History was created for Team BVI at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia at the weekend as the young swimmers captured 16 medals, including 9 gold medals and 5 OECS records. Photo: Facebook
Elinah Phillip won 10 medals and the OECS high point award in the girls 11-12 age group. She also established 5 new OECS records in the Girls 11-12 age group. Photo: BVISF
The 16-medal haul included 9 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. The girls’ team placed 4th overall while the boys placed 5th. Photo: BVISF
The Virgin Islands team established several national records and several personal best swims.
The Virgin Islands swim team captured 16 medals, 5 OECS records and recorded several national records and personal bests at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia. Photo: BVISF
The Virgin Islands swim team captured 16 medals, 5 OECS records and recorded several national records and personal bests at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia. Photo: BVISF
The Virgin Islands swim team captured 16 medals, 5 OECS records and recorded several national records and personal bests at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia. Photo: BVISF
The Virgin Islands swim team captured 16 medals, 5 OECS records and recorded several national records and personal bests at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia. Photo: BVISF
The Virgin Islands swim team captured 16 medals, 5 OECS records and recorded several national records and personal bests at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia. Photo: BVISF
The swimmers that represented the [British] Virgin Islands at the 23rd edition of the OECS Swimming Championships in Lucia. L to R: Dominic Munro, Jaden Marshall, Giselle Archibald- Bowers, Nicole Munro, Lawton Green and Bradford Green. Not in photo are Elinah and Amarah Phillip. Photo: BVISF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- History was created for Team BVI at the 23rd OECS Swimming Championships in St Lucia at the weekend as the young swimmers captured 16 medals, including 9 gold medals and 5 OECS records.
The Championships were held from November 8 to November 10, 2013 at the Rodney Heights Aquatic Complex.
Elinah Phillip won 10 medals and the OECS high point award in the girls 11-12 age group. She also established 5 new OECS records in the Girls 11-12 age group.
Phillip records came in the 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 50 Butterfly, 100 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley.
Amarah Phillip won 6 medals in the 13-14 age group and copped the 3rd place high point award in that age group.
The 16-medal haul included 9 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. The girls’ team placed 4th overall while the boys placed 5th. The junior boys made their inaugural appearance in the 200 medley and freestyle relays placing 4th and 5th respectively.
The team established several national records and several personal best swims. The usually well attended event highlighted emerging talent in the region with swimmers from the [British] Virgin Islands posting Carifta qualifying marks in a number of events.
It was the VI's 4th appearance at the event which is in its 23rd year. The event will now include open water swimming from next year and the BVI Swimming Federation (BVISF) hopes to be able to field a team including open water swimmers at next year’s meet.
The team was made up of Jaden Marshal, Nicole Munro, Dominic Munro, Lawton Green, Bradford Green, Giselle Archibald- Bowers, Amarah Phillip and Elinah Phillip. National Coach, Elsworth C. Phillip and President of the BVI Swimming Federation, Verne Wheatley also accompanied the team.
The BVISF again extends appreciation to its sponsors and parents who made participation at the Championships possible. Sponsors include Drakes Traders, VI National Bank, Oyster Global Marketing, Maples and Calder, Bitter End Yacht Club, Yates and Associates, BCQS, BVI Olympic Committee, KPMG, Kenny Tee’s, ACE Properties and Peter Island Resort.
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