Previous Story
SSC ladies shine between the lines
|
Posted on Mar 01 2006
The women of the Saipan Swim Club continued to prove their power in the pool as they recorded a myriad of top times over the weekend in the Heptathlon at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool.
Minerva Cabrera had the meet of her life in Marpi as she placed at the top of the standings in nearly every heat that head coach Michael Stewart served up for the swimmers.
Cabrera placed first among the females in the 100m Breaststroke (1:29.08), 50m butterfly (34.77), 50m Breaststroke (40.09), 200m backstroke (3:07.67), second in the 50m freestyle (31.98) and 100m butterfly, and third in the 100m backstroke (1:30.06).
The “What it is” whiz was sensational, but she was not the only lady wavemaker in the water as Nicole Calvo, Sarah Johnson, and Amanda Johnson took turns touching the wall first in a number of races.
Calvo was the first to tap the tiles in the 100m backstroke (1:27.48), 50m freestyle (31.69), tied Cabrera for first in the 200m backstroke (3:07.67), took second in the 400m freestyle (5:45.47) and 200m freestyle (2:38.73), bagged third in the 50m butterfly (41.30), and fourth in the 50m breast stroke (47.93).
Amanda Johnson finished first in the 100m butterfly (1:19.47), 200m freestyle (2:38.33), 400m freestyle (5:39.40), second in the 50m butterfly (34.77) and 100m breaststroke (1:34.01), and took third in the 50m freestyle (32.90) and 50m breaststroke (44.77), while Sarah Johnson finished second in the 100m backstroke (1:30.23) and third in the 400m freestyle (5:54.15).
Nina Mosley was also rocking the lane lines over the weekend with a second place finish in the 50m breaststroke (41.87) and a third place finish in the 100m breaststroke (1:36.00).
Coach Stewart said that he was pleased with the way the women performed in the pool and that all signs indicate a good showing two weeks from now when three Japanese teams, three squads of Guamanians, and the Palauan national team come to Saipan for the SSC International Meet.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing how we perform when they come to town. It’s great because we don’t swim against Japan very much and it’s good to get a different flavor of athletes because we usually swim against the Guamaniacs,” he said.
