Perry Cooke Inter-School Meet Features Best Young Swimmers in Abaco

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.