Published On:Monday, November 30, 2009

TEN members of SWIFT swimming club racked up 12 medals at the Winter Swimming Championships in Plantation, Florida.

With medals being awarded for the top 10 places, 1,295 swimmers and 59 teams, SWIFT made its presence known.

The 10 swimmers representing the club were Zack Moses, Laura Morley, Simone Sturrup, Albury Higgs, Crystal Rahming, Abigail Lowe, Doran Reed, Kaitlyn Kemp, Peter Morley and Alec Sands.

The swimmer of the meet for Swift was Zack Moses with five medals. He was 2nd in 500 free - 5:20.05, 3rd in 200 free - 2:02.42, 3rd in 200 IM - 2:18.53, 4th in 50 Breast - 33.77, 4th in 100 Breast -1:13.33. Zack also qualified 3rd in the 100IM- 1:05.66, and 7th in the 100 Free- 57.96 but did not swim the finals in those two events.

Laura Morley won three medals with a 4th place finish in the 100 Breast in 1:11.64, 4th in the 200 Breast - 2:34.75,and 7th in the 50 Breast - 33.36.

Simone Sturrup got 5th in the 50 free- 26.89, and 7th in the 50 Fly - 29.91.

SWIFT also had 4 relays in the 11-12 old girls division. The relay was made up of Simone Sturrup, Crystal Rahming, Doran Reed, and Kaitlyn Kemp who finished in the top 10 in the 4x50 free relay with an 8th place finish.

Approximately 90 per cent of the swims were PBs (personal bests).

The next focus for many of the swimmers will be representing the Bahamas at the Carifta Games in Jamaica during April, 2010.