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Team Barbados has surpassed the number of medals earned at last staging of the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships and there is still one more day of competition left at the Aquatic Centre. To date, the Bajans have won 29 medals over the three days, three more than the whole of the 2019 championships. And one of those leading the push is Jaiya Simmons who continues to have a debut to remember. …
Jaiya Simmons continued the impressive start to her CARIFTA Aquatics debut by collecting four more gold medals on Sunday night at the Aquatic Centre, taking her total to seven gold in as many events. Simmons broke the national record in the Girls 11-12 50M butterfly in the preliminary round, setting a time of 30.69 seconds, and coming into the final, she followed it up with 30.74 to secure gold. The …
There is an unmistakable aura of excitement and expectancy among the members of the Barbados swim squad who will take to the pool during this weekend’s 35th Carifta Aquatics Championships which commence today at the Aquatic Centre. Twenty-four of the island’s best junior swimmers will endeavour to satisfy the home crowd’s desire for efficiency, entertainment and of course, medals at the four-day meet which concludes on Tuesday. Barbados concluded the …
Barbadian swimmers Jaiya Simmons, Tariq Greenidge and Victor Ashby enjoyed dream starts to their Carifta careers as they emerged as two of the host nation’s strongest chances for early medals at the conclusion of the opening session this morning at the 35th CARIFTA Swimming Championships at the Aquatic Centre. There was no rival for Simmons in the 11-12 girls’ 100m butterfly and she dominated her heat in a time of …