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Kristy Kowal
USA
Kristina ("Kristy") Ann Kowal (born on October 9, 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She is also a 2 time World Champion (1998) in the 100 Meter breaststroke and on the 400 medley relay.
Kowal helped her college, the University of Georgia (UGA), to three NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. In 2000, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year and she was recipient of the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001, which honors eight senior student-athletes each year. She graduated from UGA in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed). She was a 1996 graduate of Wilson High School, located in West Lawn, PA. Wilson has produced three other notable athletes Kerry Collins (NFL) and John Gilmore (NFL), both of whom played in the Super Bowl, and Chad Henne (NFL), a quarterback chosen by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 2008 NFL draft.
Kowal became a member of the United States Swimming Team in 1995. She is now an elementary teacher at her alma-mater, Wilson school district, in West Lawn, Pennsylvania.
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Marco Loughran
GBR
Marco swims at the University of Florida where he has achieved three-time All-America Selection, two-time All-SEC Selection, and Freshman All-SEC Selection. He is also The 2010 SEC Champion in the 200-yard backstroke.
He is a member of the British National Team and holds the 100-meter back World Junior Record. He achieved four Olympic qualifying times in 2008.
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Jemma Lowe
GBR
A member of the British National team, Jemma is four-time All-SEC Selection, three-time SEC champion, SEC Record Holder (100 & 200 fly), and eight-time All-American Selection. She holds the British Records in the 100 & 200-meter butterfly, set at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2008 British Nationals, respectively. She also competed in the 400-meter medley relay in Beijing. Additionally, Jemma represented her home country at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
Jemma currently trains at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she is a four-time 2010 NCAA All-American in her sophomore year (400 MR, 200 MR, 100 fly, 200 fly).
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Andrew Mackay
CAY
Andrew was the first Cayman swimmer to reach an Olympic qualifying standard. He swam the 200 and 400m Individual Medley events in the 2004 Athens Olympics, shortly after graduation from Cayman Prep and High School (July 04).
Coming up through Stingray Swim Club’s age-group program, coached by Dave Kelsheimer, Mackay’s swim career included representing Cayman at 7 CARIFTA’s and 3 Island Games, earning medals and lowering records along the way. He also represented Cayman at two World Short Course Championships, the Pan Am Games in 2003, and the Commonwealth Games in ‘02 + ‘06 (semi-finals).
He enjoyed immensely his four years as a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame. His versatility helped ‘the Irish’ win the NCAA ‘Big East’ division championship 3 of his 4 years. Mackay then retired from the sport.
Mackay completed a Masters in Accounting at Notre Dame and is pursuing a CPA qualification while working in Cayman this year.
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Alex Meyer
USA
Alex Meyer, from Ithaca, NY, swims for Harvard University and Ithaca Aquatics Club, and is currently residing in Cambridge, MA training with Harvard coach Tim Murphy. He competed for the US team in the 25k event at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, after placing 5th in the 10k at US Nationals. More recently he won the 1-mile St. Croix Dolphins Sea Swim in the US Virgin Islands in January 2010. Alex's passion for open water swimming was born when he was an age-grouper, swimming in nearby Cayuga Lake in the summers, and continued to grow throughout high school and college. When living in Cambridge, he trains in the ocean just south of Boston, and in Walden Pond, a Massachusetts state reservation, which serves a much different purpose to Alex than it did to Thoreau.
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Steven Munatones
USA Swimming Coach
Steven Munatones is a multi-decorated open water swimming coach, journalist, race director, teacher and athlete. Among his numerous and significant achievements are his induction into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, where he also serves on the Board of Directors, and selection to the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and the USA Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee.
Steven served as US team Coach at the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 World Swimming Championships and the head coach at the 2004 World Open Water Swim Championships. He has also coached several Catalina Channel, English Channel and USA Swimming national championship swimmers. Additionally, he helped organize the 1st Global Open Water Swimming Symposium & Conference, served as Race Director for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, and has conducted numerous open water swimming clinics.
