SAVANETA, Aruba –
Zabrina Holder and Lani Cabrera both won gold on Sunday night to bring Barbados' medal tally to 22 (eight gold, five silver, nine bronze), as the CARIFTA swimming Championships concluded at the Piscina Olimpico Pool.

Holder won the age 11-12 400 metres freestyle event in four minutes, 56.50 seconds, ahead of Aruba's Danielle van den Berg (4:58.72) and French Antilles' Laurie Azincourt (5:02.14).

Cabrera clocked four minutes, 37.21 seconds for the same distance in the age 13-14 group. She finished ahead of Jamaica's Victoria Ho (4:41.66) and Trinidad and Tobago's Kimberlee John Williams (4:43.11).

Also among the individual medals for Barbados on Sunday were Deandre Small and Lee Ann Rose. Small clocked 29.05 seconds to take silver in the 11-12 50 metres freestyle.

The event was won by Aruba's Ally Ponson (28.48) while Breanna Roman of Jamaica was third (29.14).

Small also captured bronze (2:44.02) in the 200 metres backstroke, behind Aruba's Emy DaSilva (2:41.65) and Suriname's Xaenne Tjoen A Choy (2:41.94). Rose got her bronze medal in the 13-14 200 metres backstroke (2:36.47). That event was won by Jamaica's Brittany Kenny (2:35.42) while her compatriot Kendese Nangle took the silver medal (2:36.45).

Barbados also won bronze in the Boys' 11-12 200 metres freestyle relay behind gold medal winners Trinidad and Tobago and silver medallists, the French Antilles. The Bajan girls then took silver at the same distance in the age 13-14 category, behind winners Jamaica, and the third- place Bahamas.

The French Antilles logged seven final day victories and retained the overall championship with 1 107 points. The French team comprised swimmers from Martinique, Guadeloupe, French St Martin and French Guiana.

Trinidad and Tobago finished second with 801 points, the Bahamas placed third on 721 points with Jamaica (578) fourth, followed by the Netherlands Antilles (465) in fifth place and Barbados (352) in sixth.

The French Antilles collected 91 medals in all, comprising 29 gold, 38 silver and 24 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago picked up 24 gold, 15 silver, and 22 bronze for a total of 61, while the Bahamas collected 50 medals, 22 gold, 18 silver and ten gold. The Jamaicans finished with 11 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze.
(WG/CMC)