Suriname Swimmers Pigot and Tjon A Joe swim 100m freestyle today in Pan AM Games Toronto

Chinyere Pigot who was flag bearer for the Suriname team and Renzo Tjon a Joe , Auburn University professional swimmer will compete for Suriname in the 100 meters freestyle at the Pan AM Aquatic Center at the University of Toronto.

Renzo in Dubai

The two swimmers are competing today for a place in the 100m freestyle final tonight at 7.05 pm for Women's Final B ; 7.10 for Women's Final A;7.15 for Men's Final B and 7.20pm for men's final A.

The heats to qualify for the finals take place this morning. The women's event has four heats from 10.05 am to 10.14.

Jamaican swimmer Allia Atkinson, Auburn University team mate of Renzo Tjon A Joe in in heat 2 with the best qualifying time.

Renzo Silver medallist 

Chinyere Pigot is in heat 3 with the 5th best qualifying time.
The men's three heats run from 11.45 to 11.48am. Renzo is in heat 2 with the 4th best qualifying time of 50.11which is a Suriname national record.

Renzo won a silver medal in November 2014 at the 22nd Central American and Caribbean games. Gold was won by George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago.

Renzo Tjon A Joe   is  an AlphaMax Academy  Graduate and Oasis swimmer. He won the 2013 Suriname Sportsman of the Year award.  Renzo is the National champion in the 50m and 100m freestyle Long Course and Short Course. He holds the Surinamese national records in these events.

Chinyere Pigot is lives in Miami, Florida. She attends the University of Connecticut and participates on a collegiate level. Pigot represented Suriname  at the 2008 Summer Olympics at age fifteen.

You can probably view these events at www.cbc.ca. The streaming is designed only for Canadian views. You may be able to bypass this by first downloading Hola and setting your computer location to Canada. Then go to the CBC site.