Carifta in April and the local calendar will see Best of Best 3 in May followed by National Championships in June.
“Harbour continued into the first major meet of the year carrying much of the form which has seen over 400 personal best times in this season. With a total of 6 new national records for the club, Emma Harvey, once again led Harbour with some spectacular performances, setting new times in the 100IM, 200IM, 50fly and 100fly and 200 backstroke.
“The rapidly improving Nick Brando, who has forced his way into the Carifta team with significant improvements in 2013-14, managed to break the 200 Backstroke National Record in the 11/12 age group. This record, was previously held by two time Olympian, Roy-Allan Burch, who was present at the meet to see his mark bettered and offer his congratulations to Nick.
“Jack Harvey performed strongly with some significant time improvements and remains one to watch as he narrowly missed National Records in multiple events, whilst Max McCrimmon reached the necessary time to allow him to attend the BASA Squad training.
“Zeb Wakeley, who only started swimming in September 2013, made significant time drops continuing the rapid improvement shown since the start of the season. With heats and finals swum for the first time in 2014, swimmers had multiple swims, and over 200 personal best times were recorded by the Harbour swimmers.”
As Harbour continues to add new aspects to its training routine, the developments continue to pay dividends as evidenced with the results. Head Coach Shona Palmer stated, “It is fantastic to see so many outstanding performances, from National records to swimmers who are participating at this level for the first time. Our team of coaches continue to focus on both technique, athletic development, and fun as we work with the swimmers to maximize their potential in and enjoyment of the sport.”
New Records set at the Schroders Spring Swimming Championships:
- 24 Record swims
- Maddie Moore 8 13-14 age group records
- 50 free prelims 26.78 lowering her previous record of 26.85
- 50 free finals 26.62.
- 100 free finals lowering her own record of 59.46 to 58.73
- 200 free finals taking the record from team mate Shannon Hassell from 2:10.91 to 2:10.30
- 50 fly finals 29.89 lowering her own record of 30.43
- 50 back finals she swam 30.39 to lower her own record of 31.22
- 100 back finals she took another record from Shannon Hassell of 1:07.71 to 1:07.01
- 200 back finals she took the record from Rebecca Sharpe set in Dec 2005 from 2:27.37 to 2:25.88
Emma Harvey 6 11-12 age group records
- 100 IM prelims she lowered her own record from 1:14.26 to 1:14.04
- 100 IM finals she lowered her record again to 1:10.65
- 200 IM finals she lowered her record from 2:37.73 to 2:34.07
- 50 fly prelims she lowered her own record from 30.92 to 30.57
- 100 fly finals she lowered her time set in February from 1:09.97 to 1:08.78
- In the 200 backstroke she took the record from Maddie Moore from 2:36.17 to 2:33.08
Jesse Washington 2 13-14 age group records
- 50 fly finals he lowered his own record from 27.09 to 27.07
- 100 free finals he tied his own record of 53.98
- 100 back finals he lowered his own record from 1:03.16 to 1:02.89
Ashley Irby 2 11-12 age group records
- 800 free finals she broke Nicole Yearwoods record of 10:31.07 from 2004 in a time of 10:14.77
- 200 free finals she broke Ashley Yearwood’s record of 2:17.43 to 2:16.89
Lisa Blackburn – Bermuda National Record
- 50 breast final from 32.96 to 32.88. The pool record was from 2002 and the time was just over 1 tenth from qualifying her for this summer’s Commonwealth Games
Roy-Allan Burch – Bermuda National Records
- 50 back finals he lowered his own record from 26.90 to 26.56
- 50 free finals he lowered his record from Italy of 22.41 to 22.24
Nick Brando 11-12 age group record
- 200 back finals taking the record from Roy-Allan Burch from 1998 of 2:35.48 to 2:34.82
High Points winners were selected using FINA points. The points are tabulated by 1,000 point being the FINA World record with no regard to age. The 7 possible events to enter were combined to give the total score.
- 10& under girl champion Jessica Bruton 2,222 points
- 10& under boys Champion Jack Harvey 1,507 points
- 11&12 girls Champion Emma Harvey 3,546 points
- 11&12 boys Champion Brett Smith 2,099 points
- 13&14 girls Champion Maddie Moore 4,177 points
- 13&14 boys Champion Jesse Washington 3,664 points
- 15&Over girls Champion Sophie Froud 3,529
- 15&Over Boys Champion Philip Hagen 3,449
- Overall High point swim female Lisa Blackburn in the 50 breast with 672 points
- Overall High points swim male Roy-Allan Burch 50 free with 760 points
The full results follow below [PDF here]
