The 25th Guess Easter International swim meet
The ASA of Malta organised the 25th Guess Easter International Swim Meet between the 5th and 7th April. This year’s event saw the participation of 367 swimmers, with 271 athletes registered with local clubs and the rest coming from clubs registered in the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, Lebanon, Slovenia, Italy and Luxembourg.
The meet was run to high standards especially because this was the first ever meet hosted in Malta that had the status of a FINA Qualifying Event. In this respect FINA qualified Referee, Ms. Mireille Zimmer, and Starter, Mr. Roland Kolb, were brought over to Malta to officiate the event.
All participating swimmers have done their outmost to perform to their best abilities. In particular, the following swimmers have distinguished themselves by breaking National and Easter Meet Records.
Francesca Falzon Sirens ASC (MLT)
National Record50m Backstroke 30.45; Group F Easter Meet Record 50m Freestyle 26.81; Young – Group F Easter Meet Record 100m Freestyle 58.91; Group F Easter Meet Record 50m Backstroke 30.45; Open Easter Meet Record 50m Freestyle 26.81; Open Easter Meet Record 50m Backstroke 30.45
Kimberley Castelletti Marsaxlokk ASC (MLT)
National Record 50m Butterfly 28.64
Thomas Waering – ASC (MLT)
National Record 2 0 0 m B a c k stroke 2.10.32; National Record 400m Individual Medley 4.44.35
Michael Umnov – Sirens ASC (MLT)
National Record200m Individual Medley 2.08.6
Haley Pawley Neame – Sirens ASC (MLT)
Group A Easter Meet Record 50m Backstroke 35.08
Lara Buondonno – Swim Project Venafro (ITA)
Group D Easter Meet Record 50m Breaststroke 34.88; Group D Easter Meet Record 50m Butterfly 30.11; Group D Easter Meet Record 200m Breaststroke 2.40.8
Mya Azzopardi – Neptunes WPSC (MLT)
Group E Easter Meet Record Sliema – 100m Butterfly 1.07.00
Alexandra McGonigle Marsaxlokk ASC (MLT)
Group F Easter Meet Record 50m Breaststroke 34.04; Group F Easter Meet Record 200m Breaststroke 2.43.13
Rudi Spiteri (MLT)
Group E Easter Meet Record 50m Freestyle 24.68; Group E Easter Meet Record 100m Freestyle 54.70; Group E Easter Meet Record 50m Butterfly26.17
Razvan Rath – San Giljan SW Elite (MLT)
Group E Easter Meet Record 50m Breaststroke 31.24
Mohsen Mehmannavaz – San Giljan SW Elite (MLT)
Open Easter Meet Record 100m Breaststroke 59.60
For this particular event, being the 25th Edition, the ASA presented a Trophy to Sirens ASC, being the club that won most gold medals during the event. For this year the trophy was named after Dr Michael Gialanze in recognition of the sterling work he carried out during the many years of service to the ASA, in particular the setting up of the first Easter Meet 25 years ago. – – Sirens ASC