54th National School’s Athletics, Swimming and Cycling Championships: District 11 (North Georgetown) are this year’s swimming champions

NORTH GEORGETOWN District 11 etched out its usually preliminary lead in the National School’s Championships when it championed the swimming segment, which was completed on Tuesday last at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.

Packed with some of the nation’s leading junior swimmers, including national champion Leon Seaton, North Georgetown ended with 429 points, defending their title and finishing a whopping 176 points ahead of their nearest contenders.
The North West District took second with their 253 points and left Upper Demerara/Kwakwani District to take third after they finished with 226 points, while Cuyuni/Mazaruni managed 174.5 points, with Rupununi and Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon both garnering 145 points to round off the top six finishers.

North Georgetown was strongest on the Boys side where the male team finished with 230 points, led by Seaton’s win in the Under-12 category, for which he captured gold in the 50m freestyle (31.62s) and 50m backstroke (39.44s).
In the Boys Under-16 age group, North Georgetown’s dominance was also evident as Nathon Hackett set a pace that his contenders found hard to keep up with, winning the 50m freestyle in 31.33secs, settling East Georgetown’s Nkosi Beaton’s 33.20 seconds to second place.
Hackett was even harder to overtake in the 50m butterfly, where his 38.45secs finish was way ahead of the 45.64 seconds clocked by South Georgetown’s Julian Griffith.
In the 50m backstroke, it was Rupununi’s Jeff Leonard that clocked 43.22secs to come in second to the 36.62 seconds that Hackett produced.
Further wins from Phillip DeNobrega and Jamaal Skeete in the Boys Under-18 category, Daniel Scott in the Under-16 and Noel Raekwon in the Under-10 underlined North Georgetown’s aim to be unquestionably the points’ leaders.
On the distaff side, North Georgetown’s Accalia Khan, Tiffany DeMoura and Kristen Odel dominated the girls’ Under-16, 18 and Open categories respectively, with Khan taking the 50m freestyle (31.84s), 100m freestyle (1:13.12s) and 50m backstroke (35.18s), while DeMoura took first place in the 50m freestyle (34.34s), 100m freestyle, and 50m breaststroke (49.87s)

The points standing for swimming were as follows: North Georgetown (429), North West (253), Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (226), Cuyuni/Mazaruni (174.5), Rupununi (145), East Coast and Pomeroon (145 each), East Georgetown (126), South Georgetown (122.5), West Demerara (50), West Coast Berbice( 47), East Bank Demerara (43), New Amsterdam/Canje (17), East Coast Demerara (12) and Potaro/Siparuni and Corentyne (10 each).

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