December 8, 2008
The St. Croix Dolphins swim team had 14 swimmers compete at the Puerto Rico Swimming Championships December 6-7 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were invited to attend as they had previously swum times faster than qualifying standards in two or more events over the past season.
Dolphins team members have fun at the swim meet
Dolphins Brigitte Rasmussen and Jemille Vialet established new VI swimming records at the meet.
Jemille Vialet broke three records in the 15-17 boys category:
1. He broke a 12-year-old record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.07. The mark was previously held by George Gleason, who competed for the Virgin Islands in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Jemille eclipsed the previous mark by seven tenths of a seconds.
2. Jemille bettered his own VI record in the 50 backstroke which he had just set back in October. He lowered the time to 28.07.
3. In his final swim of the weekend, Jemille broke the 200 backstroke record with a time of 2:14.77. He broke Kieran Locke’s record from 2001 by three quarters of a second.
Brigitte Rasmussen broke the 100 breastroke record in the 13-14 year old girls age group with a time of 1:21.94. Jamie Shufflebarger set the previous record in 2001 with a time of 1:22.94.
More good news for the Dolphins came in the form of qualifying new swimmers for the 2009 CARIFTA Championships to be held in Aruba. Evan Warehime qualified for the in the 100 backstoke with a time of 1:24.47 and Caylee Watson qualified in the 50 butterfly with a time of 33.57.
Numerous CDS swimmers swam faster than their previous best performance including:
| Nicholas Dascher |
50 breaststroke |
58.10 |
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100 im |
1:51.62 |
| Tony Hendricks |
50 backstroke |
41.88 |
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50 breaststroke |
46.74 |
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100 im |
1:33.75 |
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100 freestyle |
57.05 |
| Brigitte Rasmussen |
200 breastsroke |
2:59.74 |
| Jemille Vialet |
200 im |
2:20.03 |
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100 im |
1:02.27 |
| Evan Warehime |
100 butterfly |
1:17.56 |
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100 breaststroke |
1:28.01 |
| Caylee Watson |
100 butterfly |
1:17.56 |
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100 backstroke |
1:18.77 |
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200 backstroke |
2:51.00 |
The next competition will be at the Virgin Island National Short Course Championships held on December 13 at the Caribbean Health and Racquet Club at Beeston Hill. The Dolphins and St. Thomas Stingrays will be competing and having a great time together. Please come see our sport. The meet begins at 9:30 am.
The Dolphins invite any new swimmers and parents who might be interested in the team to contact them at either 719-7946 or dolphinscoach@islands.vi. Swimmers may try out the swim team or participate in the swim lessons program. Confidential financial assistance is available upon request.
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