DECEMBER

December 27, 2004 - The results have been reviewed! Y-Speedos wins Walter Lowi Sprint Meet

December 19, 2004 - The ASAJ is looking for persons to volunteers for the Position of Chef-de-Mission, Team Managers and Meet Directors...more

December 11, 2004 - Y-Speedos Swim Club scores 1276 points to win the Age Group Gold Swim Meet ....Tornadoes are second and the Blue Seals third...results

December 10, 2004 - Jamaica's Alia Atkinson named Broward County swimmer of the year <pdf> - CONGRATS ALIA!!!

NOVEMBER

November 16, 2004 - The ISSA Meet Summons has been added to the Calendar page

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OCTOBER

October23, 2004 - The ASAJ congratulations Mark Jones, Wendy Bell and Lance Rochester for being designated FINA Water Polo Referees. See the latest Poolside News for more details.

October23, 2004 - The Tornadoes Swim Club ended day two of the AB Short Course Swim Meet with a commanding lead over the Y-Speedos....points standing....results

October22, 2004 - The AB Short Course Swim Meet started yesterday with the distance events being swum at the National Stadium Pool. After two events, the Y-Speedos (20) lead the Tornadoes Swim Club (16) by four points. 

October 3, 2004 - Swimming for Notre Dame University, Jamaica's Raine Paulson Andrews and Cayman Islands Laura Stafford place third in the 50 yard (25.52) and 200 yard (1:59.89) Freestyle respectively in dual meet with Evansville....results

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SEPTEMBER

September 2, 2004 - The 2004 calendar has been updated with the approved event for September to December. Also added are the Meet Summons and event files for all swim meets up to December, except the ISSA Meet....calendar

September 2, 2004 - CONGRATULATIONS TO TRINIDAD'S GEORGE BOVELL FOR WINNING THE 200 M IM BRONZE MEDAL AT THE ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES!

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AUGUST

August 1, 2004 - The Blue Seal Invitational Swim Meet results have finally been posted to the results page. We are sorry for the delay...CISC got in the way!...results

JULY

July 30, 2004 - The Jamaica Olympic Association has announced Jamaica's Olympic Games Swim Team. The team comprises four swimmers: Sydney veterans Janelle Atkinson and Angela Chuck and newcomers Alia Atkinson and Jevon Atkinson. They will be Coached by Jackie Walter, while John Eyre will accompany the team as Manager. The team will fly out  on Air Jamaica on Saturday August 7.

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JUNE

June 29, 2004 - Preparations for the XV Caribbean Island Swimming Championships move into high gear - swimmers from six (6) teams arrive in the island today!

June 25, 2004 - The ASAJ Has selected 86 swimmers to represent Jamaica at the 2004 Caribbean Island Swimming Championships to be held at the National Stadium Pool July 1-6, 2004

June 25, 2004 - The Blue Seals Swim Meet dives in to action tomorrow. The meet, which is the final local competition on the swimming calendar, is being used as a dress rehearsal for next weeks CISC being hosted by Jamaica

June 12, 2004 - Hungarian Water Polo Team BVSC visits Jamaica to train with National Team preparing for the CISC and the Pan  American Junior Water Polo Championships

June 12, 2004 - Congratulations to Immaculate Prep, Mona Prep and Dunrobin Primary for coming out winners at the 2004 Nestle Prep/Primary Schools Swimming Championships...results

June 12, 2004 - Final entries are pouring in for the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships which will be held at the National Stadium Pol, July 2-6, 2004...link to CISC website

June 11, 2004 - Immaculate Prep and Stella Maris Prep take early lead at Nestle Swim Champs...results

June 10, 2004 - The Nestle Ice Cream Prep and Primary Schools Swimming Championships dives in to action tomorrow with 441 swimmers from 20 schools

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MAY

May 24, 2004 - Brad Hamilton, Ramon Walton and Jason Adams shine at swim meet in Sarasota, Florida....more info.....results

May 16, 2004 - The Y-Speedos Swim Club today walked away with the Masters and Age Group Trophies at the AB Long Course Junior Champs...results

May 14, 2004 - Swimmers from 7 clubs will dive into action today when the AB Long Course Junior Swimming Championships starts at the National Stadium Pool.....results

May 8, 2004 - Immaculate Prep, Hillel Prep and Naggo Head Primary top the Burger King/YMCA Schools Swim Meet....results

May 2, 2004 - The Jamaica Water Polo Union yesterday placed third in the DCO 2004 Water Polo Championships held in Curacao. With all of the games closely contested, the Jamaicans won three games, lost two and drew one...results

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APRIL

April 19, 2004 - With Brad Hamilton leading the way with 6 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 5 National Age Group Records and 2 CARIFTA Meet Records, Jamaica finished a respectable 4th at the just concluded CARIFTA Swimming Championships held in Nassau, Bahamas....results...click here for a detailed report on Jamaica's  swimming results

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MARCH

March 27, 2004 - Another world best time for Bovell and Auburn and the NCAA Championships

March 26, 2004 - Trinidad's George Bovell swims 1:53.93 to set a new short course 200-meter individual medley World Record at the NCAA Championships!!! Congratulations George!!

March 24, 2004 - The Jamaica Olympic Association has selected swimmer Gillian Millwood (Y-Speedos) and Vishauntha Tolan (Badminton) to represent Jamaica at the Athens 2004 Youth Camp....congratulations Gillian!!

