The 2025 Carifta Aquatic Championships exploded to life as records tumbled, rivalries flared, and rising stars threw down the gauntlet on a fiercely competitive opening day of action at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva on Saturday.
The Bahamas continued to reign supreme in Caribbean youth swimming, as they claimed a seventh consecutive Carifta Swimming Championships title and their ninth in the past 10 editions, as the curtain came down on the 38th staging of the event at the National Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.
A wave of personal bests, podium finishes, and national pride swept across the pool decks this past weekend as a number of Jamaican swimmers delivered standout performances at various international competitions as they continued to assert the island’s rising presence in the global swimming arena.
Jamaica’s team manager Georgia Sinclair is already riding the wave of pride as the national swim team edges closer to rewriting history at the Carifta Aquatics Championships, currently underway at the National Aquatic Centre in Trinidad and Tobago.