Barbados: Fourteen-year-old Heidi Stoute has been named “Junior Feminine Athlete of the 12 months” within the Barbados Olympic Affiliation’s annual award ceremony. The ceremony was held final week with a purpose to honour the distinctive athletes for his or her contribution to the sporting subject.
Stoute is an excellent younger Barbadian swimmer who has been breaking information within the swimming pool over the previous couple of years, and he or she has a monitor file of excellence within the pool.
This 12 months, she was chosen to characterize Barbados on the Junior Commonwealth Video games, the place she gained a bronze medal within the 400m Freestyle.
On the CARIFTA Video games in April she gained 6 particular person gold medals and three relay gold medals.
She holds the nationwide file for the 200m freestyle and he or she is the CARIFTA Group Document Holder for the 1500m Freestyle within the 13 to 14 Age group. She can be the nationwide Document Holder for each Freestyle occasion from 100m to 1500m within the 13 to 14 Age Group.
Heidi additionally established a brand new 13 – 14 SC Age Group Document within the 100 M Freestyle on the 2023 Inter-Secondary Faculty Swimming Championships. Stoute recorded 57.60 seconds on this occasion, eradicating the earlier file of 58.82 seconds.
The affiliation can all count on higher issues from this St. Winifred’s Faculty scholar who’s a member of the Pirates Swim Membership.
Together with that, Eighteen-year-old Teon Haynes secured the title of the “Junior Male Athlete of the 12 months” within the Barbados Olympics Affiliation, which held their annual award ceremony.
Haynes, a product of Combermere Faculty and Talons Athletic Membership, has represented his faculty, his membership and his nation over time with excellent outcomes.
He was chosen to characterize Barbados on the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Video games final August, the place he clinched the Bronze medal within the males’s lengthy leap with a private finest time of seven.32m!
His leap not solely secured a podium end but in addition showcased his dedication and talent on the worldwide stage.
