Seven Black Sands Swim Squad swimmers took themselves to Bequia on Sunday 27th October and took part in the Independence Day Open water swim race, hosted by the Rising Stars Swim Team in collaboration with the Bequia Traditional Youth Sailors.
Youngsters Mia Bailey and twins Daniella and Natalie Clarke competed in the 350-meter girls 12 years and under the category.
It was Mia who swam the fastest and won the race taking the gold medal, whilst Daniella beat the rest of the swimmers and claimed the silver medal and her sister Natalie held on and clinched the bronze medal.
Competing in the 1500 meter race was Miss Mya DeFreitas in the girls 13 to 14 years category, Eltonte’ Leonard in the Boys 13 to 14 years category and both Aaron DeFreitas and Cruz Halbich competed in the boys 15 years and over category. The results were great.
Gold for both Mya and Eltonte’, whilst both Cruz and Aaron dominated their age group with Cruz receiving the gold and Aaron the silver medal.
BSSS Coach Kyle Dougan said “it was great to see the results from ALL the BSSS swimmers and also great to see them swimming with such good fitness levels.
Rising Stars did a fantastic job hosting the competition and I would like to express our gratitude to Kim Halbich for kindly helping with the transportation of the swimmers from St Vincent to Bequia.”
