Barbados: The eight year-old scholar at All Saint’s Main College of Barbados positioned third in her age group on the Rodney Heights Aquatic Heart invitational in Saint Lucia in the course of the Easter trip. She additionally received a gold medal within the 50m backstroke and two bronze medals within the 50m butterfly and the 100m Particular person Medley.
Earlier than going to Saint Lucia in April, Mya competed within the BASA lengthy course nationals in February and received a silver medal in 50m backstroke in her first yr within the eight and below age group.
Final yr Mya received 5 gold medals and was the ‘Excessive Factors Swimmer’ within the six and below age group at Rodney Heights Aquatic Heart invitational in Saint Lucia. She additionally received a gold medal within the six and below age group on the native Aquatic Heart Invitational and on the Pirates Worldwide meet, she was second within the 6 and below age group.
Competing for her faculty on the 2022 Main faculty swimming championship, she positioned 2nd general within the 6 and below age group and he or she has proven constant enchancment since then.
Mya began a be taught to swim program with ‘Aquability’ on the tender age of seven months as a result of her mother and father needed her to know learn how to swim. After she outgrew the pool at Aquability, she joined the Seaside Aquatics Swim Membership in 2019 and shortly confirmed potential and curiosity in aggressive swimming.
In her first aggressive swim on the age of 5, Mya got here final however removed from feeling discouraged, the brave lass was fired up for the subsequent meet a couple of months later and he or she has made progress in every race wherein she has competed since then.
An academically sturdy scholar who pays cautious consideration to her faculty work, Mya represented her faculty on the 2023 Nationwide Main College Athletic Championships in lengthy leap, 4x100m relay and 150m dash and this yr, she certified to characterize them within the 150m dash and the 4x100m relay. She additionally enjoys desk tennis and lately began enjoying the game.
The gifted all rounded scholar is a member of the college’s choir and carried out at Elliot Belgrave’s Christmas Programme with the choir.
The daughter of Merlon and Deeann Edwards, who hail from Mile & A Quarter in St. Peter, is an animal lover and he or she has cats, fish and a tortoise. Mya additionally likes constructing and enjoying with legos and doing tie dye and he or she is pleased consuming something created from flour.
