2nd Place for St. Lucia Swimmers at the OECS Swim Championship

After 3 days of intense competition in Antigua, under the watchful eyes of Coaches Jamie Peterkin and Brian Charles, St. Lucia held the 2^nd place position at the OECS Swim Championship held this past weekend. With a total medal count of 100 it was not enough to retain the title.

Through the teams various challenges of swimmers injuries, they fought their way for the first two days of competition in 3^rd place. The 13 and over age groups were up against a big challenge that was too tough to crack with the dominance of Grenada and Antigua teams. On Day 3, the final competition day, with much motivation from the coaches, the team fought a good fight and earned a 2^nd place position.

Holding on to the OECS trophy was the Grenada Swim Team posting 1417 points to St. Lucia’s 1341.5 points. The Antiguan team placed 3^rd with 1326.5 points on the score sheet.

St. Lucia men held scores of 708.5 points and women 633 points.

The Medal count for team St. Lucia on the final day was 21 Gold, 34 Silver and 34 Bronze Medals. The relay teams also brought in 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze Medals

8 OECS records were broken by the following swimmers; Antoine Destang, the youngest swimmer on the team swimming 25Fly, 11 -12 Katie Kyle swimming 50 Fly and 100 Fly, 11-12 Jammar Archibald and Terrel Monplaisir swimming 200IM, 15-17 Thalia Bergasse swimming 50BK, 11-14 Girls swimming the 200 Medley Relay and 200 free Relay comprising Eden Crick, Abbie Pultie, Katie Kyle and Mikaela Casamir.

The point standing at the end of the meet for the top three placements were

8 and Under Girls

1^st Shelby Neckles – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Kennice Greene – St. Vincent Swim Team

3^rd Jamie Joachim – St. Vincent Swim Team

8 and Under Boys

1^st Antoine Destang – St. Lucia Swim Team

2^nd Joshua Wilson – Grenada Swim Team

3^rd Terron Herelle – St. Lucia Swim Team

9 – 10 Girls

1^st Kimberly Ince – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Chesie Winter – Antigua Swim Team

3^rd Mia Neckles – Grenada Swim Team

9 – 10 Boys

1^st Gresham Zackary – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd D’Andre Blanchard – St. Lucia Swim Team

3^rd Esty Tanner – Antigua Swim Team

11-12 Girls

1^st Katie Kyle – St. Lucia Swim Team

2^nd Olivia Fuller – Antigua Swim Team

3^rd Zoe Dennis – Antigua Swim Team

11 – 12 Boys

1^st Lleyton Martin – Antigua Swim Team

2^nd Jammar Archibald – St. Lucia Swim Team

3^rd Jaden Wuillier & Terrel Monplaisir – St. Lucia Swim Team

13 – 14 Girls

1^st Sammantha Roberts – Antigua Swim Team

2^nd Shne’ Joachim – St. Vincent Swim Team

3^rd Makaela Holowchak – Antigua Swim Team

13 – 14 Boys

1^st Delron Felix – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Nikolas Sylvester – St. Vincent Swim Team

3^rd Daryl Appleton – Antiqua Swim Team

15-17 Girls

1^st Oreouwa Cherbin – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Rachael Wall – Antigua Swim Team

3^rd Thalia Bergasse – St. Lucia Swim Team

15 – 17 Boys

1^st Noah Gomes – Antigua Swim Team

2^nd Stefano Mitchell – Antigua Swim Team

3^rd Ollivierre Kerry – Grenada Swim Team

18 and over Girls

1^st Katie West – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Karin Clashing – Antigua Swim Team

3^rd Ashleigh Mc Leisha – Grenada Swim Team

18 and Over Boys

1^st Esau Simpson – Grenada Swim Team

2^nd Chris Regis – Grenada Swim Team

3^rd Jonathan Calderon – St. Lucia Swim Team

Four swimmers namely Matheo Capasso earning a silver medal, Donna Capasso-Graham, Jamie Peterkin and Jonathan Mc Lennon each walking away with a Gold medal, represented St. Lucia in the Open Water competitive round, the newest competitive swim in the OECS Swim Meet.

The St. Lucia Amateur Association is extremely grateful to the sponsors who came on board to assist Team St. Lucia in representing at the OECS Swim Championship 2015. Special mention must be made of the assistance from the Ministry Youth Development and Sports in conjunction with the National Lotteries.

The Association also thanks Main Sponsor Lime and other supporting sponsors to include Lucelec, West Indies Shipping, Tourism Enhancement Fund, M & C Ltd, Piton Malt, St. Lucia Olympic Committee, Bank of St. Lucia, Mc Namara and Co, KFC, Royal Bank, Buzz, Tapion Doctors, and FDL Consult Inc, Team Manager Jean Mederick, Chaperone Sabby Hazell, Parents and the entire swimming fraternity.

OECS Swim Championship will be held in St. Vincent 2016.