Black Sands Swim Squad wins, sets records in Grenada

Three Black Sand Swim Squad swimmers represented their club and country well over the weekend September 25 to 27, competing at the Grenfin Invitational swim meet in Grenada.{{more}}

The swimming trio, made up of Paige Cadogan and Shné and Alex Joachim, lit up the Grenadian waters with some outstanding record-breaking swims. Shné Joachim led the way by winning gold medals in all 11 of her events and whilst doing so, she managed to smash a total of five meet records, some of which have stood for over 10 years. With such an outstanding performance, Shné was also crowned the overall champion for her age group (age 13-14).

Younger brother Alex, swimming in the first year of the age 11 to 12 category, swam to similar aquatic success, winning four gold and seven silver medals and breaking the 500 yard record, which was previously held by a Grenadian Carifta medalist. Alex managed to claim a well accomplished second overall position in the Boys 11-12 age group.

Paige Cadogan, recently one of SVG’s most successful CPEA candidates, placed within the top six in all her events and swam some well-deserved personal best times. She also met the qualification standards to represent SVG at the upcoming OECS Swimming Championships in November in Antigua and Barbuda.

Black Sands coach Kyle Dougan congratulated all three swimmers on their great achievements whilst swimming in Grenada and is now looking forward to helping the swimmers prepare for the upcoming OECS Swimming Championships.