The SVG Swimming Federation is happy to announce that we just had our best results at the recently completed 38th CARIFTA Aquatics Championships held in Trinidad. SVG has now won medals at 12 consecutive Carifta Championships.
SVG returned from Carifta 2025 with 6 medals and five of our seven swimmers were able to qualify to swim in the finals event, which means they were in the top 8 positions in the event.
Our three medal winners and highlights of their performance:
- Kione Deshong was outstanding in competing in the Boys 11 to 12 age group and won 3 Medals which included Gold in the 100 meter Breaststroke event; Silver in the 50 meter Breaststroke event and Bronze in the 200 meter Breaststroke event. Kione also set 6 personal best times. His times in six events are in the top 2% of times in the USA.
- Caghry Williams also was outstanding in competing in the Boys age 11 to 12 group. He won 2 medals which included Silver in the 100 meter Breaststroke and Bronze in the 50 meter Breaststroke event. Caghry also set 8 personal best times and his times in 3 events are in the top 2% of times in the USA.
- Kennice Greene, our Olympian, competed in the Girls 15 to 17 age group and won a Bronze medal in the 50 meter Butterfly event. This was her second medal in her Carifta career. Kennice also broke the SVG national record in the 50 meter Backstroke event.
Other SVG Team members all performed credibly and were competitive in their events. This included:
- Tyler Robinson, swimming in the Boys 13 to 14 age group, qualified for 2 finals where he placed 4th (and narrowly missed out on a Bronze medal) and 6th. He recorded 4 personal best times.
- Belle Adams, swimming in the girls 11 to 12 age group, qualified for 2 finals where she placed 7th and 8th. She recorded 2 personal best times and 2 of her times would place her among the top 6% of USA swimmers.
- Brandon George and Matthew Ballah both competed in the extremely tough boys age 15 to 17 age group. Both swimmers were very competitive in their events.
The SVGSF are very proud of all of our athletes and we congratulate the athletes, their coaches and their parents on their results. They continue to make us proud by their results, their hard work and their dedication.