Tsunami Saipan swimmers crush 7 records

Tsunami Saipan swimmers shattered four CNMI age group records and reset three during the 2012 SSC International Invitational Meet held last weekend at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool in Marpi.

Miku Tammy crushed three CNMI marks in the girls 9 to 10, Kaito Yanai broke one in the boys 11 to 12, and Ryuto Yanai eclipsed his own records in the boys U8 division.

Tammy started her record-breaking swims in the 200m freestyle Saturday morning when she submitted 2:34.86, about 12 seconds faster than the previous CNMI mark. Saipan Swim Club’s Myana Welch held the old record at 2:46.59 posted on May 5, 2000.

Another of Welch’s record fell Saturday morning when Tammy finished the 100m backstroke in 1:21.49, more than six seconds better than the former’s mark of 1:27.64 made on March 28, 2000.

After her two records in the morning session of the two-day meet, the 10-year-old Tammy returned for the afternoon swim and crushed one more mark. She timed in at 2:53.17 in the 200m individual medley, surpassing the 12-year record of Welch (3:03.62/March 28, 2000).

With her three new records, Tammy now owns seven CNMI age group marks in the 9 to 10 division. He four other records are in the 400m freestyle (5:43.69/Dec. 3, 2011), 800m freestyle (11:49.95/Jan. 21, 2012) 50m backstroke (39.46 seconds/Feb. 18, 2012), and 20m butterfly (37.64 seconds/Feb. 18, 2011).

Ryuto Yanai still has five of the 11 age group records in the boys U8 division after resetting three of his marks in the SSC meet. His first event for the weekend was the 200m freestyle race last Friday and he timed in at 2:34.63, about 11 seconds faster than his own record 2:45.35 tallied on Dec. 10, 2011. Then in the Saturday morning session of the meet, the 8-year-old Yanai swam in the 100m freestyle and clocked in at 1:15.69, which is better than his 1:16.11 set on Nov. 12, 2011. For the afternoon session, the Tsunami Saipan bet finished the 50m freestyle race in 33.04 seconds, breaking the CNMI age group mark (33.65 seconds), which he also owned and posted on Dec. 10, 2011.

Ryuto Yanai’s two age CNMI age group records are in the 50m butterfly (36.48 seconds/Feb. 18. 2012) and 100m butterfly (1:22.17/Jan. 21, 2012).

Ryuto’s oldest brother, Kaito, added another record to his belt after submitting 2:39.48 in the 200m backstroke race last Friday. Kaito’s time shattered the 2:40.79 Kensuke Kimura set in the boys 11 to 12 age group on Feb. 7, 2009. Kaito now has five records in his age group and is in good shape of over taking the records of Joshua Taitano, who holds the most marks with seven. Kensuke Kimura’s records in the 11 to 12 dropped from five to four after Kaito’s 200m backstroke mark. Kaito’s four other records are in the 100m backstroke (1:15.51/Feb. 18, 2012), 50m b reaststroke (36.78 seconds/ Feb. 18, 2012), 100m breaststroke (1:19.26/Dec. 3, 2011), and 200m breaststroke (2:51.79/Jan. 21, 2012).