The Tribune

JOB WELL DONE: It was a valiant effort toward a third consecutive CARIFTA championship title in the pool for Team Bahamas, but that effort fell just short of that historic goal.

The country’s 36-member team finished second at the 31st CARIFTA Aquatics Championships hosted in Fort-de-France, Martinique, over the Easter holiday. It was just a 21.5 point differential atop the points standings as Team Bahamas finished the four-day meet in second place with a total of 774.5 points.

Guadeloupe rebounded from a fifth place finish in 2015 to win this year’s meet with 796 points. Host country Martinique was third with 586.5 points, Barbados was fourth with 538.5 points and Trinidad and Tobago finished fifth with 437.5 points. Guadeloupe collected 66 medal en route to the win including 23 gold, 25 silver and 18 bronze.

Team Bahamas ended with a total of 56 medals - 22 gold, 22 silver and 12 bronze, Barbados was third with 44 medals - 18 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze), Suriname was fourth with 22 medals - nine gold, seven silver and six bronze while Jamaica rounded on the top five on the medal table with 25 - eight gold, nine silver and eight bronze.