THE Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) was able to enter national swimmers Andrew Fowler and Jamila Sanmoogan into a FINA High Performance training camp in preparation for the 2021 Tokyo games. This initiative, GASA said, was made possible with the support of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).
The training camp which will be hosted at the AZURA Aquatics facility in Florida, USA, will be run by FINA-approved coach Gianluca Alberani and will conclude on July 10.
Sanmoogan and Fowler were selected for this programme after picking up Guyana’s two International Swimming Federation (FINA) Universality spots for the Tokyo Olympics.
While Fowler departed Guyana for the camp on June 1, Sanmoogan’s departure is still pending due to commitments with school.
Meanwhile, Young Leon Seaton who is currently on a Scholarship at the AZURA facility is scheduled to return to Guyana at the end of this month.

Additionally, a team of local swimmers is set to depart Guyana to take part in a regional meet in Bahamas at the end of the month.
“We are extremely grateful to the Olympic Association for supporting this initiative and we know our swimmers will benefit greatly from this, taking into consideration all the challenges we face,” stated GASA president Dwayne Scott. Sanmoogan will make her second Olympics appearance, having first represented Guyana at the games in Rio, Brazil in 2016, where she competed in the Women’s 50 metres freestyle. Her time of 28.88 seconds was not good enough to see her advance. However, she was 63rd overall. Sanmoogan also represented Guyana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 2019 World Swimming Championships.
Fowler, 23, on the other hand, has been one of Guyana’s top swimmers over the years, with experience at the Commonwealth Games, the World Swimming Championships and other notable international and regional meets.