Barbados: Victor Ashby of Dolphins Swim Membership was one of many excellent swimmers on the just lately concluded 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Championships within the Bahamas. He gained one gold and one bronze medal.
A pupil at Harrison School, Victor made his third look on the CARIFTA Swimming championships and competed within the 13-14 age group within the 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and the 100m breaststroke. His gold medal got here within the 100m butterfly, whereas his bronze was within the 200m butterfly and he was fourth within the 50m butterfly.
The 2024 CARIFTA Swimming Championships was held within the Bahamas and Victor Ashby represented Barbados within the 13-14 boys age group.
In his first CARIFTA video games in 2022, he gained a silver medal within the 11-12 boys’ 100m butterfly in 1:06.66 minutes and silver within the 200m butterfly race.
He additionally participated within the within the 2022 Central America and Caribbean Swimming Championships, (CCCAN) in 2022 and positioned second within the 50m butterfly within the boys’ 11-12 age group to take the silver medal. He was additionally a member of the boys’ 11-12 4x100m Freestyle relay group that gained the bronze medal.
Eleven year-old Saniya Minnis turns into the primary type pupil at Queen’s School who gained two silver medals on the simply concluded CARIFTA Video games.
Saniya claimed the silver medal within the 50 metres breaststroke and the 200m breaststroke within the ladies’ 11-12 age group. Saniya represented Barbados on the Goodwill Video games in Trinidad in 2022 and the CARIFTA Video games in Curacao final 12 months.
On the current lengthy course meet, Saniya gained three gold medals (50m, 100, and 200m breaststroke) and she or he was a beneficial member of QC’s swimming group final November when she represented them on the inter faculty swimming championships.
The residents of Barbados expressed pleasure over the achievements of the swimming athletes who carried out nice at CARIFTA and represented the nation at such an enormous stage with confidence and grit. They lauded the dedication and arduous work of those athletes and stated that they have to given full help from the federal government.
