INTERMITTENT power cuts put a damper on yesterday's evening session of the 28th Carifta Swimming and Water Polo Championships for approximately 30 minutes, but could not stop Jamaica's Zara Bailey from shining bright to capture gold.
Bailey took the top medal in the Girls' 15-17, 200m breaststroke, while Roman was third in the Girls' 15-17 800m Freestyle behind Bahamas' Joana Evans.
Following a colourful Opening Ceremony showcasing the 18 participating teams, the lights first went at 6:44 pm at the conclusion of the second final of the night. A few more finals ran off very quickly before the second electricity failure at 7:12 pm. Power returned after another 17 minutes delay.
The Sunday Observer was told that a faulty breaker at the facility was the cause of the delay and there was no standby generator, as that is too expensive, ranging in the region of $50,000 per hour, used or unused.
Xavier Philips finished just outside the medals, taking fourth in the Boys' 13-14, 200m breaststroke. Aruba's Mikel Schreuders won ahead of Delo Carl-Gustave of French Guiana and Alexandre Jean-Francois of Martinique.
Before that, Jamaica's Martyn Lyn finished fifth in the Boys' 13-17 1,500m Freestyle, way behind the winner Geoffrey Butler of Cayman Islands. Gaudeloupe finished second and third with Jonathan Mamet and Swan Phedol respectively.
Cayman would have further success capturing the Girls' 11-12 200m breaststroke as Kavanagh Lambert struck gold. The Bahamas also struck gold twice with Tyler Russell winning the Boys' 11-12, 200m breaststroke and Albury Higg the Girls' 13-14 200m breaststroke.
Earlier, Jamaica's Angara Sinclair broke the first record of the championship, smashing the Girls' 13-14 50m backstroke in the heats with a time of 31.29, well below the previous best of 31.60 done in 2009.
Sinclair and her teammate Annastazia Chin (33.01) were through to the final set for later last night. Guadaloupe's Charlotte Backovic with 31.73 seconds entered the final as the second fastest ahead of Sariyah Sherry of Barbados with 32.40 seconds.
It was a decent day in the pool for Jamaica with the island's swimmers making it through to several finals, but the strength of defending combined team champion Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas is very evident as they each have two swimmers qualified for most of the finals.
Several Jamaican individual swimmers and a relay team have made it through the preliminaries for the finals which start this evening at 6:00.
At press time, Breanna Roman had picked up bronze.
Jamaica’s Zara Bailey on her way to winning the gold medal in the Girls’ 15-17 200m breaststroke at the Carifta Swimming Championships in 2:41.37 minutes with her teammate Breanna Roman third in 2:44.14 minutes. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
Breanna Roman displaying her bronze medal won in the Girls’ 15-17 800m freestyle in 9:41.52 minutes behind the winner Joanna Evans of The Bahamas with 9:10.26 minutes. Roman captured a second bronze placing third in the 15-17 200m breaststroke in 2:44.14 behind teammate Zara Bailey in 2:41.37. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)
    Jamaica’s Zara Bailey on her way to winning the gold medal in the Girls’ 15-17 200m breaststroke at the Carifta Swimming Championships in 2:41.37 minutes with her teammate Breanna Roman third in 2:44.14 minutes. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS) #slideshowtoggler, #slideshowtoggler a, #slideshowtoggler img {filter:none !important;zoom:normal !important}  1/2  |
Following a colourful Opening Ceremony showcasing the 18 participating teams, the lights first went at 6:44 pm at the conclusion of the second final of the night. A few more finals ran off very quickly before the second electricity failure at 7:12 pm. Power returned after another 17 minutes delay.
The Sunday Observer was told that a faulty breaker at the facility was the cause of the delay and there was no standby generator, as that is too expensive, ranging in the region of $50,000 per hour, used or unused.
Xavier Philips finished just outside the medals, taking fourth in the Boys' 13-14, 200m breaststroke. Aruba's Mikel Schreuders won ahead of Delo Carl-Gustave of French Guiana and Alexandre Jean-Francois of Martinique.
Before that, Jamaica's Martyn Lyn finished fifth in the Boys' 13-17 1,500m Freestyle, way behind the winner Geoffrey Butler of Cayman Islands. Gaudeloupe finished second and third with Jonathan Mamet and Swan Phedol respectively.
Cayman would have further success capturing the Girls' 11-12 200m breaststroke as Kavanagh Lambert struck gold. The Bahamas also struck gold twice with Tyler Russell winning the Boys' 11-12, 200m breaststroke and Albury Higg the Girls' 13-14 200m breaststroke.
Earlier, Jamaica's Angara Sinclair broke the first record of the championship, smashing the Girls' 13-14 50m backstroke in the heats with a time of 31.29, well below the previous best of 31.60 done in 2009.
Sinclair and her teammate Annastazia Chin (33.01) were through to the final set for later last night. Guadaloupe's Charlotte Backovic with 31.73 seconds entered the final as the second fastest ahead of Sariyah Sherry of Barbados with 32.40 seconds.
It was a decent day in the pool for Jamaica with the island's swimmers making it through to several finals, but the strength of defending combined team champion Guadeloupe, Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas is very evident as they each have two swimmers qualified for most of the finals.
Several Jamaican individual swimmers and a relay team have made it through the preliminaries for the finals which start this evening at 6:00.