Scott breaks two national swim records at ASATT 2017 Invitational

Daniel Scott

The Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) 2017 Invitational Long Course Championships continued on Friday and yesterday morning at the Aquatic Centre in Couva, Trinidad, with several good performances by swimmers from the Dorado Swim Club and Swim Academy Sea Otters of Guyana. There were two new national records and many personal best times by several swimmers in their respective events.

Daniel Scott of Dorado Swim Club continued on his record breaking streak, as he rewrote two national records in the Mens 15 and over age group. Yesterday morning he set new times of 9:32:44 in the 800m freestyle, and 2:07:73 in the 200m freestyle. It was déjà vu for Scott in the 800m freestyle race, as the top finishers were the same as for the 1500m freestyle. Graham Chatoor of Marlins won in 8:52:72, with Scott taking the silver, third place going to Jordane Pane in 9:42:80, and fourth to Scott’s club mate, Alex Winter who clocked 10:21:21. Scott’s good form continued in the100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 50m butterfly events, where he also swam personal bests.

Raekwon Noel, the Sea Otter also added his name to the record books, as he recorded a time of 10:28:74 in the boys 11-12 800m freestyle. Noel swam the fastest time for the boys of his age category, while