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3 swimmers earn age group marks
Saipan Swim Club’s Jinnosuke Suzuki does the butterfly stroke of the 400m individual medley race in the Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Federation Opening Meet held last Oct. 7 at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
Three swimmers marked CNMI age group records during the Northern Mariana Islands Swimming Federation Opening Meet held last Oct. 7 at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool.
Saipan Swim Club’s Jinnosuke Suzuki posted one of the three marks after timing in at 5:32.02 in the boys 11 to 12’s 400m individual medley, while Tsunami Swimming Center Saipan’s Ashley Dangol and Nelson Batallones earned the same distinctions in the girls 11 to 12’s 50m backstroke (34.37 seconds) and boys 13 to 14’s 200m butterfly (2:33.42), respectively.
Suzuki’s record is more than three seconds faster than the previous age group mark owned by Tsunami Saipan’s Kensuke Kimura, who clocked in at 5:35.70 on March 6, 2009. With his achievement in the NMISF opening meet, the SSC swimmer now owns four records in his age group. The 11-year-old Suzuki’s other marks are in the 400m freestyle (4:41.01), 800m freestyle (9:34.63), and 1,500m freestyle (18.21.10), which were all registered this year.
As for Dangol, she made it to the record list in the 11 to 12 division for the first time as her 34.37 seconds eclipsed the 35.34 seconds former Tsunami Saipan swimmer Miku Tammy logged on March 21, 2014. Before moving up to her new age group, the 11-year-old Dangol set eight record in the 9 to 10 division and still owns nine of the 11 marks in the U8 category.
Batallones, on the other hand, reset his record in the 200m butterfly. His 2:33.42 was .24 of a second better than the 2:33.66 he registered on April 29, 2017.
All Schools meet Nov. 18
SSC will have the 2017 All Schools Championships on Nov. 18 and is inviting schools in the elementary, middle, and high school divisions to join next month’s meet.
“Sports are an excellent way to re-enforce life skills our children learn in the classroom. Similar to the classroom, swimming requires a high level of personal discipline, teamwork, a strong work ethic, good time management, and ability to set goals,” SSC said in a press statement.
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