Jamaica will be sending a 32-member swimming team to the 24th staging of the Goodwill Swim Meet in Barbados between August 17-19.
The relatively young and inexperienced swimmers will get a chance to strut their stuff against their Caribbean neighbours ranging in age from eight and under to 17 years old. The Goodwill Swim Meet is a regional swimming competition held annually in the eastern Caribbean, and this year will see the first participation by a Jamaican team. The Jamaican swimmers will compete against Barbados, Suriname, St Lucia, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, The Bahamas and Grenada in a short course 25m pool.
Martin Lyn, president of the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), said it was a pleasure to be invited and just to be able to field a team shows the depth of Jamaica's swimming.
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We had an awesome showing at the most recently concluded CCCAN Swimming Championship in Aruba. Eleven of our swimmers joined forces and combined with the 26 swimmers strong National Team that showed our prowess in the water. Our team Jamaica standings shows our combined team score - we placed 7th - broken down on the girls side we were a consistent 3rd in the 11-12 and 13-14 category and overall 5th in the 15 -17 age groups.
On the boys side 11-12 we were 4th, 13-14 placing 9th and 15-17 we tied 6th with home team Aruba. Team Jamaica amassed 393.5 points and Jesse and Sabrina made Bcuts for YOG (Youth Olympic Games) and Sabrina made a Bcut for Pan Am Games.
In the Open Water results our Daniel Mair placed 2nd in the 12-13 age group in a silver placing time of 48:11:73 in the 3K swim - we placed 2nd overall.
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Our swimmer Zachary Jackson Blaine is now en route to China for an almost two month stay. We wish Zachary all the best.
See details from a press release below:-
On July 11, 2018, fifteen (15) swimmers, two (2) Coaches and Team Manager departed the shores of Jamaica to head to China on a 60-day stint under the Jamaica China Technical Cooperation Project on Sports Coaching. Swimming is one of seven sporting disciplines that will participate under the Project. In addition to swimming, another aquatic discipline, Artistic Swimming, will also travel to China under the Project on July 14. The Artistic Swimming contingent will comprise of 14 persons: 11 artistic swimmers, 1 coach, and 2 Team Managers. The Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) is delighted to be involved in this Project and working along with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports (MCGES) to ensure its success.
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Team Tornadoes has reason to celebrate. Daniel Mair has placed 2nd in the Open Water event of this year's staging at CCCAN in beautiful Aruba.
With calm seas and brave determination, Daniel completed the 3K course in the boys 12-13 age group. He maintained his position of second place through the entire swim.
Congrats to Daniel.
More CCCAN Aruba 2018 news to follow.
