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200 plus for Open Long Course Championships
« on: March 04, 2010, 10:59:50 AM »

 
Over 200 swimmers from Trinidad and Tobago, and nine swimmers from Colombia have registered to participate in the Annual ASATT Open Invitational Long Course Swimming Championships which takes places from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th March at the Marlins Swim Pool, Morne Coco Road Westmoorings.
 
This meet acts as the final qualifier for T & T swimmers to qualify for the Carifta Swimming Championships in Jamaica which is scheduled for April 3rd to 6th. Additionally, the meet has been sanctioned by FINA (the world governing body of swimming) to be the final qualifier in the region for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics scheduled for August 2010. Cadell Lyons, Christian Homer and Kimberlee John Williams have already qualified for the Youth Olympics.  The inclusion of the Colombia swimmers at these championships are a definite boost to the quality of the meet, and they are going to be the swimmers to beat in their respective events. The meet will also include a 10 & under  category to give the younger swimmers exposure to keen competition.
 
Several 2009 Carifta individual medallists are vying for places on the Carifta team, and would be looking to perform at their best to cement their place on the team. Among the medallists participating include John Williams, Lyons, Joshua Romany, Dylan Carter, Kristin Julien, Ryan Rigues, Rejan Chin, Kadeja Phillip and returning home from his Coral Springs Florida training base is 13-14 swimmer Keegan Boisson-Yates. Top 11-12 swimmers Syriah David and Jabari Baptiste will also be making their bids for Carifta selection.
 
Foreign based National Record holders Christian Homer, Tyla Martin and Samantha Rahael have also made qualifying times for Carifta, and would join the team closer to team departure. Swimmers at this meet can also attempt to qualify for the CAC Games in Mayaguez Puerto Rico in July of this year. Among those seeking to make their bid for CAC selection are national record holders Carryl Blondell, Joshua Mc Leod, and Napoleon Howell, along with Lyons and John Williams.
 
The schedule for the meet is as follows:
Session 1 Thursday 4th March 2010 Warm-up 4:45 p.m. and Competition (Prelims) 6:00 p.m.

Session 2 Friday 5th March 2010 Warm-up 4:45 p.m. Opening Ceremony 6:00pm Competition (Finals) 6:30 p.m.

Session 3 Saturday 6th March 2010 Warm-up 8:00 a.m. and Competition (Prelims) 9:15 a.m.

Session 4 Saturday 6th March 2010 Warm-up 3:45 p.m. and Competition (Finals) 5:00 p.m.

Session 5 Sunday 7th March 2010 Warm-up 8:00 a.m. and Competition (Prelims) 9:15 a.m.

Session 6 Sunday 7th March 2010 Warm-up 3:45 p.m. and Competition (Finals) 5:00 p.m.
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