Barbados: Kaija Eastmond from Barbados has certified for the 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Championship with eight ‘A’ qualifying instances. She carried out nice in classes similar to 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 200 Particular person Medley, 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly and the 50m backstroke.
She additionally has secured ‘B’ qualifying instances in 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke. Nonetheless, she might be competing in seven particular person occasions within the 11-12 age specifically, the 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly in addition to 4 relays.
Swimming Journey of Eastmond
Eastmond, who attends Codrington Faculty, has a powerful bio for her eleven years, and her expertise within the pool has additionally prolonged to regional meets such because the Goodwill Video games and Rodney Heights Aquatic Heart Video games in St. Lucia.
Kaija began swimming on the age of six and inside two months she competed in her first swimming competitors. Representing her faculty she took to the pool within the 2018 Purity Main Faculty Swimming Championships within the six and beneath age group. Kaija swam with braveness, ripping by way of her opposition, successful all of her races and he or she even broke the backstroke report in that meet and was awarded the 6 and beneath age title.
In 2018, a brand new water queen had surfaced in Barbados and he or she has continued to impress spectators, her coach, household and buddies, who all admire the abilities and dedication of this proficient younger girl who has remained humble and modest regardless of her achievements.
Presently Kaija was additionally in Gymnastics, one other sport which she loves, however after her success in her first swimming competitors, she realized her expertise in swimming and he or she made the choice to pursue that expertise and he or she now places within the work to achieve the targets she has additionally set for herself.
In 2019, Eastmond was chosen to characterize Barbados for the primary time on the Goodwill Video games which have been held in Suriname that yr and that was the start of what’s now a string of nationwide appearances.
She received her first gold, a silver and two bronze medals in these video games which have been held in Trinidad and he or she went on to dominate in her age group in native and regional tournaments.
She has change into a family identify within the swimming area following a string of excellent performances, along with her repeatedly standing on the rostrum on the native lengthy course and brief course nationals, the Aquatic Centre Worldwide tournaments, Faculty swimming championships and a few regional tournaments.
On the just-concluded 2024 BASA Lengthy Course Nationals, Eastmond competed in eleven occasions. She received three golds (50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, and 100m freestyle) and eight silvers (50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke, and 200m breaststroke). Kaija collected 82 factors and was awarded the 11-12 age group champion.
