National swimmers Leon Seaton and Lian Winter may have missed the podium after their events at the just concluded CARIFTA Championships which were held in the Bahamas from April 15 to 19 but have gained invaluable experience.
Seaton, had qualified for six events but only swam four where he made it to the finals on three occasions. In the 200M freestyle the 13 year-old entered the preliminary rounds with a time of 2:21.30s but during the final he clocked 2:17.49s which was only good enough for eighth place. He had a time of 2:17.09s to place seventh in the preliminary race.
In the 100M freestyle, he got fifth place, his highest placement in a final, in a time of 1:01.58s. He was expecting a much better showing in the final having stopped the clock at 1:00.39s during the preliminary rounds.
Likewise the 50M freestyle, a time of 27.46s gave him eighth place. The other event he participated in was the 50M butterfly but only could not qualify for the finals with a time of 30.28s.
On the other hand, Winter got to three finals of the six events that she competed in, with her highest placement being eighth with a time of 32.79s in the 50M butterfly. The 100M Backstroke (1:22.57s) and 200M butterfly (3:00.98s) gave her 18th and 12th respectively.
The athletes returned home on Wednesday evening and are expect to the pool where they will endure rigorous training ahead of Goodwill Games that are set for August.
