RAEKWON Noel registered the Dorado Speed Swim Club’s first gold medal in the ASATT Invitational Club Meet when he competed in the 800m freestyle race yesterday morning in Trinidad.

The 12-year-old, who swam in the 11-12 years division, clocked 9:48.60s, which was over 40 seconds faster than second place finisher Stachys Harley.
Up to yesterday afternoon, the ace Guyanese club, which is being represented by 14 swimmers at the T&T FINA-accredited meet, had won seven medals. Noel is leading the charge with four.

On the opening evening, last Thursday, Noel won silver in the 1500m freestyle, while 14-year-old Donna Carter won bronze in the Girls’ 13-14 years division 50-metre backstroke event.

On Friday, Ethan and Elliott Gonsalves medalled in the Boys’ 11-12 200m breaststroke race. Ethan, the older of the two, finished second in a time of 3:08.85, while 11-year-old Elliott just reached in for third place in a time of 3:17.15s, 0.6s faster than the fourth-place finisher.

The Boys’ 11-12 400m relay team then stormed to a second-place finish with Noel, the Gonsalves and Vladimir Woodroffe leading the charge in 4:30.34.
Earlier, the Girls’ 11-12 400m freestyle team (Monique Watson, Brittany Quamina, Athalcy Hunte and Maiya Ifill) finished fourth in a time of 5:28.71s.

Jasmin Allen also just missed out on a medal swimming in the Girls’ 8-and-under 100m freestyle event. The eight-year-old finished fourth in a time of 1:23.31.
Along with the gold yesterday, Noel also copped a bronze yesterday in the 400m IM in a time of 5:33.83s.

The four-day competition is scheduled to conclude today.