THE Bahamas Swimming Federation and the Bahamas Olympic Committee have partnered to send a four- member swimming team to the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. The team starts competition today.
The event has evolved to be the Olympic Games for university students and there are over 12,000 athletes competing in just about all of the Olympic disciplines.
“Our small team includes University of Nebraska swimmers Ariel Weech and Bria Devaux, Queens University of Charlotte swimmer Evante Gibson and Xavier University of Cincinatti swimmer Armando Moss.
“Ariel Weech, an outstanding junior athlete who recently won the runner-up high point trophy at the 2013 Royal Bank of Canada National Swimming Championships, carried the Bahamas’ flag during the opening ceremony on July 7.
Stacey Bradley, head coach of the Sea Waves of Grand Bahama, is the team’s head coach and Sheena Deveaux the team manager.
The young Bahamian swimmers are excited to participate in the event.
“The Bahamas Olympic Committee has applied for membership in FISU, the management organisation for the World University Games and the benefit is that more teams can hopefully compete in future versions of these Games,” said the release.
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