JAMAICA’S 36-member team will begin their hunt for top honours at the 25th staging of the Carifta Swimming Championships at the National Stadium Pool this morning at 9:00.

Led by Dominic Walter, Kendese Nangle, Victoria Ho and Lauren Williams, Jamaica are hoping for at least third place of the 13 countries participating in the four-day meet.

National coach Jackie Walter, having gone through the psych sheet, believes Jamaica can win 29 medals and is encouraging strong local support to cheer the team to victory.

“We have the chance to see top-class age-group swimming, the best in the region. The competition will be very close between Trinidad, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique,” Walter noted. “Many Caribbean Olympians start at the Carifta level,” she added.

Without adding pressure, Walter sees Kevaughn Campbell, Danielle Boothe, Timothy Wynter, along with Walter, Nangle, Ho and Williams to excel at the meet.

Jamaica will be strongest in the girls’ 15-17 age group of Nangle, Ho, Williams.

Jamaicans apart, regional swimmers likely to tear up the waters are McKayla Lightbourn of The Bahamas, Trinidadians Christian Homer, Cadell Lyons and Kimberly John Williams, and Siona Huxley of St Lucia.

Some 600 swimmers from Antigua, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, and hosts Jamaica will take part in the meet.

Today’s schedule

Morning

9:00 am – Finals-S 1 Girls 13-17 800 Freestyle

9:34 am – Finals-S 2 Boys 13-17 1500 Freestyle

10:21 am – Prelims 3 Girls 11-12 200 Breaststroke

10:29 am – Prelims 4 Boys 11-12 200 Breaststroke

10:37 am – Prelims 5 Girls 13-14 200 Breaststroke

10:45 am – Prelims 6 Boys 13-14 200 Breaststroke

10:52 am – Prelims 7 Girls 15-17 200 Breaststroke

10:59 am – Prelims 8 Boys 15-17 200 Breaststroke

11:06 am – Prelims 9 Girls 11-12 50 Backstroke

11:10 am – Prelims 10 Boys 11-12 50 Backstroke

11:14 am – Prelims 11 Girls 13-14 50 Backstroke

11:18 am – Prelims 12 Boys 13-14 50 Backstroke

11:21 am – Prelims 13 Girls 15-17 50 Backstroke

11:25 am – Prelims 14 Boys 15-17 50 Backstroke

11:29 am – Prelims 15 Girls 11-12 100 Butterfly

11:34 am – Prelims 16 Boys 11-12 100 Butterfly

11:40 am – Prelims 17 Girls 13-14 100 Butterfly

11:44 am – Prelims 18 Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly

11:47 am – Prelims 19 Girls 15-17 100 Butterfly

11:50 am – Prelims 20 Boys 15-17 100 Butterfly

11:55 am – Prelims 21 Girls 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay

12:01 pm – Prelims 22 Boys 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay

12:06 pm – Prelims 23 Girls 13-14 400 Freestyle Relay

12:11 pm – Prelims 24 Boys 13-14 400 Freestyle Relay

12:16 pm – Prelims 25 Girls 15-17 400 Freestyle Relay

12: 26 pm – Prelims 26 Boys 15-17 400 Freestyle Relay

Evening

6:00 pm – Finals Girls 13-17 800 Freestyle

6:11 pm – Finals Boys 13-17 1500 Freestyle

6:29 pm – Finals Girls 11-12 200 Breaststroke

6:32 pm – Finals 4 Boys 11-12 200 Breaststroke

6:36 pm – Finals 5 Girls 13-14 200 Breaststroke

6:39 pm – Finals 6 Boys 13-14 200 Breaststroke

Break: 6 Minutes

6:48 pm – Finals 7 Girls 15-17 200 Breaststroke

6:52 pm – Finals 8 Boys 15-17 200 Breaststroke

6:55 pm – Finals 9 Girls 11-12 50 Backstroke

6:56 pm – Finals 10 Boys 11-12 50 Backstroke

Break: 6 Minutes

7:03 pm – Finals 11 Girls 13-14 50 Backstroke

7:04 pm – Finals 12 Boys 13-14 50 Backstroke

7:06 pm – Finals 13 Girls 15-17 50 Backstroke

7:07 pm – Finals 14 Boys 15-17 50 Backstroke

Break: 6 Minutes

7:14 pm – Finals 15 Girls 11-12 100 Butterfly

7:16 pm – Finals 16 Boys 11-12 100 Butterfly

7:17 pm – Finals 17 Girls 13-14 100 Butterfly

7:19 pm – Finals 18 Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly

Break: 6 Minutes

7:26 pm – Finals 19 Girls 15-17 100 Butterfly

7:28 pm – Finals 20 Boys 15-17 100 Butterfly

7:29 pm – Finals 21 Girls 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay

7:34 pm – Finals 22 Boys 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay

Break: 6 Minutes

7:45 pm – Finals 23 Girls 13-14 400 Freestyle Relay

7:50 pm – Finals 24 Boys 13-14 400 Freestyle Relay

7:54 pm – Finals 25 Girls 15-17 400 Freestyle Relay

7:59 pm – Finals 26 Boys 15-17 400 Freestyle Relay

Break: 12 Minutes

8:15 pm – Meet Ends (First Day)