Cayman’s National Swim Team returned from Barbados on Wednesday with five hard earned medals. The Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championship was hosted in Barbados at the Barbados Aquatics Center in Wildey, Christ Church, from June 28th to July 2nd, 2019.
The Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championship hosted 550 swimmers across all swimming disciplines and close to 400 swimmers in competitive swimming over 151 events. The races were swam as preliminary qualifying heats in the morning and finals in the evenings, a similar format to CARIFTA and other four or five day swim meets.
Eight Cayman swimmers made it through to the finals, resulting in one gold and four bronze medals. CCCAN is a more competitive meet than CARIFTA, as it includes swimmers from Central America and swimmers over 18 years old.
Medal results:
• Bronze, Alex Dakers, Boys 18 & Over 1500LC Meter Freestyle, Time: 16:49.16
• Bronze, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Girls 11-12 200LC Meter Breaststroke, Time: 2:55.86
• Bronze, Harper Barrowman, HarperGirls 11-12 100LC Meter Butterfly, Time: 1:09.63
• Gold, Harper Barrowman, Girls 11-12 200LC Meter Freestyle, Time: 2:14.60
• Bronze, Harper Barrowman, Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle, Time: 4:44.80
Full results and finals summary attached.
Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championship (CCCAN) is an Age Group swimming championship with 11-12, 13-14, 15-17 and an 18 and over age categories. Cayman's swimmers are aged from 12 to 18 years old. The Cayman Islands Swim Team included eleven swimmers: Will Sellars, Corey Frederick-Westerborg, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Stephanie Royston, Harper Barrowman, Stefano Bonati, Sarah Jackson, Alex Dakers, Lauren Hew, Zachary Moore and Jake Bailey.
Twenty seven countries were represented at the swimming championships, including:
Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba,Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, MeÌxico, Nicaragua, PanamaÌ, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vicente and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and the US Virgin Islands.
The Cayman Islands placed 17th overall out of 27th teams, with 65 points from the pool events and 11 points from Open Water. Cayman had standout performances from medalists Harper Barrowman, Alex Dakers and Kaitlyn Sullivan. Alex Dakers, Stefano Bonati and Jake Bailey competed in the 5k Open Water race, with all three Cayman swimmers finishing in the points.
“Cayman had Impressive results at CCCAN with nine of the eleven swimmers competing at this event for the first time. Timing for this event was challenging as half of the Representative Team headed to Gibraltar for the Island Games and were not able to attend both meets.” commented Steve Broadbelt, CIASA Director for Media.
“CIASA would like to congratulate all swimmers who represented the Cayman Islands at the CCCAN Championships and we commend their dedication, commitment and passion for the sport of swimming.'' commented Michael Lockwood, CIASA President.
The Cayman Islands Aquatic Sports Association (CIASA) is a volunteer, not-for-profit association dedicated to furthering the interests of all aquatic sports in the Cayman Islands. CIASA is the recognised Governing Body of aquatic sports in the Cayman Islands and is a member of FINA, UANA, CCCAN and the CIOC. For more information on CIASA please visit www.ciasa.ky.
Full results and photos may be downloaded here:
Media Contact: Steve Broadbelt
Seed | Finals | Place | |
Event 2 Boys 13-14 1500 LC Meter Freestyle Bonati, Stefano 13 Cayman Islands |
17:46.86 | 17:25.56 | 9th |
Event 2 Boys 18 & Over 1500 LC Meter Freestyle Dakers, Alex 18 Cayman Islands |
16:35.18 | 16:49.16 | 3rd |
Event 11 Girls 11-12 200 LC Meter Breaststroke Sullivan, Kaitlyn 12 Cayman Islands |
2:55.77 | 2:55.86 | 3rd |
Event 17 Girls 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Breaststroke Jackson, Sarah 18 Cayman Islands |
2:48.82 | 2:57.12 | 5th |
Event 27 Girls 11-12 100 LC Meter Butterfly Barrowman, Harper 12 Cayman Islands |
1:10.53 | 1:09.63 | 3rd |
Event 35 Girls 11-12 200 LC Meter Freestyle Barrowman, Harper 12 Cayman Islands |
2:15.45 | 2:14.60 | 1st |
Event 41 Girls 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Freestyle Hew, Lauren 19 Cayman Islands |
2:05.98 | 2:12.96 | 5th |
Event 49 Girls 18 & Over 50 LC Meter Butterfly Jackson, Sarah 18 Cayman Islands |
30,39 | 30,17 | 8th |
Event 57 Girls 18 & Over 100 LC Meter Backstroke Hew, Lauren 19 Cayman Islands |
1:03.97 | 1:08.96 | 6th |
Event 62 Boys 15-17 400 LC Meter IM Bailey, Jake 15 Cayman Islands |
4:48.76 | 5:02.87 | 8th |
Event 87 Girls 18 & Over 50 LC Meter Breaststroke Jackson, Sarah 18 Cayman Islands |
34,77 | 35,84 | 6th |
Event 89 Girls 11-12 100 LC Meter Freestyle Barrowman, Harper 12 Cayman Islands |
1:02.78 | 1:02.83 | 5th |
Event 104 Boys 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Butterfly Dakers, Alex 18 Cayman Islands |
2:12.90 | 2:16.93 | 5th |
Event 109 Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle Barrowman, Harper 12 Cayman Islands |
4:41.39 |
4:44.80 | 3rd |
Event 116 Boys 18 & Over 400 LC Meter Freestyle Dakers, Alex 18 Cayman Islands |
4:11.79 | 4:19.50 | 6th |
Event 123 Girls 18 & Over 50 LC Meter Freestyle Hew, Lauren 19 Cayman Islands |
26,59 | 27,57 | 7th |
Event 131 Girls 18 & Over 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Jackson, Sarah 18 Cayman Islands |
1:16.38 | z1:21.41 | 8th |
Event 134 Boys 11-12 200 LC Meter Backstroke Sellars, Will 12 Cayman Islands |
2:34.25 | 2:35.92 | 7th |
L-R Back: Jake Bailey, Sarah Jackson, Zachary Moore, Alex Dakers, Corey Frederick-Westerborg, Coach Kirk Ermels, Will Sellars, Stefano Bonati, Coach Darren Mew. Front L-R: Team Manager Terri Barrowman, Lauren Hew, Stephanie Royston, Kaitlyn Sullivan and Harper Barrowman
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