Dec­o­rat­ed T&T swim star George Bovell III won bronze in the 50-me­tre freestyle at the 26th An­nu­al Char­lotte Ul­tra­Swim which was held from May 13-16, 2010 at Meck­len­burg Coun­ty Aquat­ic Cen­ter in Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na. Bovell was among six T&T swim­mers that par­tic­i­pat­ed in this Grand Prix Meet. Bovell, swim­ming for Auburn Aquat­ics, touched the wall in 22.61 be­hind Olympians Josh Schnei­der (22.38) and Cullen Jones (22.40). Joshua Mc Leod (24.12) of At­lantis Aquat­ics and Caryle Blondell (24.14) of Blue Dol­phins qual­i­fied for the C fi­nal and placed sev­enth and eighth re­spec­tive­ly. Bovell then went on to fin­ish sev­enth in the 100m freestyle A fi­nal in 50.76. Mc Leod qual­i­fied for the C fi­nal in the event in a per­son­al best 52.27, ahead of the likes of Jones. Mc Leod placed sev­enth in the C fi­nal in 52.96. Blondell placed 42nd in the pre­lim­i­nar­ies in 53.17.

Blondell al­so par­tic­i­pat­ed in the 100m back­stroke (54th - 1:02.31). Mc Leod placed 30th in the 100m but­ter­fly in 57.29. Cherelle Thomp­son of Blue Dol­phins missed out on qual­i­fy­ing in the C fi­nal of the women's 50 free. She was joint 24th place in a time of 27.19. In a swim-off be­tween Thomp­son and Paige Whit­mire, Whit­mire won in 26.46, while Thomp­son swam 26.94. Thomp­son was al­so 98th in the 100 free in 1:02.70, and 52nd in the 100 breast in 1:27.18. Kim­ber­lee John Williams of Blue Dol­phins placed 75th in the 100 free in 1:00.61, 82nd in the 200 free in 2:10.37 and 43rd in the 100 back in 1:06.91. Mc Leod's younger broth­er Abra­ham, touched the wall in 1:10.38 in the 100 breast to place 46th, and in 2:38.57 in the 200 breast to place 55th.

This meet was used to ex­pose T&T's top age-group swim­mers to open com­pe­ti­tion. With the ex­cep­tion of Abra­ham Mc Leod, these swim­mers were all ben­e­fi­cia­ries of Gov­ern­ment's Elite Ath­lete As­sis­tance Pro­gramme. Bovell, John Williams and Thomp­son have al­ready qual­i­fied for in­di­vid­ual events at the Cen­tral Amer­i­can and Caribbean (CAC) Games. John Williams will al­so be at­tend­ing the in­au­gur­al Youth Olympics in Au­gust in Sin­ga­pore. Bovell has al­so qual­i­fied for Com­mon­wealth. Blondell, and the two Mc Leods are at­tempt­ing to qual­i­fy for in­di­vid­ual events for CAC Games.