Ja land 12 medals on final night of Carifta Champs
JAMAICA wrapped up their campaign at the XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, Bahamas on Sunday night, securing four gold, six silver and two bronze medals.
The Wendy Lee-guided team, therefore, completed the four-day championships with 32 medals — 10 gold, 16 silver, and six bronze.
Apparently saving her best for last, Breanna Roman reaped gold in the Girls 15-17 100m breaststroke in a new meet record of 1:14.48 minutes. The 16-year-old Campion College girl erased the previous Carifta mark of 1:14.57 set four years ago by The Bahamian McKayla Lightbourn.
Trinidad & Tobago’s Alexandria Donahue grabbed the silver in 1:14.64 and Guyanese Jessica Stephenson ensured bronze in 1:14.65. Danielle Boothe was sixth in 1:17.97.
Roman also earned a silver when she, Danielle Boothe, Stefani Webley and Kendese Nangle swam 1:50.93 in the Girls 15-17 200m freestyle.
Aruba won in 1:50.01 and Guadeloupe the bronze in 1:51.31.
Matthew Lyn, meanwhile, latched on to gold in the Boys 13-14 200m backstroke when he posted 2:23.95, trumping Dionisio Carey of The Bahamas, who was second in 2:25.25, with Virgin Islander Tony Hendricks clinching bronze in 2:25.56.
Timothy Wynter handed Jamaica their third gold of the night winning the Boys 15-17 200m backstroke clocking 2:08.85. Dylan Carter of Trinidad & Tobago gained silver with 2:10.56 and Martinique’s Karl Contout the bronze in a time of 2:15.31.
Jamaica captured their fourth and final gold Sunday when Angara Sinclair, Anjuii Barrett, Tiara Myrie and Annastazia Chin registered a meet record-equalling 1:57.60 in the Girls 11-12 200m freestyle relay.
Aruba (1:59.04) and The Bahamas (2:00.37) were second and third.
Ivana Chang, Diana Martschenko, Leanne McMaster and D’Agaene Clarke added silver in the Girls 13-14 200m freestyle after posting 1:56.14.
The Bahamas won gold in time of 1:54.30 and Aruba bronze in 1:56.35.
Sinclair, earlier, obtained the silver in the Girls 11-12 50m freestyle when she swam 28.90 seconds, after Trinidad & Tobago’s Amira Pilgrim, who won in 28.84 seconds. Martinique’s Clarisse Janvier was third also in 28.90 seconds.
Nangle swam 24.40 seconds for third in the Girls 15-17 50m freestyle won by Aruban Ally Ponson, 26.97 seconds, ahead of The Bahamian Bria Deveaux, 27.09 seconds.
Seventeen-year-old Nangle, a multiple medallists, later earned silver in the Girls 15-17 200m backstroke won by Guadeloupe’s Caroline Marinette in 2:21.95
Nangle logged 2:25.66, while Thalie Carmigniani of Martinique finished third with a time of 2:26.38.
Chin collected the silver in the Girls 11-12 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:25.22, as Albury Higgs of The Bahamas won in 1:22.17 with Suriname’s Suelenn Graanoogst taking the bronze in a time of 1:25.72 minutes.
In the Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke, Ivana Chang logged 1:20.44 for silver, as Suriname’s Candis Pigue won in 1:20.43, while Barbadian Kimberley Willoughby took third in 1:20.62.
Kevaughn Campbell held on for bronze in the Boys 13-14 100m breaststroke after timing 1:12.55. Mikel Schreuders of Aruba snatched gold in 1:10.48, beating Drew Bastian of The Bahamas, who was second with 1:11.21.