en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:07 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:07 GMT PageTypes CMS System 60 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:45 GMT Swift Swimming had its best performance thus far at this year’s 2013 US Masters Swimming Spring Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:34 GMT Academic All Bahamas Swim Team Award 2013

]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:54:37 GMT CCCAN 2013 Summons for Swimming Championships Updated.

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:04 GMT The TM Hytek File for 2013 RBC National Swimming Championships is now available for download from the Bahamas Swimming Federation website

]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 11:17:34 GMT It is our great pleasure to inform you that FINA has approved the 2013 RBC Nationals Swimming Championships as a World Championships Qualifying Meet. The Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) hereby invites all member clubs and Unattached registered swimmers to participate in the 42nd Royal Bank of Canada Swimming Championships.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 10:26:44 GMT In accordance with the agreed process for the annual review of the Prohibited List, as an International Standard under Article 4.1 of the World Anti-Doping Code, a number of changes to the structure and content of the List are being considered.

]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 16:26:00 GMT Swift Swimming Masters Swimming Program will once again be attending the USA Short Course National Swimming Championships. Seven swimmers from Swift will be attending.

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:39:12 GMT THE 2013 edition of the Jax 50 sprint challenge featured a bevy of Olympic talent, all vying for the title in this unique head-to-head 50-yard free only tournament.

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:34:40 GMT Updated version of the Qualification System for the 2nd Youth Olympic Games - Nanjing 2014 Universality Places in Swimming.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:24:53 GMT Attached are reports showing the best swims by FINA points.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:54:34 GMT McKayla Competes at the Orlando Grand Prix in Orlando on 2/14/2013.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:40 GMT List of swimmers qualified for CCCAN 2013.

]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:51:46 GMT FINA encourages each member federation to attend the Master of Sport Administration (MSA) Course.

]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:51:08 GMT List of Swimmers Hoping to Qualify for Carifta 2013.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:46:20 GMT Attention All Swimmers based outside of The Bahamas and parents of minor swimmers based outside of The Bahamas

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:14:27 GMT 2013 Summons for the XXVIII Carifta Swimming Championships

]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:57:57 GMT The Bahamas Swimming Federation held elections of its Executive Board on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture meeting room.

]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:09:36 GMT Results of the voting on changes to the BSF Rule Book.

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:46:10 GMT Candidates For The 2012 Bahamas Swimming Federation Election Of Officers.

]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:57:16 GMT The 2012 Bahamas Swimming Federation Annual General Meeting will take place on the 29th of December at Noon at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:11:13 GMT The XXII CAC 2014 Games will be held in Veracruz, Mexico. Attached is the qualifying procedure and times manual.

]]> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:53:02 GMT Important Notice Regarding Doping Control In The Bahamase, We the BSF, as a Member Federation of FINA, are obliged to adhere to FINA's doping control rules as specified below:

]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:47:05 GMT BSF Qualifying Time Standards have been updated, standards have changed for all major meets...Nationals, Carifta, CISC, CCCAN etc. Please visit website to view these new qualying times.

]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:25:27 GMT Proposed BSF Calendar Summary, for detail description use calendar on home page

]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:47:15 GMT All swimming records for LCM have been updated thru olympics (Nationals, Bahamian & Open). Please contact us if anything is not correct.

]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 17:01:45 GMT The pools were crowded, the days long, and the competition fierce but Swift swam swiftly. It was a Knowles family affair that represented both Swift and the Bahamas.

]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:05:12 GMT 2012 Nationals Results now Available!

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:32:39 GMT RBC 2012 National Psych Sheets are now posted

]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:25:27 GMT The UANA has awarded hosting of the 2013 Pan American Masters Championship to the United States. On behalf of UANA, an invitation has been extended to the Federation Board of the Bahamas,

]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 18:19:03 GMT The TM Hytek File for 2012 RBC National Swimming Championships is now available for download form the Bahamas Swimming Federation website.

