CARIFTA Swimming Championships

The CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is an annual, age-group aquatics championships for the Caribbean. It has been held since 1985, and is similar in form/origin to the track & field/athletics event: the CARIFTA Games. The event is held under the auspices of CANOC, the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees.

The 30th edition of the aquatics championships was held in April 2015 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Musician Sean Paul participated in the 1989 and 1991 editions of the championships, as part of the Jamaican water polo team.^[1]

Editions

Year	Edition	Location	Dates	Disciplines
1999	XIV	Kingston, Jamaica[2]	April	swimming
2000	XV
2001	XVI	Nassau, Bahamas	April	swimming
2002	XVII	Bridgetown, Barbados	April 11–15	swimming
2003	XVIII	Kingston, Jamaica	April 19–21	swimming water polo synchronized swimming
2004	XIX	Nassau, Bahamas	April 15–18	swimming
2005	XX	Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	March 31–April 3	swimming
2006	XXI	Wildey, Barbados	April 6–9	swimming water polo
2007	XXII	Kingston, Jamaica	April 6–11	swimming synchronized swimming
		Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	April 11–16	water polo
2008	XXIII	Savaneta, Aruba	March 26–31	swimming synchronized swimming
		Kingston, Jamaica	March 21–24	water polo
2009	XXIV	Savaneta, Aruba	April 15–20	swimming synchronized swimming
		Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	April 10–13	water polo
2010	XXV	Kingston, Jamaica	April 3–6	swimming water polo synchronized swimming
2011	XXVI	Wildey, Barbados	April 23–May 1	swimming water polo synchronized swimming
2012	XXVII	Nassau, Bahamas	April 12–15	swimming
2013	XXVIII	Kingston, Jamaica	March 29 – April 3	swimming water polo open water
2014	XXIX	Savaneta, Aruba	April 22 – April 25	swimming
2015	XXX	Bridgetown, Barbados	March 27 – April 8	swimming water polo open water synchronized swimming
2016	XXXI	Fort-de-France, Martinique	March 22–25	swimming water polo (April 8–10 in Port of Spain, Trinidad) open water synchronized swimming

CARIFTA Swimming Championships records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Boys (11-12)

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100m breaststroke	1:13.10		Clarke, McCallumMcCallum Clarke	Barbados	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[3]
200m breaststroke	2:37.78		Clarke, McCallumMcCallum Clarke	Barbados	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[4]
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400m individual medley	5:08.18		Dunwood, NkosiNkosi Dunwood	Barbados	5 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[5]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Girls (11-12)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	29.09		Portecop, NaeleNaele Portecop	Guadeloupe	23 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[6]
100m butterfly	1:06.27		Portecop, NaeleNaele Portecop	Guadeloupe	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[7]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Boys (13-14)

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.25		Bastian, IzaakIzaak Bastian	Bahamas	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[8]
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50m breaststroke	30.41		Bastian, IzaakIzaak Bastian	Bahamas	24 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[9]
100m breaststroke	1:07.76		Bastian, IzaakIzaak Bastian	Bahamas	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[10]
200m breaststroke	2:23.78		Bastian, IzaakIzaak Bastian	Bahamas	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[11]
50 m butterfly
100m butterfly	57.49		Touw Ngie Tjouw, YaelYael Touw Ngie Tjouw	Suriname	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[12]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay	4:11.48		Jack Kirby Jumar Walrond Luis Sebastian Weekes Damon Saint Prix	Barbados	5 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[13]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Girls (13-14)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100m freestyle	59.34		Harvey, EmmaEmma Harvey	Bermuda	24 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[14]
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100m backstroke	1:06.58		Titus, DanielleDanielle Titus	Barbados	23 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[15]
200m backstroke	2:24.16		Titus, DanielleDanielle Titus	Barbados	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[16]
50m breaststroke	34.29	h	Joachim, ShneShne Joachim	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[17]
100m breaststroke	1:14.35		Higgs, LillyLilly Higgs	Bahamas	7 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[18]
200 m breaststroke
50m butterfly	28.44		Harvey, EmmaEmma Harvey	Bermuda	23 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[19]
100m butterfly	1:03.50		Harvey, EmmaEmma Harvey	Bermuda	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[20]
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:51.30			Aruba	7 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[21]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:01.04		(1:01.09) Anahi Schreuders  (1:00.56) Elisabeth Timmer  (59.73) Keeley Maduro  (59.66) Florence Kock	Aruba	4 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[22]
4×200m freestyle relay	8:59.32		(2:11.61) Keeley Maduro  (2:16.05) Elisabeth Timmer Anahi Schreuders Florence Kock	Aruba	6 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[23]
4×100m medley relay	4:38.35		Elisabeth Timmer Anahi Schreuders Keeley Maduro Florence Kock	Aruba	5 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[24]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Boys (15-17)

Event	Time		Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200m backstroke	2:07.26	h	Dols, KeananKeanan Dols	Jamaica	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[25]
50 m breaststroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200m individual medley	2:07.27		Dols, KeananKeanan Dols	Jamaica	24 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[26]
400 m individual medley
4×50m freestyle relay	1:35.30		Renzo Tjon A Joe J Limburg I Hoost Z Pigot	Suriname	7 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[27]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Girls (15-17)

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200m freestyle	2:03.00		Evans, JoannaJoanna Evans	Bahamas	5 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[28]
400m freestyle	4:16.48		Evans, JoannaJoanna Evans	Bahamas	7 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[29]
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
50 m backstroke
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
50 m breaststroke
100m breaststroke	1:12.12		Higgs, LillyLilly Higgs	Bahamas	25 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[30]
200m breaststroke	2:35.33		Higgs, MargaretMargaret Higgs	Bahamas	22 March 2016	2016 Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	[31]
50 m butterfly
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400m individual medley	4:59.25		Evans, JoannaJoanna Evans	Bahamas	5 April 2015	2015 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[32]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by CANOC;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

See also

• Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)
• Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISCs)
• Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships (CCCANs)

References

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External links

• CARIFTA 2007 website
• CARIFTA 2008 website
• CARIFTA 2009 information on www.arubaswimming.com
• CARIFTA results page (with 2004-2013 swimming results) on the Bahamas Swimming Federation website.