Homer breaks swim records

The 12-year-old from Stingrays club created a new mark in the Boys 11-12 50-metre backstroke in 30.26 seconds, nearly a second better than Cadell Lyons’ 31.03 time which was set in August.

Lyons, of Barracudas, also set a personal best time of 31.01 as he finished second, while Christopher Buffon of Tidal Wave (32.73) was third.

Homer and Lyons were again one-two in the 200m butterfly, with Homer touching the wall in two minutes 25.08 seconds, lowering the previous time of Franz Huggins (2:25.71) which he set in 1992.

Lyons followed in 2:44.11 while Warren Kellman (2:52.62) took bronze.

Homer also pocketed one more gold, in the 400m freestyle, clocking 4:40.84, with Buffon (4:42.08) taking silver and Justin Babb of Pirates (4:57.53) bronze.

Like Homer, Rahael was victorious in all her three races on the night.

Competing in the Girls 11-12 division, the Marlins mermaid won the 400m freestyle in 5:00.84, with Flying Fish’s Shanice Mohammed (5:06.00) second and Kadeja Phillip of Silver Fins (5:15.78) third.

She copped the 50m backstroke in 33.87, with Mohammed (36.04) and Renee Gordon of La Joya Torpedoes (36.37) trailing; and the 200m butterfly in 2:47.23, with Phillip (2:52.42) and Makayla Armstrong of Stingrays (2:54.94) next.

Joel Sankar, Jarryd Gregoire, Kimberly John-Williams and Moriba De La Rosa each collected two gold medals on the night.

Sankar, who is unattached, had two comfortable victories in the Boys 13-14s.

First was the 400m freestyle in four minutes 38.48 seconds, with Felix Meixner of Rodney Heights (4:44.48) and Zadok Isaacs of Marlins (4:47.22) next.

Then came the 200m butterfly which he won in 2:22.89, ahead of Walter Romany of Blue Dolphins (2:30.94) and Osei Campbell of Flying Fish (2:36.78). In the Boys 15-and-over, Marlins’ Gregoire copped the 400m freestyle in 4:27.55, with clubmate Jules Graham (4:32.79) and Tidal Wave’s Abeeku Philip-Ford (4:33.66) trailing; and the 200m butterfly in 2:20.45, followed by clubmate Jules Graham (2:21.94) and Tidal Wave’s Andrew Joseph (2:55.80).

John-Williams, representing Piranhas, captured the Girls 9-10 50m backstroke in 36.07, with Pine Hill Alpha’s Janay Cumberbatch (39.30) and Barracudas’ Cardesha Lyons (40.14) trailing. She then won the 200m Individual Medley in two minutes 52.88 seconds, with Cumberbatch (2:56.58) and Pine Hill clubmate Zandel Holder (3:06.84) next.

In the Boys 9-10 age group, De La Rosa of Blue Dolphins won the 50m backstroke in 35.60, followed by Kegan Ellis of Barracudas (38.51) and Darren Beckles of Pine Hill Alpha (38.83).

DeLa Rosa also won the 200m IM in 2:51.65, ahead of Kareem Baptiste of Stingrays (2:57.88) and Joshua Changar of Tidal Wave (2:59.94).

Action continues tonight and ends tomorrow evening.

Other Results —

Girls 13-14

400m freestyle:

1.Raenelle La Carrillo (Tidal Wave) 5:09.25; 2.Nathania La Pierre (Blue Dolphins) 5:16.53; 3.Kristin Ahloy (Marlins) 5:19.96.

Girls 15-and-over

400m freestyle:

1.Shannon Duval (Blue Dolphins) 4:52.20; 2.Marsha Watson (Pine Hill Alpha) 4:54.86; 3.Kimba Collymore (Blue Dolphins) 5:00.85.

Girls 8-and-under

50m backstroke:

1.Bryana Duncan (Tidal Wave) 43.60; 2.Theana Hay (Tidal Wave) 44.55; 3.Kristin Julien (Tsunami) 44.68.

Boys 8-and-under

50m backstroke:

1.Jonathan Fabio (Tidal Wave) 40.36; 2.Michael Seabrun (Tidal Wave) 41.05; 3.Jabari Baptiste (Blue Dolphins) 42.10.

Girls 13-14

50m backstroke:

1.Brittany Stewart (Blue Dolphins) 34.38; 2.Malika Walker (Tidal Wave) 35.45; 3.Nathania La Pierre (Blue Dolphins) 36.38.

Boys 13-14

50m backstroke:

1.Walter Romany (Blue Dolphins) 30.33; 2.Rory Yearwood (Marlins) 30.68; 3.Anthony Edwards (Tidal Wave) 30.77.

Girls 15-and-over

50m backstroke:

1.Donna Marie Wickham (Tidal Wave) 31.99; 2.Renee Pouchet (Blue Dolphins) 33.71; 3.Dayna Jacob (Marlins) 38.47.

Boys 15-and-over

50m backstroke:

1.Orlando Thom (Tidal Wave) 28.39; 2.Jarryd Gregoire (Marlins) 29.09; 3.Andre Schamber (Piranhas) 29.99.

Girls 13-14

200m butterfly:

1.Kristin Ahloy (Marlins) 2:54.34; 2.Malika Walker (Tidal Wave) 2:56.06; 3.Caleah Gregoire (Marlins) 3:00.09.

Girls 15-and-over

200m butterfly:

1.Marsha Watson (Pine Hill Alpha) 2:36.73; 2.Kimba Collymore (Blue Dolphins) 2:38.26; 3.Megan Charles (Marlins) 3:08.16.