The Tribune

The 46th edition of the Bahamas Aquatics' 2017 RBC Swimming National Championships concluded four days of keen competition at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre over the weekend.

The event featured standout performances from many of the top junior swimmers the country had an opportunity to witness earlier this year at CARIFTA, others who will swim next month at the Commonwealth Youth Games and the return of Olympians and elite athletes. It was the first competition for Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace since her participation in the Rio Olympics. She closed out the competition with a win in her signature event - 50m free - in 25.80 seconds followed by the Texas Longhorns' Joanna Evans, who was second in 27.16. Both are members of Swift Swimming.

Perez Moss (Alpha Aquatics) won the boys' 15-and-over event in 23.76 followed by Gershwin Greene (Barracudas) in 24.14.

Other 50m free winners included Lamar Taylor in the boys' 13-14 (Freeport Aquatics, 24.84); Jolise Newbold in the girls' 13-14 (Orcas, 28.88); Ishan Roy in the boys' 11-12 (Barracudas, 28.51); Rachel Lundy in the girls' 11-12 (Barracudas, 28.93); Marvin Johnson in the boys' 9-10 (Freeport Aquatics), Leylah Knowles in the girls 9-10 (Alpha Aquatics, 31.86), Maxwell Daniels in the boys' under-8 (Dolphin Swim Club, 33.40) and Daniel Passion (Freeport Aquatics, 34.24) in the girls' under-8.