Bahamas Aquatics

18/01/2024

The Bahamas Aquatics Federation ('BAF') is responsible for the development, promotion and control of

07/04/2023

We’ve Moved! Please FOLLOW our new Bahamas Aquatics page!

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The Bahamas Aquatics Federation ('BAF') is responsible for the development, promotion and control of

06/04/2023

Let's goooo TEAM BAHAMAS!

05/04/2023

The Champions have arrived!

Team Bahamas arrived safely in Curacao on Tuesday evening just before 9:00pm via a Bahamasair charter.

05/04/2023

Good luck Team Bahamas!

14/03/2023

First CARIFTA Swim Team Practice in the Books.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - At the crack of dawn Saturday morning, practice got underway for the country's swim team set to compete in the CARIFTA Games in Curacao next month.

09/03/2023

Thank you ZNS Northern Service for highlighting some of our Grand Bahamian CARIFTA Swimmers!

09/03/2023

Bahamas Aquatics is happy to congratulate swimmer Lamar Taylor on winning the 50-yard freestyle at the NCAA Division II Championships in a fast time of 19.04 seconds.

06/03/2023

Bahamas Aquatics is excited to announce the 2023 CARIFTA Aquatics Team.

01/03/2023

Congratulations Marvin Johnson on being awarded Swimmer of the Year!

BAHAMIAN MARVIN JOHNSON AWARDED SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Bahamian Junior standout Marvin Johnson was named the swimmer of the Year by Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association at the recent State Champs. The meet which ran from February 10 to 11 saw him recording state records in the 50 yard freestyle at 19.87 and 100 yard freestyle at 43.60.
Marvin dubbed "Marvelous " by swimming fans in Jamaica has set a standard for junior swimmers in his country and the region . He can also be ranked among the fastest Bahamian swimmers of all time. In the 50 yard freestyle he is the fourth fastest in Bahamian history. The list headed by the standard bearer for 242 Lamar "Cool Ruler" Taylor with his blast recently of 19.10.Next is is Olympic sprint pioneer Allan Murray with his best of 19.57. Third is long course record holder Olympian Elvis Burrows with his swift time of 19.83.

The list is much shorter in the 100 yard freestyle as only Taylor has ever swum faster than Johnson with his recent sub 43 performance of 42.81.

What Johnson has done is given credence to the phrase " No Limits". He along with arguably the deepest 15-17 fields ever promises one of the the most exciting CARIFTA Championships in Curaçao this April 6-12. In Barbados last year he tied with Trinidad and Tobago's star Nikoli Blackman for 50 metre Gold in 23.31. In the 100 metre freestyle he won the Bronze in a time of 52.16 behind the Team TTO's Twin Towers of Blackman and Zarek Wilson.
This year the Championship records in the 2013 100 metre freestyle of 50.67 by Team TTO Olympian Dylan Carter and the 2018 50 metre freestyle mark by Bahamian Olympian Izaak of 23.25 should not survive. Others looking to challenge include Marvin's Jamaican team mate Nelson Denny and Cayman Islands star James Allison with their recent showings .
Marvin will be looking to head the senior CARIFTA sprint field which could see the first medal podium under 51 seconds in the 100 metres and sub 23 for the 50 metres.
Photo courtesy of mccgpsaquatics

01/03/2023

KEY WEST, FL, February 2023— Bahamian swimmer Ricardo Jolly is making strides as a member of The College of the Florida Keys (CFK)Tuga swim team as they excelled at the Stanton C. Craigie Memorial Invite February 8, 2023, with all swimmers achieving personal best times.

The three-day meet was hosted by Indian River State College in Fort Pierce February 3- 5. The swim meet provided another opportunity for the swimmers to achieve times to qualify them to compete at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Swimming and Diving Championship set to take place in March 2023 in Erie, New York. Jolly qualified for the 50-yard butterfly and bettered his qualifying times in the 100-yard Individual Medley, and the 100-yard breaststroke. The team traveled to West Palm Beach on December 3 to participate in the Lake Lytal Lightning’s Holiday Sprint Invitational.

The event presented opportunities for the athletes to gain competitive experience and to achieve official times required to again qualify to swim in the NJCAA Championships where Jolly achieved four personal best times, a performance that qualified him for nationals in the 50 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, and 100 Individual Medley.

He also qualified for nationals the 200-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard Freestyle during a virtual event at the college. The Tugas, led by Coach Lori Bosco, leaves Key West on February 27th to travel to Buffalo, New York to compete in the NJCAA national championship March 1- 4, 2023

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Bahamas Aquatics!

18/12/2022

Congrats to our Caribbean and CCCAN Athletes

Congratulations to Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands for winning Gold in the men’s 50m freestyle,becoming the first Caribbean man to win gold at the short course championships since 1999 and to Dylan Carter from Trinidad and Tobago for winning bronze.

18/12/2022

18/12/2022

A second Bahamas National Record at the World Aquatics SCM World Championships in Melbourne, Australia! The old record was set in 1998 by Jeremy Knowles - 1.53.34! Luke went 1.51.31

17/12/2022

17/12/2022

We are proud of Bahamian swimmer Marvin Johnson as he continues to excel in high school swimming.

16/12/2022

We are proud of our team that is representing The Bahamas at the 16th FINA World Championships (SCM).

Team Bahamas is being led by Head Coach Travano McPhee.

16/12/2022

Congratulations Davawn!

16/12/2022

The results are in for Days 3 and 4!

Congratulations to Lamar Taylor and Luke-Kennedy Thompson for achieving new Bahamas records.

16/12/2022

15/12/2022

Our Day 1 and 2 results are in.

Congratulations swimmers on your fantastic swims!

15/12/2022

Good luck Luke!

15/12/2022

Strong and fast!

15/12/2022

Let’s go Rhaniska!

15/12/2022

We are cheering for you!

06/12/2022

Congratulations swimmers!

All the best at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

23/11/2022

“Always strive to do better. Go all in every day. And be better than you were yesterday.”

Congratulations to our coaches who are participating in the FINA Level 3 Coaching Course in South Florida.

The FINA Level 3 Course is for coaches whose swimmers are participating in or aiming for World Championships and Olympic Games.

21/11/2022

https://mckbearcats.com/news/2022/11/17/womens-swimming-and-diving-womens-swimming-diving-sets-another-school-record-on-second-day-of-mizzou-invitational.aspx

https://mckbearcats.com/news/2022/11/17/womens-swimming-and-diving-womens-swimming-diving-sets-one-school-record-on-first-day-of-mizzou-invitational.aspx

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The McKendree University women's swimming & diving team continued competition here Thursday on the second day of the Mizzou Invitational held at the Mizzou Aquatic Center.

21/11/2022

https://hsusports.com/news/2022/11/3/mens-swimming-and-diving-taylor-named-nsisc-male-swimmer-of-the-month.aspx?fbclid=w2n374wotxboz2hzt8w42aobk0hs3vt299ghmw

Lamar Taylor was named the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Swimmer of the Month, the conference announced Thursday.