]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:22:16 GMT It is our great pleasure to inform you that FINA has approved the 2012 RBC Nationals Swimming Championships as a Olympic Qualifying Meet The Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) hereby invites all member clubs and Unattached registered swimmers to participate in the 41st Royal Bank of Canada Swimming Championships.

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:36:39 GMT 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.

]]> Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:20:31 GMT 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.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:28:34 GMT Bahamas Swimming Federation CARIFTA and Time Trials; Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Center, Nassau Bahamas

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:41:44 GMT 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.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:37:37 GMT 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.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:19:45 GMT 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:

]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:08:00 GMT It is our great pleasure to inform you that FINA has approved the 2012 CARIFTA Swimming Championships as an Olympic Qualifying Meet

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:26:14 GMT 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.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:36:16 GMT 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.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:56:17 GMT 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.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:59:12 GMT Bria Deveaux has joined the impressive list of recent Baylor School swimmers moving on to NCAA Division I programs. The third-year Baylor boarder from the Bahamas signed a national letter of intent Tuesday night to go to Nebraska next year.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:02:49 GMT Results Swift Open Water Swim

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:04:16 GMT Swift at Abaco Ocean Swim

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:08:21 GMT World Junior Championships Photos

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:09:10 GMT World LCM Championships Photos

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:09:43 GMT CCCAN Photos

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:11:32 GMT For the past 5 years Swift Swimming has had it’s Masters swimmers attend and win medals at either the US Masters National Swimming Championships or the World Masters Swimming Championships. This past week once again saw Swift’s Masters win 7 medals at the 2011 U.S. Short Course Spring National Masters Swimming Championships.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:14:22 GMT CCCAN Qualifiers thru Carifta

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:15:09 GMT Academic All Bahamas Swim Team Award 2011, BSF Clubs and BSF Members Nominate StudentAthletes with a GPA of 3.5 or higher who have represented the Bahamas on a national team or qualified to compete at the 2011 RBC National Swimming Championships

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:15:52 GMT Carifta 2011 Results

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:44:49 GMT Swift Swimming once again will have its Masters program represented at a major Masters Swimming Championship. For the last 5 years Swift has had swimmers at either the US Nationals or World Masters Swimming Championships. Our biggest group was 11 at the 2006 World Masters Championships in San Francisco, California.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:48:46 GMT THE CCCAN SUMMONS ALL ITS AFFILIATED COUNTRIES, COLOMBIA, SURINAM, AND VENEZUELA OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONFEDERATION AND GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE OF THE FRENCH SWIMMING FEDERATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MENTIONED ABOVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:53:17 GMT Carifta 2011 Team Selected - Download the PDF version consisting Team details.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:54:32 GMT Carifta Hopefuls After Time Trials

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:58:25 GMT COLLEGEVILLE — Sure, Armando Moss is aiming to earn a berth in this season’s Division III national meet. But the St. John’s freshman swimmer has his sight set on an even bigger goal — securing a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:59:38 GMT How fast does a swimmer need to be to make it to the Olympic games

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:01:41 GMT The Organizing Committee for the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 presents this Athletes Qualification Manual to offer the National Olympic Committees (NOC) and members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), an instrument to assess the qualification criteria that was established by the Pan American Confederations and by the International Federations in order to participate in this great Continental event.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:07:04 GMT Bahamas Swimming Federation CARIFTA and Time Trials Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Center, Nassau Bahamas

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:37:41 GMT XXVI CARIFTA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AQUATIC CENTRE SIR GARFIELD SOBERS SPORTS COMPLEX WILDEY, ST MICHAEL, BARBADOS

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:41:43 GMT THE CCCAN SUMMONS ALL ITS AFFILIATED COUNTRIES, COLOMBIA, SURINAM, AND VENEZUELA OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONFEDERATION AND GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE OF THE FRENCH SWIMMING FEDERATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MENTIONED ABOVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:48:18 GMT The “Fédération Internationale de Natation” (FINA) hereby notifies and invites all affiliated Federations to participate in the 14th FINA World Championships on the following basis:

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:52:44 GMT On a beautiful October Saturday Swift hosted its second open water swim at the Old Fort Bay beach with over 50 swimmers competing in either a 5 kilometer or 1.6 kilometer race. The top three finishes in each age group on either of the two courses were awarded beautiful “Sand Dollar” gold, silver, and bronze medals that were made by Susan Morley.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:13:08 GMT To carry competitions in the best possible way, FINA can count on Officials for its five aquatic disciplines. Officials are referees, starters, judges, coaches, managers, trainers, chaperons, etc.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:24:02 GMT MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco -- Crowds of excited swimming fans gathered on the shore at Crossing Rocks on Saturday, October 2nd, for the popular Abaco open-water 5K swim.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:28:26 GMT At the XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010 in Sweden July 27th to August 7th Swift Swimming was represented by Percy Knowles, Andy Knowles, and Nancy Knowles in three different age groups, 80-84, 55-59, and 50-54 respectively. Considered the biggest swim meet in the world with 6,700 athletes this year’s World Championships had lots of competition, and reinforced the values of friendship,

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:39:07 GMT Bahamian and Nationals Records Updated

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:35:12 GMT We have the pleasure to forward to you this correspondence relating to the athletes’ participation in SWIMMING competitions at the 14th FINA World Championships to be held in Shanghai (CHN) on 16th-31st July 2011.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:36:23 GMT WADA Launchs Coach True

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:39:02 GMT The Bahamas Swimming Federation respectfully requests that the dates for the technical Course for Coaches 2010 be scheduled from September 24th to 4th October 2010.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:42:52 GMT CISC 2010 Swim Team

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:45:18 GMT Swift US Master Team 2010

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:48:32 GMT

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:50:09 GMT CISC Hopefuls

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:52:07 GMT Dionisio Carey (12) and Dustin Tynes (14) were the only two swimmers from the Bahamas to compete in the 2010 Florida Gold Coast Swimming Jr. Olympic Championships, March 12-14, in Coral Springs, Florida.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:54:57 GMT Carifta 2010 Swim Team

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:59:17 GMT BAHAMAS SWIMMING - Individual Top Times

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:56:38 GMT BAHAMAS SWIMMING - Individual Top Times

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:02:59 GMT The Management Committee appointed by the governing body shall have jurisdiction over all matters not assigned by the rules to the referee, judges or other officials and shall have power to postpone events and give directions consistent with rules adopted for conducting any event.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:05:10 GMT As we begin the countdown to Carifta 2010 we have been looking at the rules as outlined in the FINA 2009-2013 handbook. To bring you up to par with everyone else here are the rules of the day.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:06:12 GMT Below is a letter from The Hon. Charles T. Maynard, Minister of Youth Sports and Culture congratulating Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace on her wins at the SEC's.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:09:30 GMT The Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre in St. Lucia West Indies extends to you a cordial invitation to Celebrate with us our TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OUR FACILITY BY ATTENDING ITS 11TH INTERNATIONALCLUB INVITATIONAL MEET to be held in St. Lucia, MARCH 25 – 28, 2010.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:12:45 GMT Mr. Mark Koganov - Mark is a FINA Referee who has most recently had the honor of being the Referee in the Championship game at two of the last three European Championships and the Championship Game at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:16:40 GMT Take part in the world´s biggest swimming sport event - FINA World Masters Championships 2010 - 27 July-7 August, FINA World Masters Championships will be held in the cities of Göteborg, Borås and Mölndal.

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:24:07 GMT 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 as per the following requirements:

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:26:07 GMT BAHAMAS SWIMMING - Individual Top Times

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:30:28 GMT Attendees of BSF officials Clinic, hosted by Mancer Roberts

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:28:37 GMT Lausanne (SUI) January 16, 2010 – Under the presidency of Dr. Julio C. Maglione, the first 2010 FINA Bureau Meeting took place on January 14-15 in Bangkok (THA) and approved the following main decisions:

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:43:30 GMT XXV CARIFTA 2010 SWIMMING COMPETITION SWIMMING, WATER POLO and SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:36:36 GMT 2010 Time Trials Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Center, Nassau Bahamas

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