As a writer and commentator on swimming, his prodigious output includes Swimming Without Lines, innumerable articles covering all areas of the sport for the likes of NBC, NBC Olympics.com, USA Swimming, Swimming World Magazine, Triathlon Magazine (Japanese edition), Competitor Magazine, Swimming Australia Magazine, SWIM Magazine, SWIMMER Magazine (since 1984), The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Geographic Magazine, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, National Public Radio, and the London Olympic Organizing Committee. He also served as an Olympic 10K Marathon Swim commentator for NBC Olympics.
Steven has created several swimming websites: www.SwiMetrics.com, www.10Kswim.com, www.virtual-swim.com, and www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com. In line with his innovative involvement in all things open water, he also created the Open Water Swimming Dictionary, World's Top 100 Open Water Swims ranking, the World Open Water Swimming Man and Woman of the Year Awards, and the World's Greatest Open Water Swims Contest, as well as rules for Special Olympics open water swimming and Staged Swimming. He currently serves on the Board of WOWSA (World Open Water Swimming Association).
Before launching his consulting career, Steven won the 1982 World Marathon Swimming Championship (25K), was a two-time USA Swimming national marathon swimming champion, and completed five unprecedented solo swims in Japan ranging in distance from 32K to 58K.
In recognition of his contributions to open water swimming, Steven has received numerous awards, including the 2001, 2005 and 2007 USA Swimming Award for open water swimming.
Steven is now sharing his expertise with the open water community at www.worldopenwater.com.
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Anthony Nesty
SUR/USA
Anthony Conrad Nesty (born November 25, 1967) a Surinamese former swimmer, is the second black athlete to win an Olympic medal in swimming (after Enith Brigitha in Montreal,1976). He established this historic milestone at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In the 100 metre butterfly, Nesty out-touched then-favorite Matt Biondi by .01; Nesty finished in 53.00 and Biondi in 53.01. Nesty is the only Olympic medal winner from Suriname and after winning his Olympic gold medal, Nesty was unbeaten at the 100 meters butterfly for three years.
Nesty's victory in Seoul was a momentous social and political event for Afro-Caribbeans as he was the first ever from this region to win an Olympic swimming medal. The Suriname government commemorated Nesty's gold-medal performance on a stamp and on gold and silver coins. A 25 Guilders bank note portraying the illustration of a butterfly swimmer was printed in his honor.
Currently, Nesty is an assistant coach at the University of Florida.
Rada Owen
USA
Rada Owen was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where she began her swimming career at the age of 5. She is a graduate of the swimming powerhouse Auburn University, where she held numerous team records, was a 6-time Southeastern Conference champion, NCCA champion, and a 16-time All American, and was key in developing a national championship winning team. She competed for the United States in various international competitions, the highlight being the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. An incredibly technical swimmer, her stroke has been described as "flawless" by many of the world's most influential coaches. Her highly sought after technique is the basis for the many swim clinics she has appeared at around the world. She lends her stroke demonstration to the popular "Swimming Faster Freestyle" DVD series and has been the focus of many magazine articles depicting her form. After retiring from the sport in 2003, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
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Stephanie Proud
GBR
Stephanie, originally from England and a member of the Great Britain National Team, swims at the University of Florida where she trains under Coach Anthony Nesty. She is a six-time All-American and three-time All-SEC selection. She holds the British record in the 400 IM and is the 2003 and 2004 European Junior Champion in the 200 back.
In the 2008-09 season, she took third at the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard backstroke, completing part of an unprecedented Florida sweep (first through third) in the event.
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Bethany Robertson – Defending Women’s Champion
AUS
Bethany Robertson hails from Victoria, Australia where she swims for the Surrey Park Swim Club.
Aged 15, Bethany is regarded as one of Australia’s up and coming open water swimming talents. With four Australian Age Group titles to her name as well as state championship titles across three Australian states, Bethany has established herself at both age and open competition level events. Under the guidance of Coach Dave Kelsheimer since the age of 11, Bethany hopes to build upon her early achievements with the ultimate goal of making an Australian team.
She was the women’s winner in the 2009 Flowers Sea Swim. Only a month prior, she took 1st place in the Australian Open Water Championships in the Age 14 10k event. She holds numerous other gold medals in Australian open water championships in the 5k and 10k distances.
