2012 Carifta Swimming Champs To Kick Off
With the track and field portion now concluded, nine more Bermudian athletes are set to compete in the 2012 Carifta Swimming Championships which get underway today [Apr.12] at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau Bahamas.
Bermuda have nine swimmers that will be taking to the water, Nic Patterson, Katrina Beveridge, Benedict Parfict, Philip Hagen, Shannon Hassell, Aaron Rego, Jesse Washington, Madelyn Moore and Ashley Yearwood.
The team was accompanied by National Coach Ben Smith and team manager Diane Moore. They traveled to Bahamas on April 9th to start preparing for the start of the meet.
Go Team Bermuda!
Is it normal to have some of the Carifta events to be held in another country each year? Or is this because we don’t have a pool that meets the required standard/size? Just wondering.
CARIFTA Track n Field and CARIFTA Swimming are always held in different countries and usually on back to back weekends but occasionally they do happen on the same weekend. Each year is usually a different country too.
CARIFTA swimming requires a 50 meter pool with an additional 25 meter pool next to it for warm up/cool down. As Bermduda’s new 50meter pool will not have an additional 25 meter pool next to it, Bermuda will not be able to host CARIFTA swimming.