TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s full contingent for the 28th CARIFTA Swimming Championships will be leaving this week for Jamaica to compete at the annual meet, scheduled to run from March 30 to April 3.
The water polo delegation leaves today while the swimming teams will leave on Friday.
The water polo team, under coach Alan Too A Foo with Sheldon Bhanwanie as manager, comprises Adam Alexis, Joseph Herrera, David West, Kryztien Sharpe, Massimiliano Di Cola, Kiev Alleyne, Keegan Forde, Liam Smith, Keanan Charles, Luke Gillette, Ethan Elliott, Liam Howell and Andrew Gillette.
Neal Marcano, manager of the swimming teams, said he is wholly confident of the squads’ prospects as they have strengths from both local and foreign-based swimmers in all of the age groups. Some of the major swimmers on the TT rosters include Hannah Chatfield, Kael Yorke, Amira Pilgrim, Tyla Martin, Dylan Carter, Joshua Romany, Jabari Baptiste and Ariel Cape.
Joining the team after local open water qualifications are Jivan Chee Foon, Sachin Sankar, both in the 15-17 age group; Teresa Otero, Shania David (girls 13-14), and Kyle Caracciolo and Christian Marsden (boys 13-14). In the girls 15-17, Theana Hay and Syriah David will also swim in the open water event in addition to their other swimming events.
Coach Edmund Pouchet is also confident in his team and looks forward to a successful meet, ably assisted by Hazel Haynes, Brian Wickham, two-time Olympian Sharntelle McClean and Vincent Tardieu while additional support will come from massage therapist Kevin Mc Intyre, psychologist Nadine Sammy and chaperones Roxanne Marcano, Natasha Lyder George and Jason Wickham.
The Trinidad and Tobago delegation also has referees selected and appointed by CARIFTA’s administration to officiate at its 2013 instalment of the championships. Swimming will be represented by FINA-approved referees Lindsay Gillette and Francis Sampson. Kester Scanterbury will referee in the water polo competition.
The countries expected to participate include Anguilla, Antigua/Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, French Guyana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, St Kitts/Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent/Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.
Source: www.newsday.co.tt