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Sebastien Rousseau
RSA
Sebastien is from Cape Town, South Africa and is a first-year student at the University of Florida where he distinguished himself by being the top freshman finisher in the 200 IM (fourth), 400 IM (third) and 200 fly (fourth), thereby earning All-SEC selection. He went on to earn two All-America honors at the 2010 NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
As a member of the South Africa National Team, Sebastien swam in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, as well as at the World Championships in Rome in July 2009.
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Andrew Smilley
CAY
Andrew Smilley has been an athlete with Special Olympics Cayman Islands (SOCI) for over twelve years. He is a veteran competitor winning gold and silver medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland in 2003 and Shanghai, China in 2007, as well as competing locally and internationally in Special Olympics and Carifta competitions and local open water events. For his first cold-water open water swim in San Francisco bay in September 2009, Andrew placed 107th in a field of 800 swimmers in the RCP Tiburon Mile. In addition, he was third in the 19-29 age group of the non-wetsuit division. This achievement put him in the running with twenty-three other teams and individuals for the online poll for the Greatest Open-Water Swim of 2009, which he won. He is currently the most senior athlete of the Special Olympics Cayman Islands delegation of 10 athletes competing in the Special Olympics Latin American Games in Puerto Rico (February 20 – 27th 2010).
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Gemma Spofforth
GBR
Gemma is a multi-decorated swimmer from Great Britain who trains at the University of Florida. She holds the world record in the 100m backstroke after taking the world championship title in Rome in 2009. She is also a 3-time British record holder (50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke). Her other numerous achievements include: European Record Holder, 2008 Olympian for Great Britain (finishing 4th overall in the 100m back), seven-time NCAA champion, NCAA Record Holder, 18-time All-American Selection, 13-time All-SEC Selection, 11-time SEC Champion, four-time SEC Record Holder.
Gemma earned 2009 SEC Female Swimmer of the Year and 2010 SEC Female Swimmer of the Year honors.
This season, she took first in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM at the 2010 SEC Championships, while also winning 200 FR, becoming the only swimmer in SEC History to win three-straight titles in both the 100 and 200 back races. She is the 2010 NCAA Champion in the 100 back and 200 free relay. Additionally, she became one of five swimmers in NCAA history to win three straight in the 100 back at NCAAs [Sue Walsh (UNC), Betsy Mitchell (Texas), Lea Loveless (Stanford) and Natalie Coughlin (California)].
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2009 CONFIRMED ATTENDANTS
Ryan Lochte
USA
Ryan Lochte (born August 3, 1984) is an American swimmer. He is a multiple world record holder and Olympic gold medalist. He is a 2004 Olympic Champion in the 4x200m Freestyle, Olympic silver medalist in the 200m Medley and 2008 Olympics Champion in the 200m Backstroke, the 4x200m Freestyle, and bronze medalist in the 400m and 200m individual medley.
Lochte specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, but is also a freestyle relay swimmer. He is noted for the speed and distance he attains while kicking underwater.
He is a close rival and friends with Michael Phelps in the individual medley events and Aaron Peirsol in the backstroke races.
Anthony Nesty
Anthony Conrad Nesty (born November 25, 1967) is a Surinamese former swimmer, the second black athlete to win an Olympic medal in swimming (after Enith Brigitha in Montreal 1976). Anthony Nesty was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He established this historic milestone at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Nesty's victory in Seoul was a momentous social and political event for Afro-Caribbeans as he was the first ever from this region to win an Olympic swimming medal. The Suriname government commemorated Nesty's gold-medal performance on a stamp and on gold and silver coins. A 25 Guilders bank note portraying the illustration of a butterfly swimmer was printed in his honor.
In the 100 metre butterfly, Nesty out-touched then-favorite Matt Biondi by .01; Nesty finished in 53.00 and Biondi in 53.01. Nesty is the only Olympic medal winner from Suriname and after winning his Olympic gold medal, Nesty was unbeaten at the 100 meters butterfly for three years. Nesty attended the University of Florida.
Kristy Kowal
USA
Kristina ("Kristy") Ann Kowal (born on October 9, 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Kowal helped her college, the University of Georgia (UGA), to three NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. In 2000, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year and she was recipient of the Today's Top VIII Award as a member of the Class of 2001, which honors eight senior student-athletes each year. She graduated from UGA in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed). She was a 1996 graduate of Wilson High School, located in West Lawn, PA. Wilson has produced three other notable athletes Kerry Collins (NFL) and John Gilmore (NFL), both of whom played in the Super Bowl, and Chad Henne (NFL), a quarterback chosen by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 2008 NFL draft.
