Gold medals for SVG swimmer

Gold medals for SVG swimmer at 2018 Central Region “A” Swimming Championships in Toronto, Ontario, Canada4

Alex

St Vincent and the Grenadines 14 year-old swimmer Alexander Joachim competed at the 2018 Central Region “A” Swimming Championships held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Etobicoke Olympium, February 1st to 4th, 2018. The Central Region championships featured swimmers from more than 25 clubs across central Ontario including Toronto.   

Alex swims for Black Sands Swim squad in SVG and represents Oakville Aquatic swim club (OAK) in Canada where he is at high school. At the central Regional Champs, where Alex swam as a 14 year-old and represented OAK, his medal winning results were:

  • Gold in the 100 meter Butterfly in a time of 1 minute, 2.3 seconds. This was the 5th fastest time in Canada for a 14 year-old boy for the 2017/18 season.
  • Gold in the 200 meter Freestyle relay as part of the OAK team in a time of 1 minute 46.65 seconds.
  • Gold in the 200 meter Medley relay as part of the OAK team in a time of 1 minute 59.79 seconds.
  • Silver in the 100 meter Breaststroke in a time of 1 minute 13.64 seconds.

Alex now has four official qualifying times for the Ontario provincial championships in Canada which will be held March 1st to 4th, 2018. He also has qualified to swim at the Eastern Canadian Junior championships in April.      

Black Sands Swim Squad and SVG National swim coach Kyle Dougan said, “Alex continues to develop and its great to see his continued progress in the sport. I am not surprised by Alex success given his hard work, dedication and discipline. Alex has been winning since he was 8 years old at the OECS level and now he shows he can be competitive with the best swimmers in the world at his age.”

Alex will return to SVG to compete at the CGM Invitational Swimming February 16th to 18th. He will also represent SVG at the upcoming Carifta Swimming Championships to be held in Jamaica March 31st to April 3rd, 2018.  

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