Three swimmers bag High Point in Guam

Saipan Swim Club stalwarts Nina Mosley, Amanda Johnson, and Kenuske Kimura bagged the High Point Trophy in their respective age groups during the Guam Swimming Federation International Meet held in Dec. 27 and 28 in Guam.

Mosley topped the women’s open division after finishing with 60 points. She first made her mark in the 100m freestyle (1:04.75) and then followed it up with another first-place effort in the 100m backstroke (1:18.78).

She slowed down a bit in the 100m breaststroke finishing third (1:28.21) but redeemed herself by touching the tile first in her next four events, the 200m freestyle (2:25.75), 200m individual medley (2:43.71), 50m freestyle (29.26), and 100m butterfly (1:17.80).

Johnson was first place in the girls’ 14-and-under division coming away with 61 points. She got off to a great start dominating her first four events: The 100m freestyle (1:22.84), 100m breaststroke (1:30.09), 200m freestyle (2:31.87), and 200m IM (2:49.34).

Johnson was in unfamiliar territory when she came in second in the 50m freestyle (31.84) but quickly made up for it with a her fifth first-place finish in the meet in the 100m butterfly (1:17.93).

Kimura, for his part, topped the boys’ 8-and-under age group by amassing 61 points. He first showed his speed in the 100-meter freestyle (1:32.71) but then settled for second in the 50m backstroke (53.98).

Kimura bounced right back as he again was without peer in the 50m breaststroke (53.40) and the 200m freestyle (3:21.37). He further showed he was indeed the swimmer to beat in the division, coming in first in the 50m freestyle (41.16) and the 50m butterfly (55.75)

Two other wards of swim club coach Michael Stewart finished in the Top 3, as Rezne Wong finished second in the boys’ 14-and-under with 47 points and Minerva Cabrera was third in the women’s open division with 37.

Wong was first in the 100m freestyle (1:05.21), 100m breastroke (1:22.07), 200m IM (2:40.87), and 100m butterfly (1:18.20). However, he came in second in the 200m freestyle (2:23.21) and fifth in the 50m freestyle (30.15)

Cabrera was second in the 100m breastroke (1:28.20), 200m IM (2:50.15), and the 50m freestyle (30.75). She also finished third in the 100m butterfly (1:22.12) and fourth in the 200m freestyle (2:25.78).

Other swim club members that participated in the meet, with their rankings and scores in parenthesis, were as follows: Jellian Majors (girls’ 10-and-under 5th place, 19 points); Clay McCullough-Stearns (boys’ 10-and-under 10th place, 5 points); Emma McCullough-Stearns (girls’ 12-and-under 8th place, 6 points); En Hong Pang (boys’ 12-and-under 5th place, 26 points); Blair Nichols (boys’ 12-and-under 7th place, 15 points); Cooper Graf (boys’ 12-and-under 9th place, 4 points); Michael Camacho (boys’ 14-and-under 5th place, 29 points); En Yang Pang (boys’ 14-and-under 6th place, 28 points); Melissa Coleman (women’s open 5th place, 24 points); Myana Welch (women’s open 6th place, 17 points); Natasha Good (women’s open 7th place, 14 points); Katie Nichols (women’s open 8th place, 12 points); and Juan Camacho (men’s open 4th place, 31 points).