JANUARY 27, 2005

BRAD HAMILTON TO REPRESENT JAMAICA IN FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP – NEW YORK FEBRUARY 11-12, 2005

Brad Hamilton, arguably Jamaica’s top all round male swimmer will become Jamaica’s first ever representative at a FINA Swimming World Cup Meet when he compete in the Event to be held in New York, February 11-12, 2005.

Hamilton, who currently holds eighteen (18) Individual National Age Group records and six (6) National Age Group Relay records will compete in six events during the two day meet: He will swim the 50, 100 and 200 Meter Freestyle, the 50 and 100 Meter Butterfly and the 100 M Individual Medley events.

Hosted by USA Swimming, the New York FINA World Cup event is the seventh in a series of eight events swum around the world. The final event will held in Rio de Janeiro, February 18-20, 2005. For more Information about the event, log on to www.usa-swimmming.org

Hamilton next local competition will be the Karl Dalhouse Sprint Meet being held this weekend (January 29) at the National Stadium Pool.

Track the progress of Jamaica’s Swimming Programme by logging on to www.swimjamaica.com

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