With a tally of seven gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals, and a combined total of 365 points, the Barbados swim team at the CARIFTA Aquatic Championships 23 in Curaçao were 4th in overall points.
Leading the Championships with a whopping 863 points was Bahamas, while Cayman Islands was second on 572 and Trinidad & Tobago in third with 407
Barbados’ swimmers put on a fantastic performance on Sunday, to climax the BASA Long Course National Championships, with Heidi Stoute and Brennan Watson displaying their stamina and skills to qualify for the CARIFTA Championships in the gruelling 800 metres freestyle. Needing to beat the 10:10.48 minutes among the girls’ 13-14 age category, Pirates’ Stoute cruised home in 9:33.53. Watson, also of Pirates, needed to go under a time 9:45.65 minutes …
Several national swimmers have made the qualifying standard at the 2023 Barbados Aquatic Sports Long Course National Swimming Championships which commenced yesterday evening at the National Aquatic Centre in Wildey.Among Barbados’ top junior swimmers making the qualifying standards in the freestyle and butterfly events for the 2023 CARIFTA Aquatics Championships scheduled for Curacao were Heidi Stoute (18:09.46) and Isabella Mayers (19:45.23) in the 1500 metres freestyle for 13 to 14 girls.Brennan Watson is the lone competitor in the boys’ 13 to 14 to qualify in the 1500 metres freestyle (18:24.14) which is a ‘B’ standard.Also in the girls’ 15 to 17 1500 metres freestyle, Heidi Baker (20:25.44), Kenyah Deane (19:06.62) and Rebecca Weekes (20:26.66) all secured their spots.Booking her ticket in the 11 to 12 girls’ 200 metres freestyle was Amiya Harrison (2:25.57) and Mihael Sobers (2:23.16) in the boys’ equivalent.
The National Short Course Swimming Championships were a break-out party for 12-year-old Tariq Greenidge who shone in the pool over the weekend. Greenidge, a swimmer for the High Tide Sting Rays, emerged from the shadow of the Dolphin Swim Club trio Zachary Burke, Brennan Watson and Brendan Gill when the six days of exciting action came to an end on Sunday at the Aquatic Centre of the Garfield Sobers Sports …