Trinidad and Tobago accomplished the second evening of the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships on the Nationwide Aquatics Centre in Balmain, Couva, Trinidad by including a pair of gold medals to their whole, taking their total gold-medal tally to 10.
The hosts gained the women’ and boys’ 15-17 400-metre medley relay occasions. T&T’s women’ quartet of Keryn Burke, Catherine Dieffenthaller, Toni Rae Yates, and Olympian Zuri Ferguson clinched gold with a swim of 4 minutes, 27.77 seconds (4:27.77). The Bahamas got here in second (4:31.55), beating Martinique (4:32.92) into third.
Ferguson had dominated the women’ 15-17 100m backstroke subject with a CARIFTA record-breaking time of 1:02.48. It was the second record-breaking feat for Ferguson as she set a brand new women’ 15-17 50m backstroke mark on day one.
T&T swimmers Liam Carrington and Zuri Ferguson swam beautifully on evening two of the 2025 CARIFTA Aquatic Championships. They shattered two meet data en path to gold in back-to-back 100-metre backstroke occasions on the Nationwide Aquatic Centre in Balmain, Couva, on April 20.
Within the 15-17 women 100m backstroke, Ferguson splashed to gold in a CARIFTA record-breaking time of 1:02.48.
Taking silver over two seconds behind was Jamaican Carolyn Levy-Powell (1:04.83), whereas US Virgin Islands’ Riley Miller (1:05.85) snared bronze.
This was Ferguson’s second CARIFTA document set at this 12 months’s version, having posted a brand new 15-17 women 50m backstroke time of 29.23s on day one.
Carrington blasted to a CARIFTA record-breaking gold in 55.32s in 100m backstroke, as Jamaican Brady Lewison (58.67s) and Bahamian Ellie Gibson (59.45s) rounded the highest three, respectively.
Carrington additionally gained gold within the 15-17 boys 200m freestyle in 1:49.49. Coming in second was Aruban Perna Fernandes (1:53.60), with Bermudan Thomas Cechini (1:54.83) holding on to 3rd place.
Later, T&T’s Marena Martinez and Taylor Marchan dominated the sector and captured the one-two end within the 13-14 women 400m particular person medley.
Martinez coated the gruelling distance in 5:35.79 and was intently adopted to the end line by compatriot Marchan, who completed in 5:37.71. Antiguan Anna DeGannes (5:38.88) got here in third.
Marchan additionally swam to silver within the 13-14 women 100m backstroke in 1:08.14. Jamaican Skyelar Richards (1:07.54)gained gold, with Bahamian Skyler Smith (1:08.21) bagged bronze.
Grenada’s Jacob Collumore, in 26.07s, splashed to gold within the 13-14 boys 50m butterfly, T&T Shian Griffith took silver as he clocked 26.67s, and Cayman Islands’ Lev Fahy (26.69s) was third.
T&T’s Jadon Ramdeen earned silver within the 13-14 boys 400m particular person medley at 5:03.12, whereas Cayman Islands’ Len Turnham-Wheatley (4:57.64) took gold.
Within the 15-17 women, 200m freestyle, Bajan Heidi Stoute (2:06.16), Grenadian Tilly Collymore (2.08.35), and Jamaican Alexandria Cogle (2:10.87) rounded the highest three, respectively.
On the finish of the second evening of motion, Bahamas led the way in which with 36 medals and 479 factors, Jamaica 28 medals and 388.50, and T&T recorded 24 medals and 333 factors.
