Mc Leod, Carter, John Williams headline CCCAN 40

Forty swimmers and five officials were last night selected by the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (A.S.A.T.T.) to represent T & T  at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation (CCCAN) Aquatic Championships, carded for the 28th June to 5th July 2009, in Barquisimeto Venezuela.

 

Among the forty selected are seven swimmers who have qualified for the World Open Long Course Championships to be held in Italy in late July. These swimmers are Joshua Mc Leod, Sharntelle Mc Lean, Christian Homer, Cherelle Thompson, Kimba Collymore, Donna-Marie Wickham and Samantha Rahael. Also among the forty are CARIFTA swimmers Dylan Carter and Kimberlee John-Williams who were the main points contributors to T & T's victory at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Aruba in April 2009. Returning to the team after a four year hiatus is multiple national record holder Ayeisha Collymore, who is now in the 18 & Over age group. She last represented T & T at CCCAN in 2005 in Santo Domingo.

 

Swimmers are now hard in training for the CCCAN Games. In the 2007 edition of these games, our team won 17 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze, ranking 3rd on the medals table and 5th on the points table. Christian Homer, now based in England, won eight gold medals and broke the 13-14 male CCCAN record in the 50 metre fly. Kimberlee John Williams won four gold medals and established a new CCCAN record in the 11-12 female 50 metre fly. Other 2007 gold medallist on the current team are Collymore, Wickham, and Cadell Lyons.

 

Speculation was rife on the hosting of these games since Mexico was forced to withdraw from hosting following the H1N1 swine flu virus.Colombia was initially carded to host the event but late last year, during the revelation of a global economic crisis, they withdrew as hosts. Following this, Mexico City met the January 15th deadline set to determine the new hosts of the event. With the onset of the swine flu, Mexico withdrew and Venezuela took up the task. The last time Venezuela hosted these games was exactly 20 years ago in 1989 in the Capital City of Caracas.

CCCAN SWIM TEAM

MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Manager - Charmaine Homer
Head Coach - Mark Pouchet
Assistant Coach - Hazel Haynes
Chaperone - Mona Edwards
Physio- Ian Sharpe/June Durham

11 - 12
MALE
Christopher Greene
Dylan Carter
Jeron O'Brien
Jonathan Gonzales

FEMALE
Bryanna Duncan
Cadean Lyons
Kristen Julien
Theana Hay

13 - 14
MALE
Blaine Sobrian
Joshua Romany
Kareem Baptiste
Keegan Boisson-Yates
Moriba De La Rosa
Sean Roget

FEMALE
Khadija Thornhill
Kimberlee John Williams

15- 17
MALE
Cadell Lyons
Caryle Blondell
Christian Homer
Jonathan Cabral
Ryan Rigues

FEMALE
Cherelle Thompson
Kadeja Phillip
Laverne Maxwell
Nathania La Pierre
Rejan Chin
Samantha Rahael

18 & Over
MALE
Anthony Edwards
David Edwards
Dean Miko Cruz
Joshua Mc Leod
Joel Sankar
Stefan Mader
Strasser Sankar
Jarryd Gregoire (provisional)

FEMALE
Ayeisha Collymore
Brittany Stewart
Donna Marie Wickham
Kimba Collymore
Sharntelle Mc Lean