The Tribune

WHILE the 35-member team is on its way to Bridgetown, Barbados, for the Caribbean Islands Swim Championships, the Bahamas Swimming Federation is celebrating the success of Meshach Roberts in the Open Water competition.

As the lone competitor to represent the Bahamas in the competition on Monday in Carlyle Bay, St Michael, Roberts picked up the bronze medal.

The Bahamas will be one of 20 countries expected to participate in the swimming championships slated to begin on Wednesday at the Aquatic Centre in Wildey.

The team will be coached by Travano McPhee, assisted by Sara Knowles from Abaco. The team manager is John Bradley. The physiotherapists are Dorothy Roberts and Michelle Roach. The team doctor is Saida Bowe.

• Here’s a look at the list of swimmers who will represent the Bahamas at the championships:

Girls 11-12 - Cecily Bowe, Tenniya Martin, Amber Pinder and Virginia Stamp

Girls 13-14 - Celia Campbell, Jasmine Gibson, Albury Higgs, Lilly Higgs and Victoria Russell

Girls 15-17 - Laura Morley, Joanna Evans, Maya Thompson and Andreas Weech

Girls 18-and-over - Ariel Weech

Boys 11-12 - Izaak Bastian, T’Lez Foulkes, Samuel Gibson, Darren Laing, Peter Morley and Luke-Kennedy Thompson

Boys 13-14 - Miller Albury, Joshua Roberts, William Russell, Alec Sands and Joshua Wong

Boys 15-17 - Drew Bastian, Dionisio Carey, Alexander Encinar, N’Nhyn Fernander, Gershwin Greene and Kohen Kerr