MAC dominate night two of swimming nationals

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

Night two of the Bahamas Swimming Federation's Rev Nationals concluded with the Mako Aquatics Club dominating the 400m Medley Relays.

MAC won five of the six races including both the Girls (Keianna Moss, Jada Jimenez, Mia Sastre, Mariaa Albuty - 5:01.60s) and Boys (Amauri Bonamy, Tristin Ferguson, Noah Albury, Noah Roach - 4:59.08s) 11-12, Girls (Liya Moncur, Jamilah Hepburn, Rachel Lundy, Kyla Bethel - 5:01.25s) and Boys (Ishan Roy, Erald Thompson III, Jared Reckley, Kierro Stubbs - 4:25.91s) 13-14 and the Boys 15 and over (Davante Carey, Tyler Russell, Ian Pinder, Kohen Kerr - 3:59.42s). Alpha Aquatics (Ariel Weech, Victoria Russell, Virgina Stamp, Maya Thompson) won the Girls 15 and over in 4:35.28s.

In the 200m Free, Lelah Lewis of the GB Tritons won the U8 Girls in 3:10.97s. Maxwell Daniels of the Barracuda Swim Club won the U8 Boys in 2:49.03s, Mia Patton of the GBT Tritons won the 9-10 Girls in 2:34.57s and later went on to win the 50m Fly as well in 34.04s. Ellie Gibson of the GBT Tritons won the 9-10 Boys in 2:31.81s. Abayomi Brown of Freeport Aquatics (FAC) won the 11-12 Girls in 2:23.86s. Her teammates also enjoyed success - Marvin Johnson won the 11-12 Boys in 2:14.70s and Lamar Taylor took the Boys 13-14 in 2:03.33s.

Johnson and Taylor also won their division's respective 100m Back. Johnson took first place in 1:12.29s while Taylor was first in 1:01.57s.

Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson of Alpha Aquatics (AAC) took first place in the Girls 13-14 in 2:15.97s.

University of Texas Longhorns star Joana Evans won the Girls 15 and over in 2:01.73s and Kohen Ker of Mako Aquatics won the Boys 15 and over in 1:59.06s

In the 50m Fly, Skylar Smith just edged out Lewis to win the U8 Girls in 44.22s. Maxwell Daniels of Dolphin Swim Club (DSC) won the U8 Boys final in 34.26s. Tre Moncur III of MAC won his second gold of the meet in the Boys 9-10 with his time of 32.82s. Devin Cuffy-Bethel of BSC took first in the Girls 11-12 in 30.29s while Nigel Forbes of GBT took the Boys 11-12 in 27.67s. Kayelyn Cabral of GBT also continued the momentum from her dominant night one with first place in the Girls 13-14 in 30.22s. Cabral later returned to take her second first place of the night in the 100m Back with her time of 1:11.69s.

Rommel Ferguson of FA took the Boys 13-14 in 25.98s. Victoria Russell of Alpha Aquatics won the Girls 15 and over in 27.92s and former Olympan Vereance Burrows won the Boys 15 and over in 24.30s.

In the 100m Back, Anjaleah Knowles of Sea Waves Aquatic Team won the Girls 9-10 in 1:22.94s, Tristen Hepburn of GBT won the Boys 9-10 in 1:23.62s and Keianna Moss of MAC won the Girls 11-12 in 1:11.06s. Virginia Stamp won the Girls 15 and over in 1:07.97s while Davante Carey won the the Boys 15 and over in 58.96s.

The meet concludes tonight at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Center.