March 20, 2004 - Inspired by the presence of a number of their swimmers currently at school overseas, the Tornadoes Swim Club today won the Tornadoes Invitational Swim Meet by a narrow margin in an exciting finish...results

March 19, 2004 - Janelle Atkinson finishes 26th in 200 free in 2:00.35 at NCAA Champs

March 18, 2004 -Janelle Atkinson clocks 4:12 to finish 36th at the NCAA CHampionships

March 17, 2004 - AD TECH has announced that it will sponsor the second schools Synchronized Swimming Competition which will be held April 2-3, 2004....meet info

March 17, 2004 - The ASAJ Swim-A-Thon originally scheduled for March 27 has been rescheduled for Saturday April 3...watch for more details

March 12, 2004 - Immaculate Conception and St. Georges College win Gold at ICD Inter-Secondary Schools Water Polo Competition <full results>

March 12, 2004 - Jamaica's first Schools Water Polo Competition gets going today at the National Stadium Pool with 5 male and 5 female high schools in action

March 8, 2004 - Tornadoes Invitational Swim Meet set to dive into action March 19-20....more

March 4, 2004 - Jamaica's first schools Synchronized Swimming Competition will be held March 5-6, at the National Stadium Pool. Four (4) Schools have entered....more

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FEBRUARY

February 27, 2004 -Y-Speedos Swim Club opens a lead at Age Group Champs as Ramon Walton opens his Meet Records account....results

February 26, 2004 - Gillian and Matthew Stewart shine during opening session of 2004Age Group Champs...results

February 26, 2004 - The ASAJ's Walter Rogers Age Group Swimming Championships will dive into action at the National Stadium Pool starting at 5:30 PM. The competition is the final opportunity for swimmers to qualify for selection to the CARIFTA Swim Team

February 24, 2004 - Jamaica's Abiona Redwood, swimming for John's Hopkins University, qualifies for the NCAA Championships winning the 50 Y Free in 24.61....more

February 14, 2004 - Campion College, Immaculate Conception High School and the University of Technology take top honours at the Mayberry Investments High School/University Swim Meet.... results

February 14, 2004 - Jamaica's Male and Female Water Polo Teams enjoyed mixed results at the second Annual Florida Age Group Invitational Tournament...latest results:

Jamaica Male (13) Chicago (8)

Jamaica Female (3) Plantation (9)

Jamaica Female (10) Fort Lauderdale (7)

Jamaica Male  (6)  BVSC Hungary (28)

Jamaica Female (6) Speedo A (8)

February 13, 2004 - Hillel Academy today won the Mayberry Investments Prep/Primary Schools Overall Team Trophy and the Male Division while Wolmers Prep took the Female Division. Excelsior Primary came out on top of the Primary Schools Division...results

February 1, 2004 - The Y-Speedos Swim Club scored 1429 points to win the Karl Dalhouse Memorial Swim Meet at the National Stadium Pool. The Tornadoes Swim Club placed second, scoring 1241 points, while the Sting Ray Swim Club visiting from the Cayman Islands, scored 679.5 to take third....results

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.JANUARY

January 31, 2004 - The Y-Speedos widened  their lead at Karl Dalhouse Memorial Swim Meet. Todd Johnson breaks 200 Back Meet record while the Masters Swimmers dive into action exciting the crowd...results

January 31, 2004 - The Y-Speedos eased into the lead after session two of the Karl Dalhouse International Memorial Swim Meet. Y-Speedos Victoria Ho sets new 9-10 Girls 50 M Breaststroke Meet record. ...results and scores

January 30, 2004 - Tornadoes Swim Club has a narrow lead on an exciting first day of the Karl Dalhouse International Memorial Swim Meet

January 29, 2004 - Y-Speedos Karl Dalhouse International Memorial Swim Meet Dives into action....more

January 12, 2004 - Jevon Atkinson swam a personal best 53.46 to finish 6th in the 100 M Freestyle at the Burgdorff Invitational. His time is the fastest by a Jamaican in the last 7 years

January 11, 2004 - Jevon Atkinson finshes 7th in the final of 50 free in 24.38 at the Burgdorff Invitational. The Final featured Olympic Champion Gary Hall (23.75) and 1999 US Open Champion Sabir Muhammed (24.04)

January 11, 2004 - Janelle Atkinson helps Florida Gators win against Tempe with a fourth place finish in the 1650 Y free (16:42.91)

January 5, 2004 - Trinidad's Linda McEachrane wins 4 races to help Tulane University beat Radford and Georgia Southern in a double dual meet

January 3, 2004 - The No. 3 ranked Florida women's swimming and diving team and the fifth-ranked men's squad both defeated Kentucky in dual meets Saturday morning at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. Junior Janelle Atkinson (Jamaica) led the way in the women's 100-yard freestyle, finishing in first place in 51.30.....more

January 2, 2004 - The Official Website for the 2004 Caribbean Island Swimming Championships has been launched...please add the following URL to you favourites or launch the website using the link on this page www.cisc2004.com

January 1, 2004 - WOW! 2004 is here already...where did 2003 go? We ALL must have been having fun swimming and not seen time flying by! The ASAJ wishes that 2004 is a peaceful and prosperous year for everyone. With a new ASAJ Executive in place, CISC being hosted at the National Stadium Pool and 2004 being an Olympic Year, we expect this to be a fantastic year for the sport of swimming in Jamaica. Our swimmers and coaches need support and we look forward to a great team effort...HAVE A GREAT ONE!

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