Spectacular wins & PBs for VI swimmers in USVI

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The Virgin Islands' swim team in St Thomas, USVI. Mrs Simone Foster (left) of Harneys is seen presenting a sponsorship check to the VI swimmers at the St Thomas Meet. Photo: Provided

OECS Bronze medalist Khadija Sampson was again the standout swimmer for the Virgin Islands. Photo: Provided

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Six Virgin Islands’ swimmers competed in the St Thomas 2016 October Opener Swim meet with spectacular swims and numerous personal best times last weekend in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Swimming for Team Virgin Islands (VI) were Jaden Marshall, Keon Sampson, Kurt Salapare, Kassia Nichols, Khadija Sampson, and Arianna Angus and Coach Elsworth Phillip said he was happy with the many new personal best times.

Khadijah Sampson, competing in the U8 Division led the way with first place finishes in the 25m Freestyle event (21.19), 25m Breaststroke (25.99 new PB), 100M Freestyle (1:39.49) and a second place in the 25m Butterfly (22.71)

It was the team’s first meet since April and Elsworth pointed out that his team still has quite a bit of work to do heading into the OECS swimming Championships next month in St Vincent.

Jaden Marshall won the Boys 11-12 50m Breaststroke in a time of 45.13, which was a new PB and also finished first in the 50m Butterfly with a new PB of 42.29.

Arianna Angus claimed first place in the 11-12 Girls 100m Butterfly in a time of 1:41.69 (new PB) and in the 50m version with a new PB of 41.79.

Official Meet Results

Event	Swimmer	Place	Finals Time	Achievment
Boys 11-12 50Meter Freestyle	Jaden Marshall	2^nd	32.62	PB
Boys 11-12 50Meter Freestyle	Kurt Salapare	3^rd	33.63	PB
Boys 13 and Over 50Meter Freestyle	Keon Sampson	4^th	37.14	PB
Girls 8 & Under 25meter Freestyle	Khadija Sampson	1^st	21.19
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Breaststroke	Kassia Nichols	2^nd	45.04	PB
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Breaststroke	Jaden Marshall	1^st	45.13	PB
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Breaststroke	Kurt Salapare	2^nd	45.73	PB
Boys 13 & Over 50 Meter Breaststroke	Keon Sampson	2^nd	49.61	PB
Girls 8 & Under 25meter Breaststroke	Khadija Sampson	1^st	25.99	PB
Girls 11-12 100 Meter Butterfly	Arianna Angus	1^st	1:41.69	PB
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Backstroke	Kurt Salapare	2^nd	41.99
Girls 8 & Under 100 meter Freestyle	Khadija Sampson	1^st	1:39.49
Girls 11-12 100 meter Freestyle	Kassia Nichols	4^th	1:24.31	PB
Boys 11-12 100 meter Freestyle	Jaden Marshall	2^nd	1:19.59	PB
Boys 11-12 100 meter Freestyle	Kurt Salapare	3^rd	1:19.87	PB
Boys 13 & Over 100 meter Freestyle	Keon Sampson	3^rd	1:30.31	PB
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Butterfly	Jaden Marshall	1^st	42.29	PB
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Butterfly	Arianna Angus	1^st	41.79	PB
BOYS 13 & Over 50 Meter Butterfly	Keon Sampson	4^th	44.57	PB
Girls 8 & Under 25meterButterfly	Khadija Sampson	2^nd	22.71
Girls 11-12 100 Meter Breaststroke	Kassia Nichols	2^nd	1:42.63	PB
Girls 11-12 100 Meter IM	Arianna Angus	2^nd	1:34.79	PB

3 Responses to “Spectacular wins & PBs for VI swimmers in USVI”

bvi (04/10/2016, 09:56) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
WE ARE DOING BIG THINGS IN SPORTS OVERSEAS
BVI SWIM FAN (04/10/2016, 13:02) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
YEAH MAKOS MAKING US PROUD...BVI SWIM FEDERATION AND MAKOS CONTINUE DOING BIG THINGS. GREAT JOB TEAM..SWIM BVI ALL THE WAY
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Great job kids...

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