Guyana swimmers bag 43 medals at Goodwill games Swim meet

(l-r) Vladimir Woodroffe, Jaleel Anderson, Stephen Ramkhelawan and Elliott Gonsalves

At the conclusion of the 25th Goodwill Swim Meet in Suriname over the weekend, Guyana walked away with a tally of 43 medals, 23 of which came in the individual categories with 20 coming from the relay teams.

The individual categories were decorated with six gold, five silver and 12 bronze while the relay teams secured two first, one second and two third place finishes.

Jaleel Anderson secured gold in the 11-12 years 100 meter (100m) freestyle and 50m freestyle as well as Athaley Hunte in the 11-12 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke. Vladimir Woodroffe copped gold in the 11-12 100m backstroke and Elliott Gonsalves achieved bronze in the same event in addition to his gold in the 11-12 200m individual medley where Woodroffe settled for bronze.