Carifta schedule: the times Bermuda athletes compete
Bermuda’s track and field squad shared the track with the swimming team as the island’s athletes took part in the Carifta Games opening ceremony today.
The 21-strong Bermuda team paraded around the Hasely Crawford National Stadium in Trinidad & Tobago in front of dignitaries including Lord Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics and Mike Sands, the president of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association, who both spoke briefly during the ceremony.
The action in both the swimming and track and field starts on Saturday morning and below is a rundown on which athletes are competing this weekend and when.
SATURDAY
Track and field
10.23am: Amaris Munya, U17 400m semi-final
10.40am: Zydon Lightbourne-Furbert and David Morris, U17 400m semi-final
11.51am: Amara Samuels and Lashee Jones, U17 100m semi-final
1.01pm: Norre Robinson and Kyah Richardson, U20 100m semi-final
5.44pm: Riana Robinson, U17 1,500m
5.54pm: Cameron Adkins, U17 1,500m
6.14pm: Jake Smith: U20 1,500m
Swimming (session starts 10am Bermuda time)
Sylvia Lim, 12-13 50m backstroke
Katherine Wheddon, 15-17 50m backstroke
Connor Hupman, 15-17 50m backstroke
Sylvia Lim, 12-13 100m butterfly
Marleigh Howes, 15-17 100m butterfly
Thomas Cechini, 15-17 1,500m final
SUNDAY
Track and field
12.46pm: Lashee Jones and Amara Samuels, U17 200m semi-final
1.07pm: Zydon Lightbourne-Furbert, U17 200m semi-final
2.03pm: Miles Outerbridge, U20 200m semi-final
6.15pm: Boys 4x100m relay
6.33pm: Amaris Munya, U17 800m semi-final
6.57pm: Surii Russell, U17 800m semi-final
8.40pm: Riana Robinson, 3,000m open
8.55pm: Cameron Adkins and Sanchez Smith, U17 3,000m
Swimming (session starts 10am Bermuda time)
Marleigh Howes and Katherine Wheddon, 15-17 200m freestyle
Thomas Cechini and Connor Hupman, 15-17 200m freestyle
Sylvia Lim, 11-12 50m butterfly
Marleigh Howes, 15-17 50m butterfly
Sylvia Lim, 11-12 100m backstroke
Marleigh Howes and Katherine Wheddon, 15-17 100 backstroke
Connor Hupman, 15-17 100 backstroke
MONDAY
Track and field
10.05am: Tatiana Sousa, girls javelin
11.10am: boys 4x400m relay semi-final
7.50pm: Oliver Hayward and Jake Smith, U20 boys 5,000m
Swimming (session starts 10am Bermuda time)
Katherine Wheddon, 15-17 200m individual medley
Connor Hupman, 15-17 200m Individual medley
Marleigh Howes and Katherine Wheddon, 15-17 100m freestyle
Thomas Cechini and Connor Hupman, 15-17 100m freestyle