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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 (...

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 …

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 …

Amiya Harrison was the latest name added to the growing list of swimmers who qualified for next month’s CARIFTA Games. Harrison hit the mark with a powerful swim in the 11-12 Girls’ 50m breaststroke on Friday’s third day of the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association’s (BASA) Long Course Swimming Championships at the Aquatic Centre. Harrison clocked a CARIFTA “A” standard 37.51 seconds to win the race comfortably from Pirates’ Toria Alleyne, …

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