On Sunday, June 18, 2023, six (6) Anguillian swimmers of the Anguilla AquaSTARS participated in their third swim competition on St. Martin. The six (6) participating swimmers were Kahde Blanchard, Kaylani Richardson, Kendra Edwards, Kayleigh Vanterpool, Zuri Babrow and Jaichur Jackman. Our athletes placed in all four (4) events and their scores were as follows:
100 METER FREESTYLE
Kayleigh Vanterpool (11 – 12) – 3rd place – 1:51.57 minutes
Jaichur Jackman (13 – 14) – 3rd place – 1:43.15 minutes
50 METER BUTTERFLY
Kaylani Ricahrdson (9 – 10) – 2nd place – 56.27 seconds
Kayleigh Vanterpool (11 – 12) – 2nd place – 58:08 seconds
Jaichur Jackman (13 – 14) – 2nd place – 1:02 minutes
Zuri Babrow (13 – 14) – 3rd place – 1:20.35 minutes
50 METER BACKSTROKE
Kaylani Richardson (9 – 10) – 3rd place – 58:91 seconds
Kayleigh Vanterpool (11 – 12) – 1st place – 54:10 seconds
Event 50 METER BREASTSTROKE
Kahde Blanchard (9 – 10) – 3rd place – 58:59 seconds
Our club members and coaches are happy to state that one of our swim athletes, Jaichur Jackman, has been selected to travel to Trinidad in August to compete in this year’s seventh (7th) Commonwealth Youth Games. Jaichur has been with our clubs since the age of four and we are very delighted and proud to see her go this far. We are happy to have her represent our club and by extension, Anguilla. We wish her a great competition.
This was another remarkable performance by our athletes. It was truly a great success and we are thankful for the support we have received along the way. Thank you and much gratitude is extended to the participating swimmers, their parents, the club’s swim instructors and the club committee members. Sincere
thanks is extended to Frankie’s Swimming School and Carib Swim Team in St. Martin for the extensive training provided to our athletes and for assisting and encouraging them to grow and to the MV Deluxe Ferry for providing our club with a reduced rate for sea transportation. Lastly, we are indeed honoured and extremely grateful to have had the usual support of Calypso Charters, the Government of Anguilla – Department of Sports and the Anguilla Air and Sea Ports Authority.
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– Press Release