Maeva Parayre, Marc Artemius Paderon dominate 13 to 14 years swimming events – 2011 Arafura Games
New Caledonia’s Maeva Parayre and Philippins-AK’s Marc Artemius Paderon won the hearts of arena by dominating the finals of their swimming events on day three of the 2011 Arafura Games.
The session included the final rounds of the 100m butterfly and the 50m back-stroke for the Girl’s and Boy’s of 13 to 14 years of age group.
The first event of the session was Girl’s 100m butterfly, where the fastest qualifying swimmer, Parayre sustained her spot in the final round. She pocketed the gold medal by touching the wall first in a time of 1:10.29 minutes. Parayre’s improved timing
was 0.52 seconds faster than her following swimmer, Joanna Simbulan who claimed the silver medal in a time of 1:10.83 minutes. West Australia’s Jade MacDonald-Razvi followed them on the podium for the bronze medal by producing a time of 1:12.36 minutes
Next was the Boy’s 100m butterfly final, where Marc Artemius Paderon of Philippines-AK presented an astonishing swim of 1:02.33 minutes for the gold medal. Paderon, who qualified as the fastest swimmer into the final, improved his timing by almost 2.5 seconds
to earn the golden spot. His team-mate, Rafael Sta. Maria was only 0.46 seconds away and clocked 1:02.79 minutes for the silver medal. 14-year-old Rafael improved his timing by almost five seconds but failed to overcome Paderon’s effort. They were followed
by New Caledonia’s Timothe Muller, who appeared on the podium for the bronze medal with a timing of 1:04.96 minutes.
In the Girl’s 50m back-stroke, Rachael Gilholm of Queensland earned the crowd’s respect by sustaining her fastest spot in the final. Gilholm posted a time of 33.98 seconds for the gold medal and was followed by West Australia’s Talara-Jade Dixon, who won
the silver medal in 34.13 seconds. Dixon, who qualified as the third fastest swimmer into the final, over-took her rival, Brianna Cunningham, who finished third in the final. Cunningham posted a time of 34.20 seconds to conquer the bronze medal.
The last event of the session was the Boy’s 50m back-stroke category, where James Parry of Queensland defeated Paderon. Parry earned the gold medal by clocking 29.51 seconds and was 0.64 seconds ahead of his following swimmer, Paderon, who settled second
in a time of 30.15 seconds. Rafael followed them on the podium for the bronze medal, posting a time of 31.05 seconds.
The arena enjoyed some amazing swims of the age group in their respective events, whereas these participants will battle each other for one more day.
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