The Bahamas maintained a comfortable lead in the standings at the end of day three of the 2025 CARIFTA Aquatic Championships in Couva on Monday.
The Bahamians ended the day with 55 medals in total including 21 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze.
Trinidad & Tobago (42 medals including 14 gold, 14 silver and 14 bronze), Jamaica (41 medals including 12 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze), Cayman Islands (24 medals including 12 gold, six silver and six bronze) and Barbados (10 gold, six silver and five bronze) make up the top five.
Individually, Trinidad & Tobago’s Liam Carrington continued his dominance with gold in both the Boys 15-17 100m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley.
His 100m Freestyle winning time of 49.86 established a new Carifta Games record and was the first time an athlete has gone sub-50 at the meet with the previous record of 50.07 being set by Carrington’s countryman Nikoli Blackman back in 2023.
Aruba’s Inald Fernandes Perna was second in 50.80 while Saint Lucia’s Antoine Destang was third in 51.38.
Carrington’s winning time in the 200m IM was 2:05.67 while Aruba’s Fernandes Perna was once again second in 2:11.83 with Trinidad & Tobago’s Zachary Anthony finishing third in 2:11.94.
Jamaica’s Kai Lawson took gold in the Girls 11-12 100m Freestyle in 1:01.40 ahead of Aruba’s Alyssa Ras (1:02.42) and the Bahamas’ Sienna Campbell (1:03.57).
The Bahamas took gold and silver in the Boys equivalent through Dexter Russell (58.56) and Kai Bastian (59.90) with Aruba’s Leandro Santiesteban taking bronze in 1:01.00.
The Girls 13-14 gold medal went to Virgin Islands Swimming’s Reagan Uszenski (59.35) with Jamaica’s Skyelar Richards (1:00.01) and the Bahamas’ Saleste Gibson (1:00.57) taking silver and bronze. Respectively.
Bahamian David Singh took gold in the Boys 13-14 200m Individual Medley in 2:16.33 ahead of the Cayman Islands’ Lev Fahy (2:18.09) and Jamaica’s Nolan Barrett (2:19.88).
The Girls equivalent went to Jamaican Skyelar Richards in 2:32.87 ahead of the Trinidadian pair of Raegan Belmar (2:33.14) and Breanna Belmar (2:36.02).
Trinidad & Tobago took gold once again through Zuri Ferguson in the Girls 15-17 IM with a time of 2:25.95. Cayman Islands’ Sierrah Broadbelt took silver in 2:26.77 while the Bahamas’ Elyse Wood took bronze in 2:29.25.
The Bahamas took gold and silver in the Boys 13-14 50m Breaststroke through Alexander Murray (31.61) and David Singh (31.80) with Trinidad & Tobago’s Ethan McMillan-Cole taking bronze in 31.88.
They also took gold in the Girls section through Kimaya Saunders who swam 34.70 with Jamaica’s Kia Alert (34.85) and Trinidad & Tobago’s Breanna Belmar (35.26) taking silver and bronze, respectively.
Bahamas also excelled in the relays, winning gold in the Mixed 11-12 400m Freestyle Relay and Girls 13-14 800m Freestyle Relay.
Trinidad & Tobago also established a new record in the Boys 15-17 800m Freestyle Relay with 7:54.25.