Alia goes to Beijing

by | Jun 19, 2008 | Uncategorized

Alia Atkinson booked her passage to Beijing with a time trial in the 200 metre breastroke in Austin, Texas in a new national record. Swimming at the Texas Senior Circuit Swim Meet June 5-8 Alia posted 2:31.28 besting the Olympic B Qualifying time of 2:33.40. Earlier in the meet proper she had placed third in a time of 2:33.89 an agonizing .40 off the mark needed to go to the 2008 Olympic Games.

In the time trial Atkinson went out hard on the first 50 in 34.40 just .07 slower than her fourth place performance in the one lap event. The first 100 metres went in 1:13.19 before she closed the last 100 in 1:18.09. This makes up somewhat for the disappointment of weeks earlier when she had made numerous Olympic Qualifying times at her school pool at Texas A and M only to learn that the times would not count as the pool was 49.97 metres long instead of 50 metres the official length an Olympic sized swimming pool.

The 19 year old swimmer who represented Comets swim team also put up good performances in the afore mentioned where she placed fourth in a time of 34.33. She placed second in the 100 metre breastroke in 1:12.06 with a split time of 33.86. She took top spot in the 100 butterfly C Final with a time of 1:03.69 split time 29.75. She also attempted another Olympic qualifying mark this time in the 100 metre breastroke. That time trial was not as successful as the 200 as her first 50 of 34.92 worked against her and she touched in 1:13.26.

Video of races

  • Alia 50 breastroke
  • Alia 100 breastroke
  • Alia 200 breastroke
  • Alia 100 fly

Lani Cabrera’s recent exploits

by | Jun 17, 2008 | Uncategorized

The 17th Annual Aquatic International Swim Meet was held at the Aquatic Center in Wildey, Christ Church, Barbados from May 30th to June 1st 2008. The Stingrays Swim Club Barbados managed a fourth place to first place Pine Hill Alpha Swim Club Barbados in a field of 20 local and regional swim clubs.

Lani Cabrera, multiple gold medalist at the Carifta Swimming Meet 2008, was in fine form competing for Stingrays. In the opening event, the 400M Free, she won in a time of 4:31.67 breaking the Barbados National Open Women’s Record of 4:33.60 set by Natalie Crump in 1999. Later in the evening she was able to break the Barbados National 13-14 Age Group Record with a time of 2:32.17, bettering 2:35.85 set by Danielle Timothy in 1998.

The second night had Lani swimming the 200 Free where she broke the Barbados National 13-14 Age Group Record clocking 2:11.44 to Natalie Crump’s 2:11.96 from 1996.

During the meet Lani was able to break the Aquatic International Girls13-14 age group records in the 200 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 I.M. and 400 I.M.

The Caribbean Island Swimming Championship(CISC) will be held in Jamaica from July 18-22, 2008. Under the direction of Stingray’s coach Henderson Clarke, Lani will culminate her year long macro training program by attempting to successfully represent Barbados at the meet where 20 national age group teams will be competing

CISC 2008 – Jamaica Home Page

http://www.swimjamaica.com/CISC_2008/CISC_2008_Home.htm