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[OLYMPIC GAMES]
Melissa Ashby
Age: 18
Status: Student
Swimming Club
affiliation: Orca Swimming Club
1998: 11/12 Age Group
- April - CARIFTA Bronze medalist 200M
Breaststroke
1999: 11/12 Age Group - Coaching problems caused
issues for all senior swimmers.
There was no senior swimmers coaching staff.
2000: 13/14 Age Group
- April - CARIFTA Finalist 100M Breaststroke &
200M Breaststroke.
- July - CISC (Caribbean Islands Swimming
Championships) - Aruba. Finalist
200M Breaststroke.
2001: 13/14 Age Group
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April -CARIFTA Bahamas. Finalist 100M Breaststroke 6th
overall, personal best time of 1:21:98; Finalist 200M Breaststroke 8th
overall.
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May - Barbados Aquatic Center Invitational Swimming Championships
Silver medalist 100M Breaststroke; 4th overall 200M Breaststroke Open
Event.
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July - CCCAN (Caribbean & Central American Championships), Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. Finalist 100M Breaststroke 8th place overall,
personal best time 1:20:96. First time a Grenadian has entered the finals at
this level Championships. This time also placed her in the qualifying standards
for the Pan American & Commonwealth Games.
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November - OECS - Short Course Championships - Gold, Silver and Bronze.
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Chosen as top female swimmer to represent Grenada at the Commonwealth
Games in Manchester, England. However due to lack of funding she was unable to
attend.
2002: 15/17 Age Group
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April - CARIFTA Finalist 100M Breaststroke placing 6th
overall; Finalist 200M Breaststroke placing 7th overall.
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July CISC Curacao Finalist 100M Breaststroke & 200M Breaststroke.
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November OECS Short Course Championships Gold medalist 50M
Breaststroke & 100M Breaststroke.
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National records set for 50M & 100M Breaststroke.
2003: 15/17 Age Group
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April CARIFTA Jamaica Finalist 100M Breaststroke time of 1:21:46.
Finalist 200M
Breaststroke.
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July 10th FINA World Swimming Championships Barcelona,
Spain. Swam 50M Breaststroke, 100M Breaststroke & 50M Freestyle.
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Invited by FINA to represent Grenada at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
Greece.
2004:
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July CISC Jamaica 100M Breaststroke placing overall 4th
with a personal best time of 1:20:53 and a new national record.
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September Offered scholarship to Monroe College in Rochester, New York.
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