Two swimmers from the British International School (BIS) Flying Fish Swimming Club represented Phuket in the Dok Bua Games held March 21-27 in Ubon Ratchathani. The event earned attention for Phuket and for the 2 swimmers.
Karnnika Porter, 15, participated in all of the girls' breast stroke events--50m, 100m and 200m. Porter's performance in the 50m event was truly impressive with a time of 37.27 seconds, just 2 seconds outside the national record. As a result, Porter qualified as first alternate for the 50m final. Porter's time for the 100m event placed her at 14th overall in a field of thirty five swimmers.
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Gavin Lewis, 17, swam in the men's sprint events in butterfly, freestyle and breast stroke. Lewis' performance in the butterfly and freestyle qualified him for the event finals, swimming an impressive 27.51 seconds in the butterfly event only seven hundredths of a second outside of the national record. In the freestyle events Lewis swam another impressive time of 25.39 seconds, finishing in sixth place.
Both Porter and Lewis also swam as part of the Phuket team in the 100m freestyle and medley relays. In both of these events, the Phuket teams qualified for the finals but did not place.
The times recorded during the Dok Bua Games qualify swimmers for the Southeast Asia Age Group Games held June 22-23 in Kurat.
As a lead up to those games, Porter and Lewis and 4 other swimmers from the BIS Flying Fish Swimming Club will now prepare for the Thai National Age Group Championships held April 5-6 at Thamasat University in Bangkok.
