IT was yet another year of disorganisation at the swimming competition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships, but that did not prevent North Georgetown from defending their title and continuing their stronghold in the pool. Returning with their usual throng of quality swimmers, it came as no surprise; for the District ruled the competition at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday.

Lian Winter, Daniel Scott, Amy Grant and Teshanna  Hunter were just a few of the names who made several trips to the podium as they grabbed medal after medal for District 11.As organisers still grappled to correctly tally the points late into the evening, North were officially declared the winners finishing with 422 points, to keep Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (District 10) at bay. District 10 were second with 296.5 points; while South Georgetown held on to third with 237 points, with their team being led by the astonishing skills of young Aleka Persaud.

East Georgetown ended in fourth with 180.5 points, to ensure all of the Georgetown Districts made it into the top five. Rounding out the top five were Bartica (District 7) with 174 points. District 11 sealed off their dominance for the day by claiming both the Boys’ and Girls’ Open relays. Winter, Hunter, Grant and Accalia Khan teamed up to the secure the Girls’ win, while Leon Seaton, Noel Raekwon, Alex Winter, and Scott were too much for the competitors.District 1 managed second in the Girls’ relay, while District 10 was close behind in second for the Boys.

The day started out with the 100m backstroke, where Hunter, Scott and Khan took early wins for the District. As the day moved on routinely, Scott shared the spoils in the Boys’ Open category with his team mate Alex. Scott won the 100m backstroke (1:12.44s), 50m butterfly (28.12s) and 50m backstroke (31.19s), while Alex won the 50m freestyle (26.94s) and 100m freestyle. In the Girls’ open category Accalia Khan and her team mate Maiya Francois were getting quite the run from Linden’s Nikita Fiedtkou, who trumped Khan in the 50m breaststroke in a time of 43.25 seconds, Khan being some five seconds behind.

Fiedtkou also picked up the 100m freestyle (1:05.19s) and 50m butterfly wins (34.25s). Khan won the 100m backstroke (1:24.41s) and 50m backstroke (37.31s), while Francois claimed the 50m freestlye (32.32s)The full points standing for the swimming competition are as follows: North Georgetown (Dist 11) 422 points Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (Dist 10) 296.5 points South Georgetown (Dist 13) 237 points East Georgetown (Dist 12)  180.5 points Bartica (Dist 7) 174 points North West (Dist 1) 173 points Rupununi (Dist 9) 128 pointsEssequibo Coast/Pomeroon (Dist 2) 124 pointsEast Bank Demerara (Dist  14) 58 pointsWest Coast Berbice (Dist 5) 21 pointsEast Coast Demerara (Dist 4) 20 pointsWest Demerara (Dist 3) 12 pointsPotaro/Siparuni (Dist 8) 4 pointsCorentyne (Dist 6) 3 points