Five AlphaMax students are in the 12 member Suriname team to the 18th Caribbean Islands Swimming Championship (CISC) being held in Cuba.They are: Brienne Renfurm, Daniel Kolf, Renzo Tjon Ajoe, Michael Grauwde and Wayne Denswil.
The meet starts today -- June 28th and ends on Friday , July 2nd at the Pan American Water Sports Complex in Havana.
The Caribbean Island Swimming Championships,is a biennial aquatics championships held in even years. Organized by Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (CCCAN).CCCAN is a member organization of UANA and is affiliated to FINA. UANA is the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas and is the continental swimming association for the Americas. FINA is the acronym for Fédération Internationale de Natation.It is the International Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the administrators of international competition in aquatic sports
The meet features age-group competition for teams from 20 Caribbean island nations.The countries have been invited to the 2010 Championships are: Antigua and Barbuda,Aruba, Bahamas,Barbados, Bermuda,Cayman Islands,Cuba,Dominica,Dominican Republic,Grenada, Guadeloupe,Jamaica,Netherlands Antilles,Martinique,Puerto Rico,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The CISCs predominantly draws Caribbean Teams but it also attracts participation from Suriname, (a member of CONSANAT--South America's Swimming Confederation), Guadeloupe and Martinique( these islands technically fall under the jurisdiction of the French Swimming Federation).
This is the second time for this year that these five AlphaMax swimmers have been selected to represent Suriname Internationally. In April they were on the Suriname team for the CARIFTA Games which were held in Jamaica.
