JUNE 28, 2005
FIFTY
SEVEN SWIMMERS SELECTED FOR JAMAICA’S
2005 CCCAN TEAM
The
Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) has announced a team of fifty
seven (57) swimmers and eleven (11) Team Officials to represent Jamaica at the XXIII Central American and
Caribbean Swimming Championships (CCCAN) which will
be held in the Dominican
Republic August 1-9, 2005.
Jamaica will
participate in the swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo competitions.
Twelve swimmers, led by Brad Hamilton, Alia Atkinson
and veteran Tamary Swaby,
have qualified for the swimming events. Hamilton and Atkinson will travel to
the Dominican Republic
directly from Montreal where they will represent
Jamaica
at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships.
Jhaenelle Adams and Stephanie
Barrett will compete in the 13-15 Duet and Solo Competition. CCCAN will be the first test for Adams
and Barrett since the ASAJ brought in the American Coach Khadija
Cutcher to launch it’s new National
Synchro Squad’s training programme. Both girls are
hoping to qualify for the ASUA Pan Am Junior
Synchronized Swimming Championship to be held in Orlando Florida
in August.
For
the first time ever, Jamaica
will enter three (3) teams in the CCCAN Water Polo
competition. Jamaica’s 18 and Under Male and
Female Team will not only be playing for a medal position, but also to improve
their ranking in the region thus ensuring a place in the 2006 ASUA Pan Am Junior Water Polo Championships. The top four (4)
teams in each division will automatically qualify for the Championships which
will be held in Canada.
The men’s team will however, be using this Competition as a gauge in their
preparation for their next major challenge, the 13th FINA Men’s
Junior Water Polo World Championships being held in Argentina October 7-15,
2005. The CCCAN
18 and Under Team forms the core of Jamaica’s
Junior Men’s Team preparing for the World Championships.
Jamaica’s 15 and
Under Men’s team, while inexperienced in international competition, has shown
rapid improvement in local competitions and training. Coach Laszlo Borbely is confident that all three teams will perform well
and continue Jamaica’s
rise in regional water polo rankings. The ASAJ has named squads of fifteen (15)
for each of the three teams, which will be reduced to thirteen (13) before they
leave for Santo Domingo.
The
ASAJ named eleven Team Officials, headed by Chef de Mission Mark Jones. The
Medical Team and list of Technical Officials will be published as soon as the
names are confirmed. The team will depart Jamaica on August 1 and return on
August 9.
JAMAICA’S
TEAM FOR THE 2005 CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (CCCAN)
Chef
de Mission; Mark
Jones
Swimming; Manager/Head Coach Jackie
Walter; Assistant Coach Barry Brown
Synchronized
Swimming; Manager Katherine Lim Sang; Coach Khadija Cutcher
Water
Polo; Head Coach Laszlo Borbely; Manager Boys Everton Chambers; Manager Girls Rosalee Strudwick;
Assistant Coaches – Garth Henriques (18 and
Under Boys); Lara D’Oyen
(18 and Under Girls); Nekema Mattocks (15 and Under Boys)
Swimming