2019 CARIFTA Swim Team
The 2019 CARIFTA Swim Team has been ratified by Council.
The 2019 CARIFTA Swim Team was ratified by the ASAJ Council on Wednesday February 27, 2019.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who were selected!
View the team here.
Black Wins Gold
Jamaican Joseph Black had a fantastic debut for Kenyon College at the North Coast Atlantic Conference which was held from Feb 13-16
Before the Conference Championships started in Granville Ohio Black had a personal best time of 45.01 from the Kenyon Total Performance Invitational on December. He relegated that time to history with morning heats time of 44.45 (split time 21.34) . That propelled him to the top of the rankings heading into the Championship final.When the race started Joseph found himself behind in third place at the first 25 yards with a split of 10.15.
Tornadoes 13-14 400 Metre Freestyle Relay Team
The morning session of Day Three of the Walter Rogers Age Group Champs had as the highlight the obliteration of the girls 13-14 400 metre freestyle relay record by the Tornadoes team.
Since 2011 the old record had stood to the visiting Stingrays Swim Club of the Cayman Islands. The standard had stood to the team of Bethany Cleaver, Coral Tomascik, Lois Moody and Danielle Boothe. On Saturday Feb 23 the Tornadoes team of Isabella Sierra, Ireland Hunter, Aliyah Heaven and Sabrina Lyn laid waste to that time as they stopped the clock in a time of 4:16.80.They recorded the fastest female relay time of the day as well as beating back their opposition by more than 30 seconds.
Kokolo foster’s national breaststroke record highlights day two action at age group champs
The second night of action at the 2019 Walter Rogers Age Group Championships got underway on the perfect note in the very first event contested , the girls 11-12 100 metre breaststroke. This as Kokolo Foster of the Tornadoes Swim club stormed to victory in the event with an advantage of almost ten seconds to set a new 11-12 age group record of 1:18.51 (split time).
That performance lowered the 2009 Championship record held by Danielle Boothe of 1:20.31. Boothe would go on to have a very successful CARIFTA championships that year in Aruba winning Three Gold , Four Silver and a Bronze.