swimming
Crooks makes Cayman proud at Paris Olympics
(CNS): Cayman Islands standout swimming star Jordan Crooks finished the Men’s 50m Freestyle Finals less than 0.4 seconds behind the winner, Cameron McEvoy of Australia, and a hair’s breadth, just 0.08 seconds, behind Bronze medalist Florent Manaudou of France. In a race where there were the merest split seconds between the race times of the […]
Crooks advances to 50m Finals in Paris Olympics
(CNS): Crooks has become the first Cayman Islands swimmer ever to qualify for an Olympics Final. Swimming in the first of two semifinal races in the Men’s 50m Freestyle on Thursday, he was powerful out of the blocks and led the race from start to finish, clocking a time of 21.54 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds […]
First steps taken towards Olympic-sized pool
(CNS) Updated with costs: The swimming programmes in the Cayman Islands have produced two competitors for the Paris Games but there may be more in the next Olympics as they will finally have an Olympic-sized pool for practice. The Ministry of Sports has announced the procurement of the components to build two new pools, one […]
Team Cayman in good shape for regional swimming games
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association is sending 21 young swimmers to Barbados in April to compete in the XXX 2015 CARIFTA Swimming Championships. Bailey Weathers, CIASA’s Technical Director, said it has already been an exciting season for many local swimmers. “We have seen an incredible amount of improvement and success, and we are expecting […]
