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Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Alana Dillette, Alicia Lightbourne and Ariel Weech swam to a new BAHAMAS record yesterday evening and first place in the 4 x 100 free relay in Montreal, Canada where they competed at the Canadian Olympic Swimming trials.

SWIFT carried 6 swimmers to the Auburn Masters Swimming Invitational on February 11-12th, 2012 and won 13 races along 6 second place finishes. The meet took place at the Auburn University swim complex that is to host the women’s NCAA Championships next month.

Bahamas Swimming Federation CARIFTA and Time Trials; Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Center, Nassau Bahamas

After the setbacks Nebraska swimmer Ariel Weech suffered last season, most swimmers would be down on their luck and struggling to keep up with their competition. For Weech, though, these setbacks have pushed her to be the best.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement and, in particular, the Olympic Games. Any Person belonging in any capacity whatsoever to the Olympic Movement is bound by the provisions of the Olympic Charter and shall abide by the decisions of the IOC.

Summons to the IXX Caribbean Island Swimming Championships Hereby the C.C.C.A.N summons Member Federations of the Caribbean Islands, Surinam from the South American Swimming Confederation and Guadeloupe and Martinique from the French Swimming Federation, to participate in the above-mentioned Championship in accordance with the following requirements:

It is our great pleasure to inform you that FINA has approved the 2012 CARIFTA Swimming Championships as an Olympic Qualifying Meet

In only seven years Evante Gibson has gone from a swimming class rookie to a world class competitor in the pool. Gibson, now 17, is a first year student at Queens and a member of the men's swimming team.

The Barracuda Swim Club shined at the recent Speedo Plantation Winter Championship meet, held in Plantation, Florida on November 17-20. Twenty swimmers from the Barracuda Swim Club along with Head Coach Sue Coleby and recently appointed Senior Coach Travano McPhee, participated in the Florida Swim meet.

At the Florida Age Group Winter Championships over the weekend (November 17-20th,2011) held at the Plantation Swim Complex, Swift Swimming won 10 individual medals in finishing with 325 points for a 14th place overall finish and 10th place among the men (231 points) out of some 55 teams. The team performance had 14 swimmers making finals with a majority of personal best swims.