South American Junior Swimming C/ship…

• Guyana’s Phillips re-elected to CONSANAT executive

TOP national women swimmer’s Ariel Rodrigues has set a new national record in the woman 100 metres backstroke on Wednesday in Brazil at the ongoing South American Junior Swimming Championship.

Rodrigues, who is the country’s lone athlete representative at the South American Junior Championships, entered the race with a personal best time of 1 minute 12.39 seconds which she achieved at the Junior Pan American Championships last month.

She put on a superb showing to record a time of 1 minute 11.49 seconds, a huge improvement for the young swimmer at the South American Championship which is her new personal best and national record in the event.

Rodrigues also set a new personal best in the women’s 50 metres freestyle. She entered with a best time of 31.90 and completed the distance in a time of 30.87 seconds.

Rodrigues is also set to compete in the 50 metres freestyle with an entry time of 27.83 seconds, 50 metres backstroke with a PB of 33.12 seconds, and 100 metres freestyle in which she has a best of 1 minute 01.82 seconds.

She is accompanied by coach Christol Thom and President of Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Yolema Phillips.

Meanwhile on the sidelines of the South American Junior Swimming Championship was the elections of the South American Swimming Confederation (CONSANAT).

Guyana Swimming Association President Yolema Phillips who is also accompanying the team was re-elected to serve as Treasurer for another term in the executive of the South American Swimming Confederation.