ASA participate in San Marino Swimming Meet
Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 15:57Gavin Muscat
In preparation for the upcoming Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) to be held between the 29th May and 3rd June 2017 in Serravalle, San Marino, and to provide International exposure to the swimmers who have qualified or are likely to qualify for these games, the ASA of Malta participated in the 15° Meeting Del Titano Long Course Swimming Meet in Serravalle, San Marino between the 24th and 25th February 2017. The team was led by National Swimming Coach Artem Goncharenko, President Joe Caruana Curran and Physio Rebecca Causon.
The competition format featured Heats in the morning and Finals in the afternoons. The following is a brief report of the 2 Days of competition and the results achieved.
Swimming Groups:
Women:
- Open – born 2002 and before
- Junior – born 2003/2004
Men:
- Open – born 2000 and before
- Junior – born 2001/2002/2003
Heats and Finals
The fastest 16 junior and 16 open swimmers from morning heats will progress to the A and B Finals in the afternoon.
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Day 1 – Friday 24th February 2017
Our swimmers obtained the following results:-
| Event | Result | Event | Result | Event | Result | |
| Mya Azzopardi | 200 Free | 02:16.36 | 50 Back | 32.59 | ||
| Jeremy Bugeja | 200 Free | 02:01.49 | 50 Free | 25.39 | ||
| Kyle Buhagiar | 200 Free | 02:02.14 | ||||
| Charis Ceccarelli | 200 Fly | 02:36.71 | 50 Fly | 30.78 | ||
| Gabriel Dimech | 50 Breast | 31.47 | 50 Fly | 27.91 | ||
| Francesca Falzon Young | 50 Free | 27.99 | 50 Fly | 30.05 | ||
| Kristina Fino | 200 Free | 02:17.47 | 50 Free | 29.26 | ||
| Andria Friggieri | 200 Back | 02:30.33 | 50 Back | 33.89 | ||
| Matthew Galea | 200 Free | 01:56.83 | 50 Free | 24.5 | ||
| Timothy Hansford | 200 Breast | 02:40.11 | 50 Breast | 34.28 | ||
| Amy Micallef | 200 Breast | 02:44.47 | 50 Breast | 33.98 | 50 Fly | 30.99 |
| Michael Stafrace | 50 Breast | 30.48 | 50 Fly | 26.23 | ||
| Leah Tanti | 200 Free | 02:21.69 | 50 Fly | 30.19 | ||
| Mikhail Umnov | 200 Breast | 02:30.17 | 50 Fly | 26.08 | ||
| Martina Valletta | 200 Back | 02:37.04 | 50 Back | 32.99 | ||
| Thomas Wareing | 200 Back | 02:17.39 | 50 Back | 30.89 | ||
| Matthew Zammit | 50 Free | 23.83 |
The result below is a new National Record:
50 Breast Amy Micallef Broke her own record of 34.07 set in Berlin in Dec 2016
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The following swimmers made it to the Finals with their morning times and achieved the results indicated:
| Event | Result | Event | Result | |
| Amy Micallef | 200 Breast | 02:43.77 | 50 Breast | 34.17 |
| Mikhail Umnov | 200 Breast | 02:27.45 | ||
| Andria Friggieri | 200 Back | 02:30.69 | ||
| Thomas Wareing | 200 Back | 02:16.54 | ||
| Matthew Zammit | 50 Free | 23.81 |
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The final event of the day was the 4 x 100m Free Relay in which the Maltese Squad took part with 4 teams.
Men
Buhagiar Kyle, Stafrace Michael, Wareing Thomas, Dimech Gabriel 3:42.69
Zammit Matthew, Bugeja Jeremy, Umnov Mikhail, Galea Matthew 3:35.97
Women
Valletta Martina, Friggieri Andria, Tanti Leah, Ceccarelli Charis 4:19.66
Falzon Young Francesca, Fino Kristina, Micallef Amy, Azzopardi Mya 4:06.01
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Day 2 – Saturday 25th February 2017
| Event | Result | Event | Result | Event | Result | |
| Mya Azzopardi | 200 IM | 02:32.61 | 100 Back | 01:10.81 | ||
| Jeremy Bugeja | 100 Free | 55.27 | 100 Fly | 01:06.26 | ||
| Kyle Buhagiar | 100 Free | 56.06 | 50 Free | 25.67 | ||
| Charis Ceccarelli | 100 Fly | 01:06.97 | ||||
| Gabriel Dimech | 100 Free | 55.18 | ||||
| Francesca Falzon Young | 100 Free | 01:00.76 | ||||
| Kristina Fino | 100 Free | 01:02.86 | 100 Fly | 01:15.49 | ||
| Andria Friggieri | 800 Free | 09:58.85 | 100 Back | 01:10.61 | ||
| Matthew Galea | 100 Free | 53.45 | 100 Fly | 01:00.86 | ||
| Timothy Hansford | 100 Breast | 01:12.08 | 50 Free | 29.12 | ||
| Amy Micallef | 200 IM | 02:32.26 | 100 Breast | 01:15.50 | ||
| Michael Stafrace | 100 Breast | 01:08.90 | ||||
| Leah Tanti | 100 Free | 01:02.77 | 100 Fly | 01:09.17 | 50 Free | 28.98 |
| Mikhail Umnov | 100 Fly | 58.23 | ||||
| Martina Valletta | 100 Back | 01:13.31 | 50 Free | 29.54 | ||
| Thomas Wareing | 200 IM | 02:16.55 | 100 Back | 01:04.22 | ||
| Matthew Zammit | 100 Free | 53.25 |
The following swimmers made it to the Finals with their morning times and achieved the results indicated:
| Event | Result | Event | Result | Event | Result | |
| Amy Micallef | 100 Breast | 01:14.36 | ||||
| Mikhail Umnov | 100 Fly | 58.27 | ||||
| Thomas Wareing | 200 IM | 02:15.46 | 100 Back | 01:04.62 | ||
| Mya Azzopardi | 200 IM | 02:31.43 |
| Leah Tanti | 100 Free | 01:03.35 | 100 Fly | 01:09.82 | 50 Free | 28.82 |
| Kyle Buhagiar | 100 Free | 55.98 | 50 Free | 25.53 | ||
| Martina Valletta | 100 Back | 01:12.95 | ||||
| Timothy Hansford | 100 Breast | 01:12.48 |
The highlighted results are new Records as follows:
| 100 Breast | Amy Micallef | Broke her own record of 1:14.55 set in Gzira in Jul 2015 |
| 200 IM | Mya Azzopardi | Broke Nicola Muscat’s Age Group D record of 2:31.66 set in Gzira in Nov 2010 |
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The final event of the competition was the 4 x 100m Medley Relay in which the Maltese Squad took part with 2 teams. The teams were made up as follows:-
Men
Galea Matthew, Umnov Mikhail, Stafrace Michael, Zammit Matthew 3:59.63
Women
Azzopardi Mya, Ceccarelli Charis, Micallef Amy, Falzon Young Francesca 4:29.96
With the above time, the Women Team set a new National Record for the 4 x 100m Medley Relay which was previously set at a time of 4:33.29 since April 2016 and was achieved by Francesca Falzon Young, Charis Ceccarelli, Amy Micallef and Nicola Muscat.
The ASA of Malta is very satisfied with the results obtained.
