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While some of the local schools were in Nassau representing Abaco in the Annual Pancho Rahming Track & Field Meet, in the morning of May 25, other athletes from seven local schools were in Hope Town participating in the 17th Annual Perry Cooke Swim Meet.
Sixty seven swimmers as young as six and as old as sixteen from Angels Academy, Hope Town Primary School, Agape Christian School, Amy Roberts Primary School, Every Child Counts, Forest Heights Academy and St Francis de Sales Catholic School gathered at the Hope Town community swimming pool to compete in several swimming events which included free style, breast stroke, back stroke, butterfly and relay. The distances included twenty five meter, fifty meter and one hundred meter races.
The athletes from Forest Heights Academy and Agape Christian School distinguished themselves among a crowd of very talented swimmers contributing to the first place awarded to their schools in Senior and Primary Division, respectively.
The following results are by points attributed to each individual swimmer.
Six and Under Girls:
1) Fina Prosa HTS
2) Jorga Hart ARP
3) Sophia Harris HTS
Eight and Under Girls:
1) Emma Barigelli HTS
2) Selena Thompson HTS
3) Emma Sawyer and Tatum Cotman Tied
Eight and Under Boys:
1) Keagan Hicks ACS
20 Chamming Cruz ACS
Nine – Ten Girls:
1) Addison Albury ACS
2) Victoria Albury ACS
3) Sierra Pritchard STF
Nine – Ten Boys:
1) Silas Albury ACS
2) Scott Debrus HTS
3) Richard Escamont ARP
Eleven – Twelve Girls:
1) Meredith Knowles HTS
2) Natalee Curry ACS, Genovia Simms ARP and Allie Lederhause HTS tied
Thirteen – Fourteen Girls:
1) Emily Sims FHA
2) Paxton Albury FHA
3) Savanah Pritchard STF Ryan Knowles FHA tied
Thirteen – Fourteen Boys:
1) Roman Pinder FHA
2) Brayden Daya FHA
3) Rontonio Lavarity STF
Fifteen and Over Girls:
1) Taylor Albury FHA
2) Jewel Pinder FHA
3) Deanna McDonald ACS
Fifteen and Over Boys:
1) Dakota Sawyer
2) Rashawn Joseph STC
3) Jack Hitchcock FHA
Roman Pinder, who competed for Forest Heights Academy, is an international swimming athlete who won a bronze medal at the most recent CARIFTA.
While the results were being tallied the swimmers had free run of the pool, jumping, diving and swimming without the stress of competing. Finally the results were communicated by Mrs. Sarah Knowles and all the young athletes were handed medals and trophies by Mrs. Brenda Sawyer.
The organizers are grateful to the Hope Town School PTA, the Abaco Swim Club and all the volunteers who contributed to make this 17th Perry Cooke Swim Meet another success.
