The
CARIFTA
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was organised on 1 May 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The agreements establishing it came following the dissolution of the ...
Aquatics Championships is an annual, age-group aquatics championships for the
Caribbean. It has been held since 1985, and is similar in form/origin to the track & field/athletics event: the
CARIFTA Games
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games was first held in 1972 and consists of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track eve ...
. The event is held under the auspices of
CANOC, the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees.
The 30th edition of the aquatics championships was held in April 2015 in
Bridgetown, Barbados.
Musician
Sean Paul participated in the 1989 and 1991 editions of the championships, as part of the
Jamaica
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n
water polo
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team.
Editions
CARIFTA Swimming Championships records
All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.
Boys (11–12)
Girls (11–12)
Mixed relay (13–14)
Boys (13–14)
Girls (13–14)
Boys (15–17)
Girls (15–17)
See also
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Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA)
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Caribbean Island Swimming Championships The Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISCs) is a biennial aquatics championships held in even years. They are organized by CCCAN and feature age-group competition for teams from Caribbean island nations. They have been held since 1976, and ...
(CISCs)
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Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships The CCCAN Championships are a biennial aquatics championship for countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The name of the event comes from the event's organizers: the Central American & Caribbean Swimming Confederation, whose abbreviated name ...
(CCCANs)
References
External links
CARIFTA Championships recordsCARIFTA results page
(with 2004–2018 swimming results) on the Bahamas Swimming Federation website.
{{Records in swimming
CARIFTA
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was organised on 1 May 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The agreements establishing it came following the dissolution of the ...
International sports competitions in the Caribbean