By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
Following the final time trials over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, the Bahamas Swimming Federation has ratified its team to compete at the 2014 CARIFTA Swimming Championships.
During the selection meeting that took place on Sunday, the federation selected a 36-member team that will have swimmers compete in both the swimming and the open water event. Additionally, 10 swimmers have selected to represent the Bahamas in the water polo competition. The championships is set for April 22-26 in Savaneta, Aruba.
“I think it’s a very good team,” said head coach Andy Knowles, who will be assisted by Andy Loveitt from Grand Bahama. “We have some swimmers who have been performing very good this year, so we’re expecting a lot of good performances from all of them across the board.”
Here’s a look at the
CARIFTA swim team:
Girls 11-12 - Cecily Bowe, Aliyah Lafrenier, Tenniya Martin, Amber Pinder, Virginia Stamp.
Girls 13-14 - Celia Campbell, Jasmine Gibson, Albury Higgs, Lilly Higgs, Megan Reid and Victoria Russell.
Girls 15-17 - Leslie Campbell, Joanna Evans, Laura Morley, Doran Reed, Simone Sturrup and Andreas Weech.
Boys 11-12 - Izaak Bastian, T’Lez Foulkes, Samuel Gibon, Darren Laing, Peter Morley and Luke-Kennedy Thompson.
Boys 13-14 - Miller Albury, Clement Bowe, William Russell, Joshua Roberts, Alec Sands and Joshua Wong.
Boys 15-27 - Drew Bastian, Dionisio Carey, Alexander Encinar, N’Nhyu Fernander, Gershwin Greene, Kohen Kerr and Dustin Tynes.
Here’s a look at the
Open Water Swim Team:
Girls 13-14 - Albury Higgs, Lilly Higgs, Zoe McCarroll
Girls 15-27 - Joanna Evans
Boys 13-14 - Joshua Roberts, William Russell and Alec Sands
Boys 15-17 - Keith Lloyd and Meshach Roberts
Carifta Water Polo Team
Boys Under-16 - Joel Albury, Stearlin Lewis, Aaron Carey, Kadyn Coakley, Drenaud Moncure, Saequan Miller, Seth Rollins, Marcel Ingraham, Loron Bain and Brian Wynter.
“We have some swimmers like Joanna Evans in the girls division and Dustin Tynes in the boys division, who have a lot of experience on the team,” Knowles said. “But we also have a lot of swimmers who we are confident will be able to step it up and perform very well.
“I am very impressed with the competitors in the boys 11-12 division. They have all been performing exceptionally well. If you look at just about every division, we have a lot of good swimmers, who I feel can perform at a high standard. So we are looking forward to some good performances from this team.”
Last year in Kingston, Jamaica, the Bahamas finished fifth in the team scoring with 509 points and was sixth in the medal count with 29, inclusive of eight gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze.
Guadeloupe topped the list with 742, followed by Trinidad & Tobago with 698, Aruba with 659 and Jamaica with 584. In the medal count, Aruba won with 21 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze for a total of 49. Trinidad & Tobago was second with 47 (21g, 14s and 12b), Barbados got third with 41 (20g, 9s, 12b), Guadeloupe was fourth with 59 (14g, 27s, 18b) and Jamaica rounded out the top five with 40 (12g, 13s, 15b).
“We feel we have a team that can compete with the top tier teams this year,” Knowles said. “We are looking for a very good showing from this team.”
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