CARIFTA Swimming Championships explained

The CARIFTA Aquatics Championships is an annual, age-group aquatics championships for the Caribbean. It has been held since 1985, and is similar in form/origin to the track & field/athletics event: the CARIFTA Games. The event is held under the auspices of CANOC, the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees.

The 40th edition of the aquatics championships was held in 2025 in Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Musician Sean Paul participated in the 1989 and 1991 editions of the championships, as part of the Jamaican water polo team.[1]

Editions

YearEditionLocationDatesTop Team
1992 XVI Road Town, British Virgin IslandsApril
1993 XVI April
1994 XVI Cayenne, French GuianaApril
1995 XVI Guatemala City, GuatemalaApril
1996 XVI April
1997 XVI April
1998 XVI April
1999 XIV Kingston, Jamaica[2] April
2000 XV March
2001 XVI April
2002 XVII April 11–15
2003 XVIII April 19–21
2004 XIX April 15–18
2005 XX March 31 – April 3 French Antilles
2006 XXI April 6–9 French Antilles
2007 XXII April 6-11
2008 XXIII March 26–31 French Antilles
2009 XXIV April 15–20
2010 XXV April 3–6
2011 XXVI April 23 – May 1
2012 XXVII April 12–15
2013 XXVIII March 29 – April 3
2014 XXIX April 22–25
2015 XXX March 27 – April 8
2016 XXXI March 22–25
2017 XXXII April 15–18
2018 XXXIII March 31 – April 3
2019 XXXIV April 20–23
2020 cancelled April 11–14
2021 cancelled April 3–6
2022 XXXV April 16–19
2023 XXXVI April 6–9
2024 XXXVII March 30 – April 4
2025 XXXVIII 2025

CARIFTA Swimming Championships records

All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.

Girls (18 and over)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ledgister . Fabian . Sean Paul makes a 'Trinity' . . 2005-09-04 . 2008-09-07.
  2. Ja gear up for Carifta champs. Published by the Jamaica Gleamer on 1999-03-31; retrieved 2013-05-23.