Centre of Excellence Sea Hawks Swim Club athlete Jonathan Ramkissoon scored three personal best swims and won a silver medal at the Ontario University Short Course Swimming Championships on the weekend.
The 18-year-old national record holder swam the 50, 100 and 200 metres breaststroke for his University of Waterloo Warriors and impressed with one silver and two fifth placed finishes.
Firstly in the 200m breaststroke, Ramkissoon touched the wall in 2:17.11 to place fifth in the final. His previous personal best was 2:27.32. Also in the race was fellow T & T national record holder University of Toronto athlete Ross Phillips who placed 12th in 2:22.62.
He then mounted the prize rostrum in the 100 metre breaststroke in another personal best 1:02.46 to win silver. Late last year he achieved a 15-17 new national record of 1:03.39 but he has since progressed to the 18 and over category. Phillips was 11th in this event in 1:05.21.
Ramkissoon's third personal best came in the 50 metre breaststroke where he touched the wall in 29.10 seconds to place fifth. His previous Pb was 29.63. Phillips earned seventh place in this event in 29.58.
Ramkissoon left Trinidad last July to train for the World Junior Swimming Championships, and then proceeded to compete in Dubai where he performed creditably. Immediately following Dubai he proceeded to the University of Waterloo to pursue a BSc in Mathematics. In November he was named his school's athlete of the week for his 1:03.39 100m breaststroke swim which was a 15-17 national record.