Kowal became a member of the United States Swimming Team in 1995. She is now an elementary teacher at her alma-mater, Wilson school district, in West Lawn, Pennsylvania.(2007)
Rada Owen
USA
Rada Owen was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where she began her swimming career at the age of 5. She is a graduate of the swimming powerhouse Auburn University, where she held numerous team records, was a 6 time Southeastern Conference champion, NCCA champion, and a 16-time All American, and was key in developing a national championship winning team. She competed for the United States in various international competitions, the highlight being the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. An incredibly technical swimmer, her stroke has been described as "flawless" by many of the world's most influential coaches. Her highly sought after technique is the basis for the many swim clinics she has appeared at around the world. She lends her stroke demonstration to the popular "Swimming Faster Freestyle" DVD series and has been the focus of many magazines articles depicting her form. After retiring from the sport in 2003, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
Ian Crocker
AGE: 26
DOB: Aug 31, 1982
HEIGHT: 6' 5" (195.6 cm)
HOMETOWN: Portland, Maine
RESIDENCE: Austin, Texas
Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the 400m med-relay (prelims); also placed 4th in the 100m fly...
qualified for the 2008 Olympics by finishing second in the 100m fly at Trials ... four-time
Olympic medalist who won gold, silver, and bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens ...
member of the 400m med-relay teams that set world records at both the 2000 and 2004
Olympics ... was the 2003 and 2005 world champion in the 100m fly and is the current
world-record holder in the event.
Neil Walker
AGE: 32
DOB: Jun 25, 1976
HEIGHT: 6' 5" (195.6 cm)
HOMETOWN: Verona, Wis.
RESIDENCE: Austin, Texas
Career Highlights: Swam on the gold-medal 400m free relay competing in his fifth World Championships in
2007 ... earned bronze in the 400m free relay and gold swimming prelims on the 400m medley
relay at 2004 Olympic Games … Set a world record with the 400m FR-R team at 2006 Pan
Pacs ... also won gold as part of the American-record setting 400m free relay team at 2004
Short Course World Championships … owns eight U.S. National titles Olympics History: 2004: Gold, 400m MR(pr); Bronze, 400m FR-R ... 2000: Gold, 400m MR(pr); Silver, 400m
Olympics History: 2008: Gold, 400m MR(pr); 4, 100m FL ... 2004: Gold, 400m MR(WR); Silver, 100m FL; Bronze,
400m FR-R ... 2000: Gold, 400m MR(WR); 4, 100m FL
Andrew Mackay, 23, was the first Cayman swimmer to reach an Olympic qualifying standard.
Coming up thru Stingray Swim Club’s age-group program, coached by Dave Kelsheimer, Mackay’s swim career included representing Cayman at 7 CARIFTA’s and 3 Island Games, earning medals + lowering records along the way.
He also represented Cayman at two World Short Course Championships, Pan Am Games 2003, Commonwealth Games ‘02 + ‘06 (semi-finals).
Mackay swam the 200 + 400m Individual Medley events in the 2004 Athens Olympics, shortly after graduation from Cayman Prep + High School (July 04)
He enjoyed immensely his four years as a student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame. His versatility helped ‘the Irish’ win the NCAA ‘Big East’ division championship 3 of his 4 years. Mackay then retired from the sport.
Mackay just (May ’09) completed a Masters in Accounting at Notre Dame, will be pursuing a CPA qualification while working in Cayman this year. He is returning from a visit to Melbourne, Australia with a group of avid swim friends + family he previously trained with, and recently helped coach.
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Shaune Fraser
• Represented the Cayman Islands in the 2008 (Beijing) & 2004 (Athens) Olympics
• 2007 Pan Am Games Silver Medalist in the 200 Meters Free representing the Cayman Islands in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
• Numerous Medalist and Record Holder in CARIFTA Age Group Swimming Championships representing the Cayman Islands.
