Team Jamaica prepares for first entry at the Goodwill Swimming Championships.
The ‘Goodwill Meet’ is a regional swimming competition held annually in the Eastern Caribbean and this year will see the first participation by Team Jamaica.
This event is typically organized around the middle of August by the permanent members of the Goodwill Group, including Barbados, Suriname, St. Lucia, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, The Bahamas and Grenada.
The Goodwill Swim Meet is a short course (25M pool) development meet for swimmers aged 10 & under as well as swimmers aged 15 to 17 who have not competed at CARIFTA or higher regional competitions in the same year.
Competitors at this event will represent Jamaica and were chosen from a range of Clubs using a selection process based on the swimmers’ fastest times achieved between October 1st, 2017 and May 27th, 2018.
Making their way to Barbados will be:
8&Unders Girls: Jessica Denniston Boys: Jayson Grant
Alyssa Jefferson Ethan-George Hunter
Kara Hutchinson Matthew Kennedy
Victoria Vanderleer
9-10 Girls: Asha Davis Boys: Josh Johnson
Loren-Ann Patterson Brady Macpherson Lewison
Saamanta Selvon Charles Mcintosh
Christanya Shirley Waldon Mcintosh
11-12 Girls: Giani Francis Boys: Nyles Davis
Taeija-Lee Hall-Watts Nelson Denny
Raine Hopkins Quinn Gordon-Freel
Emma Marston Joshua Mignott
13-14 Girls: Lia Forrester Boys: Joshua-Daniel Alleyne
Callier Maxwell Nikolos Gordon-Somers
Jaleel Samms
Benjamin Sylvester
15-17 Girls: Alexa Critchlow Boys: Luke Mair
Aashna-Paris McGlashin
Team Officials
Manager: Peter Vanderleer
Head Coach: Wendy Chambers Lee
Asst. Coach: Kafia Rapley
Doctor: Tana Ricketts-Roomes
Chaperones: Omar Kennedy, Kaylene Patterson, Kenisha Thom