Photo By Lance Cpl. Janelle Chapman | Dezmond Oyandadel, a swimmer from Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and 24-year-old native...... read more read more
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KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii - The 101 Days of Summer program held its eighth annual swim meet at the base pool, June 21. Participants arrived for the swim meet at 6:30 a.m. and the races began at 7:30 a.m.
Dezmond Oyandadel participated in the meet, attempting to earn points for his unit, Combat Logistics Battalion 3.
“We’re here to have fun and bring some competition,” Oyandadel, native of Wolcott, Conn. said. “We’re trying to get ranked (in the 101 Days of Summer program).”
Teams averaged six swimmers per team and swam individually and in team relay events. Oyandadel wasn’t new to the competition aspect of the swim meet. He used to swim competitively in high school.
Participant James Sasso was a fellow teammate of Oyandadel. He had been swimming since he was 8 years old and swam competitively in elementary school. He has been in the competitive swimming scene just as long as Oyandadel.
“We (sailors in his unit) swim at lunch time for (physical training),” Sasso said. “There is some competition though. There are some obvious tri-athletes here who are in shape.”
The swim meet consisted of multiple races, some individual and some relays. The individual races included a 50-meter backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle and a 200-meter medley, with 50-meters of each stroke. The relays are four-person teams with each person swimming 50-meters of a stroke.
The Health Promotion Office and Substance Abuse Counseling Center coordinate the 101 Days of Summer program annually. In the program, units can participate in various events spread out from May 5 to Sept. 2. The events earn points for the unit and at the end of the 101 Days of Summer, three units win money for their unit fund.
The 101 Days of Summer program shows everyone, from single Marines and sailors to married service members, that the base has great activities for them, Oyandadel said.
Besides swim meets, there are bowling tournaments, fun runs, and classes, that add points to unit’s score. Each activity awards points to the participants. The unit with the most points at the end of the program wins $750 for their unit funds.
The winners of the June 21 swim meet for the individual races are freestyle first place Nicholas Bazzone of Headquarters Battalion, and the first place for breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and medley was Jon Hurst, representing Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 51.
Team relay stats are freestyle first place Headquarters Battalion, breaststroke first place Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, backstroke first place HMLA- 367, butterfly first place VR-51, and medley first place Headquarters Bn.
The next activity in the program is the Runway Run, scheduled for July 4 at 6:30 a.m., starting at Hangar 104.
| Date Taken: | 06.21.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 06.28.2013 15:33 |
| Story ID: | 109491 |
| Location: | KANEOHE BAY, HI, US |
| Hometown: | WOLCOTT, CT, US |
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