• NCAA Champion in the 200 yd Free and 200 yd Fly representing the University of Florida Gators at the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships
• Current NCAA Record Holder in the 200 yd Fly.
• 19 time All-American at UF.
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Brett Fraser
• Represented the Cayman Islands in the 2008 (Beijing) Olympics
• Competed in the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
• Numerous Medalist and Record Holder in Age Group CARIFTA Swimming Championships representing the Cayman Islands
• Consolation Finalist in the 100 & 200 Free representing the University of Florida Gators at the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships
• 6 time All-American at UF
• 2nd year Student at UF majoring in Finance
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Bradley Ally
• Represented Barbados in the 2008 (Beijing) & 2004 (Athens) Olympics
• 2007 Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist in the 200 IM representing Barbados in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
• Numerous Medalist and Record Holder in CARIFTA Age Group Swimming Championships representing Barbados.
• Current USA National High School Record Holder in the 200 yd IM
• NCAA Champion in the 200 yd IM representing the University of Florida Gators at the 2009 NCAA Swimming Championships
• Current NCAA Record Holder in the 200 yd IM.
• 22 time All-American at UF.
• 4th year Student at UF majoring in Construction Management |
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Heather Roffey
• Is Cayman’s first female Olympic swimmer, and represented the Cayman Islands in the 2004 Olympics in Athens swimming the 800m free and 200m fly.
• Competed in the Pan Am Games in 2007 & 2003, Commonwealth Games 2002, Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 & 2002, World Short course championships in 2002.
• Gold medalist at the CAC Games 2002, in the 200 m butterfly event.
• Numerous Medalist and Record Holder in Age Group CARIFTA Swimming Championships representing the Cayman Islands from 1999 to 2004.
• Numerous Medalist and Record Holder at the Island Games Championships from 2001 to 2007.
• Cayman Islands Junior Female Sportsperson of the Year Award recipient in 2000 and in 2003.
• On graduating from St. Ignatius in 2002, Heather was awarded the Paul Howard Memorial Award for Excellence in Sports.
• Attended the Bolles High School in Jacksonville Florida, where she trained with the Bolles School Sharks under Jeff Poppell.
• South Carolina Gamecock- Student Athlete 2004-2008, competing in the South Eastern Conference.
• 2008 Graduate from the University of South Carolina with Bachelors in Business Administration and Accounting.
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2008 Competitors
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Rada Owen
USA
Rada Owen was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia where she began her swimming career at the age of 5. She is a graduate of the swimming powerhouse Auburn University, where she held numerous team records, was a 6 time Southeastern Conference champion, NCCA champion, and a 16-time All American, and was key in developing a national championship winning team. She competed for the United States in various international competitions, the highlight being the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. An incredibly technical swimmer, her stroke has been described as "flawless" by many of the world's most influential coaches. Her highly sought after technique is the basis for the many swim clinics she has appeared at around the world. She lends her stroke demonstration to the popular "Swimming Faster Freestyle" DVD series and has been the focus of many magazines articles depicting her form. After retiring from the sport in 2003, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. |
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Andrew Mackay
Cayman
3rd place overall local Male - FOMSS 2002
2 time Cayman Islands Open Water 5K Champion
CARIFTA Champion and record holder in multiple events
Natwest Island Games champion and record holder in multiple events
2002 Commonwealth Games Semi-Finalist and competitor at World Short Course Swimming Championships - Moscow.
2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
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Heather Roffey
Cayman
1st place overall local female FOMSS 2002
Carifta Champion and Record Holder in multiple events
Island Games Medallist in multiple events.
CAC Champion - 200 Fly
Participant- 2002 Commonwealth Games
Competitor - 2002 World Short Course Swimming Championships
2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
2006 Competitors
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Francisco Picasso
Uraguay
Represented Uraguay in the past Olympics |
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Alfredo Jacobo
Mexico
Swam for Mexico in the 2004 Olympics as well as the World Championships this past March. |
2003 - 2005 Competitors
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Kaitlyn Elphinstone
Cayman
3rd place overall local female FOMSS 2002 CARIFTA Champion and former Record Holder in Multiple Events Island Games Medallist in multiple events
Competitor - 2001 World Open Water Swimming Championships
Competitor - 2002 Commonwealth Games 2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
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William Balderamos
Cayman
Second local male finisher last years swim.
