FIVE budding national swimmers left for Barbados yesterday to compete in the Aquatic Centre International swim meet scheduled to kick off today and end on Sunday.

Onika George, Leon Seaton, Accalia Khan, Joseph Seguina, and Joseph DeNobrega are being accompanied by national swimming coaches Sean Baksh and Isabella Maria Couso Fals to the annual meet.
George, who recently participated at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, and Khan will participate in the Girls 13-14 races.
Current Girls’ 13-14 champion George will be in the 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, which she performed at the CARIFTA, as well as the 100m freestyle. Khan is expected to swim the same races as George. DeNobrega will be on the Boys’ side of the 13-14 category swimming the 50m and 100m freestyle and the 50m butterfly.
Swimming in the Boys’ eight and under category, Seaton will be the youngest on the team. The Boys’ eight and under national record holder will swim the 50m, 100m, and 200m  freestyle, the  50m backstroke,  50m butterfly, 50 breaststroke.
Coach Baksh commented that a lot will be expected of the swimmers especially young Seaton. Seguina will swim the 50m, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m butterfly.
Guyana swimmers have attended the meet over the years, often with the aim of qualifying for higher meets due to the international sanction of the meet.
Last year Guyana’s Brittany van Lange and Niall Roberts had attended the meet in an effort to qualify for the London Olympics, which they later attended on a wild card selection.