34 swimmers earn PBTs in 100m freestyle

Saipan Swim Club’s Lennosuke Suzuki in action during the 100m freestyle race in last Saturday’s SSC Double Distance Meet at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool.
(Roselyn B. Monroyo)

Saipan Swim Club and Tsunami Saipan swimmers showed little or no rust at all despite a long break as majority of them posted personal best times in the 100m freestyle race during last Saturday’s SSC Double Distance Meet at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool.

Thirty-four swimmers from the two clubs, which only had their first official competition after more than three months due to Typhoon Soudelor, got PBTs with those entered in the boys 9 to 10 age group registering the most PBTs at six. SSC’s Jinnosuke Suzuki was the fastest in the group, timing in at 1:11.03, more than two seconds better than his old PBT of 1:13.90. Other PBT-getters in the division were Tsunami Saipan’s Anthony Camacho-Deleon Guerrero (1:12.56), Isaiah Aleksenko (1:16.11), Hans Xu (1:18.84), and Arman Rechucher (1:38.64) and SSC’s Taiyo Akimaru (1:18.21).

In the boys U8 age group, Tsunami Saipan’s Aasish Dangol clocked in at 1:42.05 to reset his PBT (1:58.05), while SSC’s Wataru Kadokura and Robert De Courteny had the same achievement after recording 1:54.38 and 1:57.95, respectively.

In the boys 11 to 12 age group, four made PBTs with SSC’s Lennosuke Suzuki leading the way with his 1:04.07 (from 1:07.23). Lennosuke’s teammate Akira Kadokura’s new PBT is 1:28.94, while Tsunami Saipan’s Juhn Tenorio and Rentaro Suzuki’s PBTs read at 1:14.49 and 1:34.64, respectively.

In the boys 13 to 14 age group, Tsunami Saipan’s Mark Maestro bested two SSC bets with his PBT of 1:06.34. SSC’s Taiga Sato submitted a PBT of 1:08.59 and R.J. Pierce logged 1:14.00.

In the 15 to 16 division, all three SSC members earned PBTs with Kento Akimaru posting 1:00.00, Christian Villacrusis tallying 1:04.21, and David Boyer timing in at 1:05.37.

There were also three entries in the 17-and-over age group and Tsunami Saipan’s Takumi Sugie was one of them, notching the fastest time in the entire field with his 59.72 seconds. Sugie’s previous PBT was 1:00.61. SSC”s Salofi Welch and Caleb Wang finished behind Sugie, but bagged PBTs of 1:05.54 and 1:08.30, respectively.

In the girls division, Tsunami Saipan’s Maria Batallones’ PBT of 1:48.69 best the 1:48.74 PBT of SSC’s Andrei Kaith Lynn Chavez, while in the 17-and-over age group, Tsunami Saipan’s Daime Rivera also posted a PBT with her 1:23.10.

In the 9 to 10 age group, four Tsunami Saipan swimmers got PBTs. The list includes Ashley Dangol (1:14.01), Nanaka Watanabe (1:18.42), Kana Suzuki (1:33.90), and Asaka Litulumar (1:38.29). Nanaka’s older sister, Aika was one of the three PBT getters in the girls 11 to 12 age group as the latter clocked in at 1:14.54. Aika’s fellow Tsunami Saipan swimmer Sophia Gauran and SSC’s Coume Kaga were the two other swimmers to register PBTs with their 1:10.75 and 1:21.14, respectively.

In the 13 to 14 age group, Tsunami Saipan’s Kyona Rivera (1:14.49), Rei Sekiguchi (1:18.49), and Kathrine Illahi (1:22.04) placed behind teammate Miku Tammy (1:08.39), but the first three marked PBTs.

Meanwhile, results in the other freestyle races in last Saturday’s first meet of the season will be reported in Saipan Tribune’s Thursday issue.