Thornhill makes splash for Stingrays

KIMBERLY Janine Thornhill copped the 11-12 girls age group for her club, St Michael’s Stingray Swim Club, at the recent five-day National Short Course Swimming Championships in the Flying Fish Swim Pool, Federation Park.

Other overall age-group winners for the Stingrays included Cadell Lyons, who defeated clubmate Christian Homer to claim the boys 9-10; and Kareem Baptiste, who was the joint champ alongside Moriba De La Rosa of Blue Dolphins in the boys eight-and-under. Another Stingray, Josiah Morales was third. The south-based team, coached by ex-national swimmer and record holder Terry-Ann Evelyn, captured three first-placed trophies in addition to two second-placed and two third-placed awards during the meet. Cardesha Lyons was the runner-up in the girls eight-and-under category, ahead of teammate Khadija Thornhill. And, among the medallists were Krystal Huggins and Kerron Pierre, each claiming bronze in the 100m breaststroke; and Ryan Rigues, who took silver in the boys 9-10 50m breaststroke.