A 35-mem­ber T&T swim­ming con­tin­gent will de­part for Bar­ba­dos to­day with the aim of im­prov­ing on their fourth placed fin­ish at last year's Carif­ta Swim­ming Cham­pi­onship.

Led by top medal hope­fuls, USA-based Gabriela Don­ahue, Zarek Wil­son, Zoe An­tho­ny and Nikoli Black­man, T&T will dive in­to com­pe­ti­tion to­mor­row (Sat­ur­day) un­til Tues­day April 23 at the Na­tion­al Aquat­ic Cen­tre, Wildey, St Michael, Bar­ba­dos.

Last week­end, when the wa­ter po­lo seg­ment of the Carif­ta Games was held at the same venue in Bar­ba­dos, T&T dom­i­nat­ed with gold medals in the 14 and Un­der Co-Ed, 19 and Un­der Boys, 19 and Un­der Girls, and a sil­ver in the 16 and Un­der Boys age-group com­pe­ti­tions.

Fol­low­ing the Carif­ta Swim­ming, the Open Wa­ter events will take place at Carlisle Bay on Wednes­day.

And on com­ple­tion of the Carif­ta Aquat­ic Cham­pi­onship, the T&T swim­mers will then com­pete at the Cen­tral Amer­i­can and Caribbean Am­a­teur Swim­ming Con­fed­er­a­tion (CC­CAN), from June 24- Ju­ly 8 al­so in Bar­ba­dos.

T&T Carif­ta swim­ming team

Girls 11-12: Amelia Ra­jack, Amari Ash, Madara Ed­wards, Ly­la Browne, Joy Black­ett

Boys 11-12: Gio­van­ni Ri­vas, Zachary An­tho­ny

Girls 13-14: Gabrielle Vick­les, Zoe An­tho­ny, Neisha­lah Case­man, Arielle Dick­son, Nao­mi Wal­ters, Cait­lyn Look Fong

Boys 13-14: Zarek Wil­son, Nikoli Black­man, Kadon Williams, Josi­ah Changar, Jo­hann-Matthew Mata­moro, Kyle West, Rique­lio Joseph, Aron Stu­art

Girls 15-17: Danielle Williams, Deshor Ed­wards, Ja­da Cha­toor, An­neLiese Mer­ry, Ja­da Chai, Vris­nelit Fau­re, Bri­an­na Bocage, Gabriela Don­ahue

Boys 15-17: Gabriel By­noe, Aqeel Joseph, Ma­lik Nel­son, Del­roy Tyrrell, Luke Gillette, William Reyes

Open Wa­ter team

14-15 Girls: Zoe An­tho­ny

14-15 Boys: Nikoli Black­man, Mar­quise Nel­son and Josi­ah Changar

16-18 Girls: Ja­da Cha­toor, Gabriel­la Acos­ta, Do­minique Nurse-Allen

16-18 Boys: Ma­lik Nel­son, Jared De­Sil­va, Adam Suite, Aaron Neishe­lah