Two national age group records were broken during the time trials swim meet hosted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swimming Federation (SVGSF) at the Shrewsbury Aquatic Centre on June 7 and 8
Representing Black Sands Swim Squad (BSSS), Kione DeShong broke the national record in the Boys 11–12 age group 100m breaststroke.
DeShong clocked a time of 1:13.13, surpassing the previous record of 1:13.44 held by Nikolas Sylvester for 13 years.
Caghry Williams of Blue Marlins also broke the record with a strong swim of 1:13.31, finishing just behind DeShong.
DeShong and Williams’ record-breaking swims were, their times rank them number 2 and number 3, respectively in the British swimming rankings for their age category.
In the Boys 15–16 age group, BSSS’s Matthew Ballah continued his impressive form by breaking his own national record in the 50m backstroke.
Ballah posted a time of 27.30 seconds, improving on his previous mark of 27.76 seconds.
BSSS head coach Kyle Dougan said the record-breaking performances clearly demonstrate the impressive talent within competitive swimming in SVG.
He said he hopes that the SVGSF will organise more time trials, providing swimmers with more opportunities to compete.