{"id":4265,"date":"2019-10-01T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=4265"},"modified":"2019-10-01T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:33:40","slug":"grenfin-swim-club-recaptures-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/01\/grenfin-swim-club-recaptures-championship-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenfin Swim Club Recaptures Championship Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 4 days of nail-biting competition, Grenfin Swim Club managed to regain the championship title which slipped away in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Grenfin Invitational Meet is used as trials event for the selection of the national team members who will represent Grenada at the OECS Championships scheduled for 7-10 November 2019 in St Vincent.<\/p>\n<p>The Grenfin Invitational was keenly contested by the second major swim club in Grenada, Sailfish. While Sailfish has shown tremendous improvement over the past few years, at the end Grenfin prevailed as champion with 2,032 points followed by Sailfish with 1,969 points. The ongoing strengthening of the base of swimmers in Grenada supports the growth and development of a strong cadre of swimmers with potential to represent Grenada nationally.<\/p>\n<p>While welcoming sponsor, George F Huggins with the brand Lucozade, President of Grenfin, Dwayne Gellineau noted that over the past three years we have seen upsurge of interest in the sport of swimming both from within the swimming fraternity and the general public, noting this continues to speak well for the development of the sport.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61900\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-61900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Anya-Chow-Chung-girls-13-14-year-old-competitiors-PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-675x900.jpg?resize=675%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Anya-Chow-Chung-girls-13-14-year-old-competitiors-PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Anya-Chow-Chung-girls-13-14-year-old-competitiors-PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Anya-Chow-Chung-girls-13-14-year-old-competitiors-PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-225x300.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anya Chow Chung with girls 13-14-year-old competitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President of GASA, Peron Johnson, welcomed the increased level of competition and participation in the sport, she expressed that given the size of Grenada, she looks forward to the day when we will compete as one large club divided into houses similar to the school-based competition structure.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the weekend the following individuals emerged as age group champions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Girls 6 &amp; Under: Faith Watson, Grenfin Swim Club Grenada<\/li>\n<li>Boys 6 &amp; Under: Rowan Brow, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 7-8: Zeia Ollivierre, Grenfin Swim Club Grenada<\/li>\n<li>Boys 7-8: Jaaziel Francis, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 9-10: Emma McIntosh, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 9-10: Elliot Fletcher, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 11-12: Sara Dowden, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 11-12: Nathan Fletcher, Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14: Kimberly Ince, Grenfin Swim Club Grenada<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14: Zackary Gresham, Grenfin Swim Club Grenada<\/li>\n<li>Girls 15 &amp; Over: Kaiya Ramdhanny, Grenfin Swim Club Grenada<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15 &amp; Over: Eli Zerpa, Sailfish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61901\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61901\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-61901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-3-675x900.jpg?resize=675%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.nowgrenada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/PHOTO-2019-09-29-21-36-01-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competitors with Anya Chow Chung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Numerous Meet Records were also established as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Girls 13-14 500 Free: 5:26.21: 9\/26\/2019: Anaika Charles \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 200 Free: 2:01.53: 9\/27\/2019: Anaika Charles \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 200 Fly: 2:09.21: 9\/26\/2019: Zackary Gresham \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 100 Back: 54.48: 9\/27\/2019: ZackaryGresham \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 200 Breast: 2:20.98: 9\/27\/2019: Zackary Gresham \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 50 Fly: 24.03: 9\/28\/2019: Zackary Gresham\u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 200 Back: 2:01.74: 9\/28\/2019: Zackary Gresham\u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 50 Back: 25.49: 9\/29\/2019: Zackary Gresham\u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 100 Fly: 54.01: 9\/29\/2019: Zackary Gresham \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 13-14 100 Breast: 1:03.95: 9\/29\/2019: Zackary Gresham \u2013Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 100 Fly: 52.05: 9\/29\/2019: Dajenel Williams \u2013 Unattached<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 200 Fly: 1:55.97: 9\/26\/2019: Dajenel Williams \u2013 Unattached<\/li>\n<li>Boys 50 Free: 23.36: 9\/26\/2019: Dajenel Williams \u2013 Unattached<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 50 Fly: 23.87: 9\/28\/2019: Dajenel Williams \u2013 Unattached<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 200 Free: 1:47.71: 9\/27\/2019: Eli Zerpa \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 200 Breast: 2:28.30: 9\/27\/2019: Eli Zerpa \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 15&amp;O 200 IM: 2:02.87: 9\/29\/2019: Eli Zerpa \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 100 Back: 1:02.10: 9\/27\/2019: Kimberly Ince \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 50 Free: 24.93: 9\/28\/2019: Kimberly Ince \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 200 Back: 2:16.02: 9\/28\/2019: Kimberly Ince \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 100 Free: 55.01: 9\/29\/2019: Kimberly Ince \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 50 Back: 28.67: 9\/29\/2019: Kimberly Ince \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 11-12 200 Breast: 2:34.06: 9\/27\/2019: Nathan Fletcher \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 11-12 50 Fly: 25.26: 9\/28\/2019: Nathan Fletcher \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 7-8 25 Fly: 15.18: 9\/28\/2019: Jaaziel Francis \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 7-8 25 Breast: 18.69: 9\/28\/2019: Jaaziel Francis \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Boys 7-8 50 Free: 31.62: 9\/28\/2019: Jaaziel Francis \u2013 Sailfish<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 50 Fly: 27.42: 9\/28\/2019: Ariann Clouden \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Girls 13-14 100 Fly: 1:03.10: 9\/29\/2019: Gabrielle Hyson \u2013 Grenfins<\/li>\n<li>Boys 6 &amp; 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