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ASATT selects 40 for Goodwill Swim Meet
The Trinidad and Tobago Swimming Team.
A strong contingent of forty of the nation’s budding swim stars was selected by the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago to represent the country at the 16th Goodwill Swim Meet in Paramaribo Suriname.
The meet which runs from the August 13 to 15 is targeted for swimmers who have little or no international swimming experience.
Therefore, swimmers who have represented T & T at CARIFTA, CISC or higher level meets in 2010 were ineligible for selection.
The meet involves the territories Guyana, Suriname, Barbados and T & T. Grenada has been invited as a guest team. Team T & T would be seeking to win the title for the first time since 2007, especially since this year T & T has been the victors at the CARIFTA and CISC Swimming Championships.
While all of T & T’s top swimmers from last year’s competition have either moved out of the Goodwill age group, or on to CARIFTA, T & T is expected be top contenders for the overall trophy. Among the strongest age groups are the 13-14s where all swimmers have achieved “A “qualifying times in at least two events.
The team starts training together today, and is expected to continue weekly sessions until departure date.
Full team: 8 & Under Girls – Jada Chai, Raven Toney-Renee, Sabrina David, Vrisnelit Faure
8 & Under Boys – Jean Marc Granderson, Josiah Duke, Luke Gillette, Selik Leacock. 9 – 10 Girls – Aliyah Noel, Amira Pilgrim, Arielle Downes, Shenia Clapperton. 9 – 10 Boys – James Gillette, Jaydan Lucas, Kael Yorke, Osaze Riley. 11-12 Girls – Ariel Cape, Samantha Khan, Shamiah Charles, Shania David. 11-12 Boys – Aaron Acres, David Wiltshire, D’Rell Ougrah, Gwillym Watkins. 13-14 Girls – Chadae Thompson, Hadassah Morales, Rebekah Mendoza, Sangeeta Maharaj. 13-14 Boys – Christopher Greene, Jonathan Gillette, Marc Stauble, Nicholas Mitchell.
15-17 Girls – Leslyn Alexander, Meagan Mark, Rai Ann Mc Carthy, Tsian Bernard. 15-17 Boys – Christopher Reis, Rory Stefan Affoon, Christopher Buffong, Daniel Tardieu.
Manager of the team is Neal Marcano while the Head Coach is Ronald Corke. Assistant Coaches are Chabeth Haynes, Edric Hargreaves, Maurice Faria and Vincent Tardieu.
The Chaperones are Patrice Reis, Mandisa Leacock and Glenda Morales.
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