By R. Vincent Tupaz
For Variety

THE island has some sports ambassadors abroad and they are representing well says Guam Swimming Federation President Greg Shulte.
According to Shulte, over a handful of swimmers from Guam are participating in the FINA Swimming World Championships in Australia. Shulte explained that island swimmers are going head to head with some of the best swimmers worldwide.
Shulte sent a release that noted “Guam swimmers exceed expectations at the FINA Swimming World Championships.”
Guam is facing some of the best swimmers from 175 countries and has an opportunity to prove their worth in Australia at the FINA event. “To date, six new Guam records have been set and results so far have well and truly surpassed all expectations,” stated Shulte. He added, “Most importantly, each swimmer on the team has set new personal best times and gained valuable experience at the highest level of competitive swimming.”
The GSF head gave a description of the venue.” The Championships are being held at the Rod Laver Tennis Arena in Melbourne. Two temporary pools have been constructed both measuring 50m x 25m. The competition pool is 3 m deep and the warm-up pool is 2m deep. The pools took about one month to install and will take about 2 weeks to disassemble. Over 1000 athletes are competing in front of an estimated 13,000 spectators.”
Shulte provided a recap of the results posted by Guam competitors.
In the 50 M Butterfly Hernan Bonsembiante set a new personal best time of 28.27 followed by Carlos Shimizu who swam close to his best time in 29.32.
In the 100 Breaststroke CJ Aguon swam to a new Guam record of 1:10.46 in the 17-18 male age category breaking his own record set in Maui at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this past January.
The 4X100 Freestyle Relay saw Carlos Shimizu swim a 56.86 personal best in the first leg of the relay, followed by CJ Aguon, Hernan Bonsembiante and Chris Duenas, The team finished with a time of 3:50.46.
On Day 2, Monday, Chris Duenas established a new Guam 15-16 record time of 1:58.99 beating the previous mark of 1:59.76 set by Darrick Bollinger in August 1993. In the same event, Carlos Shimizu swam a personal best of 2:06.81 in the 200 freestyle cutting almost seven seconds off his previous best time.
In the womens 100 Breaststroke Rachel Lannen set a new Guam 17-18 Female record with a swim of 1:20.83 breaking Xenavee Pangelinan’s time set in February 2000, and in the Men’s 100 Backstroke CJ Aguon came within less than a second of his personal best time with a swim of 1:09.18
Day 3 saw CJ Aguon establishing a New Guam National record in the 50 breaststroke event with a time of 32.11.
On Day 4 in the Men’s 100 Freestyle, Chris Duenas established a new Guam 15-16 male record with a time of 54.10 breaking his own record set in December of 2006. In the same event Carlos Shimizu swam a new personal best time of 57.01