Tight finish in Flow 800m Sea Swim

By Cayman Sports Buzz
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Updated: 18 May 2017

Top three: L-R: Zachary Moore, John Bodden, Rory Barrett. (Photos courtesy CIASA)

It was an exciting end to the 30th annual Flow 800m Sea Swim last Saturday (13 May) at Governor’s Beach with three seconds separating the top three finishers.

Coming home first was John Bodden in 10 minutes and 47 seconds, with Rory Barrett second in 10:49 and Zachary Moore third in 10:50. The top three female finishers were Avery Lambert in 12:06, Stephanie Royston in 12:39 and Elana Sinclair in 12:44.

More than 100 swimmers competed in the 2017 event.

Among the 113 swimmers who took part were members of the national team that recently had record success at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, members of the national development team, triathletes, Special Olympics athletes and Masters swimmers.

“CIASA’s Open Water swims are a great activity for serious swimmers, athletes who use swimming as a cross training discipline and families who want to exercise together – thank you to FLOW for sponsoring the 30th Annual FLOW 800m Sea Swim; and thank you too to all our swimmers who came out to take part,” said Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association president Michael Lockwood.

CIASA said the Flow 800m Sea Swim was a great introduction for swimmers who had not participated in open water events before.

The next open water race is the Butterfield 800m on 29 May, followed by the Flowers Sea Swim one-mile race on 10 June and the 5k and 10k on 12 June.

See top age group finishers below.

10 UNDER	FEMALE		10 UNDER	MALE	TIME
1	GABRIELLE ROYSTON	15:29	1	CONNOR MCDONALD	14:43
2	MACKENZIE PEARSON	15:30	2	WALKER RILEY	16:15
3	KATHRYN LAMBERT-WRAGG	15:36	3	MATTHEW GOULDEN	18:21

11-12			11-12
1	STEPHANIE ROYSTON	12:39	1	STEFANO BONATI	12:12
2	RAYA EMBURY-BROWN	12:52	2	JACKSON HAYWARD COUCH	13:04
3	ALLYSON BELFONTE	13:29	3	CALEN WINSPEAR	28:51

13-14			13-14
1	AVERY LAMBERT	12:06	1	COREY WESTERBURG	12:07
2	JASMINE LAMBERT-WRAGG	13:03	2
3	ALISON JACKSON	13:13	3

15 – 19			15 – 19
1	ELANA SINCLAIR	12:44	1	JOHN BODDEN	10:47
2	SARAH JACKSON	13:02	2	RORY BARRETT	10:49
3	SAM BAILEY	13:09	3	ZACHARY MOORE	10:50

20-29			20-29
1	JENNIFER POWELL	18:38	1	ALEX MCCALLUM	12:06
2	KANZA BODDEN	29:59	2	MICHAEL LOCKWOOD	14:23
3			3	TOBY BOWLES	14:49

30 -39			30 -39
1	SIAN HAWKES	15:53	1	STUART BRAY	13:46
2	ELAINE WHITEFIELD	16:58	2	CHRIS BAILEY	14:53
3	MARIA KHARITIDI	29:33	3	ROSS BUDZYNSKI	15:11

40-49			40-49
1	ANDREA KILANU-HIGGO	13:17	1	TIM PAWSON	13:43
2	ALYSSA DODSON	16:32	2	ADRIEN ROYSTON	14:28
3	ALYS LINDLEY	20:25	3	BEN WHITE	15:14

50 – 59			50 – 59
1	MERRELL JACKSON	21:04	1	KEVIN DRYSDALE	16:03
2	SUSAN WINSPEAN	21:41	2	BRIAN BALLEINE	17:17
3	MARIE WILSON	21:41	3	GONCALD ALVES	17:58

			60-69
			1	VICTOR THOMPSON	17:14
			2	FRANK FLOWERS	18:04
			3	JAMES GILLIES	20:17