Two new St. Vincent and the Grenadines records were established when St. Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the World Aquatics Championships (WAC), held in Fukuoka, Japan, July 23-30.
Responsible for the resets, was Alex Joachim.
First, he timed 25.58s in the 50m Butterfly, beating the previous best of 25.65s he established earlier this year at the Aquatic Centre Invitational.
Joachim then went on to slash his own 100m Freestyle of 54.29s, accomplished at the World FINA Championships in 2019, when he clocked 52.78s at the WAC.
Apart from setting the new national marks, Joachim tallied 1361 ranking points.
Besides Joachim, St. Vincent and the Grenadines was represented by Shane Cadogan, Kennice Greene and Mya Defreitas.
Cadogan, who competed in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle, clocked 30.23s and 24.59m respectively. He, however, fell below his personal bests in both events.
He collected 632 points for his efforts in the Breaststroke and 614 points in the Freestyle.
Meanwhile, Greene equaled her best time in the 50m Butterfly, that of 29.90s, but was off by 0.42 seconds in the 50m Freestyle, as she clocked 28.23s.
For her efforts, Greene accumulated 1134 ranking points, spread over the two events.
And Defreitas timed 2:16.22 in the 200m Women’s Freestyle to earn 545 points, and gained another 574 points for her 1:2.19 clocking in the 100m Freestyle. Both times were below her personal bests.
