Bonne Terre retains primary school swim title
By-: Robertson S. Henry

2008 primary schools swimming champions The Bonne Terre Preparatory School

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia – The Bonne Terre Preparatory School successfully

defended its National Primary Schools Swimming title, at the 2008 Inter-Primary

National School Swimming Championships, held on Friday May 16, 2008 at the

Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre.

Amassing a combined total of 393 points, Bonne Terre Preparatory School  

successfully defended their title, which was won last year.

They were able to out-swim their counterparts from the other schools with

International School taking second place with 196   points, and the Tapion

Primary School third with 170 points.

The other participating schools were The Montessori Centre with 162 points,

Plain View Combined with 122 points, River Doree Anglican School with 48 points,

Augier Combined School with 38 points, Patience Combined School with 36

points, Dame Perlette

Louisy Primary with 11 points, Laborie Boys School with 6 points, Soufriere

Primary School and Vieux Fort Primary School

with 5 points, each, Ti Rocher Combined School with 4 points, and the Dugard

Primary School, Micoud Primary School, and Reunion Primary School, did not score

a point.

However, although the a number of schools did not pose a threat to the more

established ones, the coaches were very pleased with the performance of the

emerging schools, especially those in the southern half of the island.

They see the Meet as a development one in which the swimmers, teachers, and

coaches are able to assess progress, and develop Saint Lucia human resource in

that regard.

Over 140 athletes registered for the meet with one independent swimmer form

Soufriere, representing 16 schools.

When the waters were once again clam, five new age group records were set in

the day. First in the Female 9-10 25-metre Free, Patrice Lewis     set a new age

group of record    18.11 seconds, followed by another record   in the Female 9-10

25-metre Breast of 24.98 seconds.

Thalia Bergasse  in the Female 11-12 25-metre Fly, established a new age group

record of  18.22 seconds, with   Jay Lansiquot  in the Male 9-10 25-metre  Free of

 17.27 seconds, and in the Male 11-12 25-metre  Fly, Jason Beaubrun stabling a

new record of  18.74 seconds to cap off an action-packed meet.