The region's best female swimmers had 8 individual  appearances in the top 150 rankings released by the sports governing body FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) .This was achieved on the strength of  performances of French swimmer Malia Metela and Jamaica's Janelle Atkinson.

 

Malia who competed at the CARIFTA level with great distinction for the combined French territories still holds records at those championships for the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups as well as the 15-17 100 metre butterfly. She has the only top 10  time with a gold medal winning 25.18 done at the US National Swimming Championships in Maryland in August which places her 9th globally.

 

She underlines her tremendous sprint credentials by having top 50 times in the following  events the 100metre freestyle 39th (55.84) ,50 metre butterfly 46th (27.68) and the 100 metre butterfly 41st (1:00.44).

 

Janelle Atkinson the region's most dominant swimmer in the middle to long distance freestyle events owning the records at the 200,400 and 800 events at the senior level at CARIFTA ,CISC (Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships) and CCCAN (Central American and Caribbean) Championships is having a rebuilding year. She remains world ranked despite taking a year off from collegiate swimming to fully recuperate from surgery on both shoulders  and only returning to competiton in April.

Atkinson's highest ranking is 62nd in the 400 metre freestyle at 4:15.99 .She also holds positions 121st in the 800 metre event  144th in the 100  freestyle in a  new national record of  57.21 and 147th in the 200 at 2:03.27.

 

The  only relay team figured in the relay rankings and that was the Jamaican team who placed 60th based on their 3:53.58 5th placing showing at the PAN -AMERICAN games in the 400 metre freestyle relay.