Participated in the Island Games in 1998...also an accomplished triathlete...participated in the Triathlon World Championships in 2001...four-year member of the Stingray Swim Club of the Cayman Islands.
Began swimming at the age of 13...father is an insurance broker...has one brother and three sisters...born 2/11/84 (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.). |
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Andrew Mackay
Cayman
3rd place overall local Male - FOMSS 2002
2 time Cayman Islands Open Water 5K Champion
CARIFTA Champion and record holder in multiple events
Natwest Island Games champion and record holder in multiple events
2002 Commonwealth Games Semi-Finalist and competitor at World Short Course Swimming Championships - Moscow.
2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
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Shaune Fraser
Cayman
1st place overall local male finisher FOMSS 2002 800m Sea Swim course record holder CARIFTA Champion and record holder in multiple events. 2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
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Heather Roffey
Cayman
1st place overall local female FOMSS 2002
Carifta Champion and Record Holder in multiple events
Island Games Medallist in multiple events.
CAC Champion - 200 Fly
Participant- 2002 Commonwealth Games
Competitor - 2002 World Short Course Swimming Championships
2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier |
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Laura Stafford
Cayman
4th place overall local female FOMSS 2002
Carifta Champion - 200 Back 2001
Island Games Finalist |
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Amy McCullough
Cayman
Championship Meets … Earned All-America laurels in the 200-yard freestyle (7th, 1:46.93) at the NCAA Championships (March 20-22) … Three-time All-America honorable mention with the 400-yard medley relay, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays … Finished third in the 200-yard freestyle with 1:47.20 result at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 19-22) … Set school 200-yard freestyle record with leadoff leg of 1:46.04 in the 800-yard freestyle relay … Placed sixth overall in the 500-yard freestyle, posting season-best and NCAA consideration time of 4:47.17 in qualifying … Tied for sixth with 52.17 timing in the 100-yard freestyle … |
2002 Competitors
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Klete Keller
USA
Gold medalist in 200m free and on 400m free relay (AR) and bronze medalist on 800m FR at Short Course World Championships; also eighth in 400m free … won the 500y free at the NCAA Championships; was third in the 200y free and seventh in the 1650y free. |
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Kalyn Keller
USA
Was fifth in 400m and 800m free at Short Course World Championships. |
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Chris Thompson
USA
Silver medalist in 1500m free at Short Course World Championships … won 1500m free for sixth national title and was second in 800m free and fourth in 400m free at the P66 Spring Nationals. Country: U.S.A. |
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Scott Goldblatt
USA
Won 400m free for first national title and was third in the 200m free at the P66 Spring Nationals. |
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Dylan Rackley
Australia
7th at Australian Olympic Trials Oceania 5k Open Water Champion |
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Janelle Atkinson
Jamaica
4th in the 400m freestyle at the Olympic Games |
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Josh Ilika
Mexico
Represented Mexico in 2000 Olympic Games - 100 Metre Butterfly |
Previous Competitors
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Brooke Bennett
USA
1996, 2000 4 time Olympic Gold Medalist - Olympic World Record Holder
Event: 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle |
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Chad Carvin
USA
1996 Olympic Silver Medalist - American Record Holder
Events: 400-meter freestyle, 4x200-meter freestyle relay Born: April 13, 1974 |
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B.J.Bedford
USA
Event: 100-meter backstroke |
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Elli Overton
Australia
Greatest Achievements: Winner of two gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Canada. 1st 200IM, Pan Pacs, Atlanta.
1st 200IM and 4 x 100m medley relay World SC Champs, Rio 1995.
1st 200IM, 2000 Telstra Selection Trials.
Three time Olympian 92, 96, 2000 |
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Rachel Harris
Australia
Hit the swimming scene with a large impact in distance freestyle after winning the 1998 Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 800m event. she then backed up to finish second behind dual Olympic gold medalist, American Brooke Bennett at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in the 800m freestyle. Topped off a consistent campaign last year qualifying for the Sydney Olympic Games in her pet 800m event and the 400m individual medley. She is currently ranked 10th in Australian history for the 400 IM (4:45:98) |
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