Following a golden start at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, Cayman’s athletes added to their medal count on day two in the pool.
Cayman’s swimmers, competing in Christ Church, Barbados, hit the pool for the 200 metres free where Kyra Rabess won gold ahead of Jillian Crooks in the 15-17 division. James Allison took silver in the boys 15-17 division.
In the 100m backstroke, the Higgo siblings Luke and Lila delivered yet again, both winning gold, with Lila also setting a new CARIFTA record. She hit the wall at 1:04.69 to break the previous record of 1:05.61, set in 2017. Lev Fahy finished with a bronze in Luke Higgo’s gold medal-winning race. Jillian Crooks took gold for the 15-17 backstroke.
During the 400m individual medleys, Teagan Nash, Dominic Hilton, Coco McGrath, and Harper Barrowman earned silver medals in their respective age groups.
In the 4x100m medley, Riley Watson, Eva Oldfield, Kassandra Adapa and McGrath secured a bronze in the 11-12 division. Lila Higgo, Brianna Fischetti, Sierrah Broadbelt, and Sofia Bonati hit the pool as a team again, this time swimming to a gold medal in the 13-14 division, adding to their earlier silver in the 4x100m freestyle. In the 15-17 division, Harper Barrowman, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Rabess and Crooks finished with a silver in the 4x100m medley.
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