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Barbados’ contingent ended the 34th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Amateur Swimming Championships (CCCAN) with a tally of 32 medals. On another encouraging night for the home team at the Barbados Aquatic Centre in Wildey, 11 year-old Amiya Harrison led the medal rush as she made a golden splash to win the 11-12 Girls’ 50 metres breaststroke event. The Harrison College student, triumphed in 38.08 seconds to beat …

Danielle Treasure created local sporting history on Thursday night by capturing Barbados’ first medal at the inaugural 2022 Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe. Treasure, a multiple CARIFTA aquatics medallist, won silver in the women’s 200 metre backstroke event in 2 minutes 22.63 seconds. Cuba’s Andrea Becali captured the gold in 2:20.95 minutes,while Curacao’s Samantha Van Vuure (2:28.51) took the bronze. Meantime, Nkosi Dunwoody finished fourth in his heat of the men’s 200 …

Barbadian swimmers Jack Kirby and Danielle Treasure are ready to make big splashes in the pool and capture medals at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games starting tomorrow in Cali, Colombia. The overseas-based Kirby and Treasure will be joined by fellow aquatic athlete Kelani Talma to make up a 14-member Barbados team for the November 25 to December 5 meet. Kirby, a 2018 youth Olympian told Midweek Sport he was …

Pirates Swim Club captured back-to-back titles with an impressive performance yesterday when the 29th edition of the Annual Aquatic Centre International Invitational meet concluded at the Wildey Pool. The Pirates, led by CARIFTA gold medallist Danielle Treasure, Jaiya Simmons and Kaija Eastmond scored 1 126 points to repeat as champions on a rainy Sunday morning. High Tide Stringrays, propelled by one of the island’s most decorated junior female swimmers, Adara …

Barbados’ top junior swimmers will be in action today when the International Invitational meet starts at the Aquatic Centre. CARIFTA medallists Danielle Treasure, Keilani Talma along with Diego Dulieu and Jake Chee-A-Tow are expected to headline the return of local swimming over the weekend. A total of 183 swimmers have been entered to participate in the event from October 8 to 10, with seven local teams and one competitor from …

Danielle Treasure earned a B qualification ticket to the Pan American Juniors to be held in September in Cali, Colombia, with a golden swim in the 100 metres freestyle for 15-17 girls, when the National Long Course Swimming Championships continued on Thursday at the Aquatic Centre. Treasure, 17, who earned a similar B qualification in the 200 free on Wednesday, was pushed to the line by Adara Stoddard of High …

Plans to enhance swimming numbers Article by By Jonteau Coppin President of the Barbados Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) Cheryl Lady Forde says that population size is the reason for the island’s low swimming representation in recent Olympic squads. In the last three Olympic teams Barbados have had a total of seven swimmers competing, one of whom was triathlon athlete Jason Wilson in 2016. Speaking with Barbados TODAY in a phone interview, she stated that the pool of available ...

January 13, 2021 As they say, every dark cloud has a silver lining and for Pirates Swim Club the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) has resulted in some positive lessons to be taken away from the entire experience, says president René Dulieu. As the world grapples with this deadly virus, Dulieu said while the club was greatly affected, it also shows that nothing should be taken for granted. “Firstly, I think that all of the team really got to realize how close they all were and how ...