Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

The boys of Guadeloupe showed the ocean swimming prowess and potential at Sabana Basora in Aruba for the second year in a row at the XXIX CARIFTA Swimming Championships. They placed 3 of the top 6 in the 13-14 age group and 3 of the top 7 in the 15-17 age group at the open water swimming race at the annual Caribbean age group swimming championships.

A 5 km ocean swim for boys and girls ages 13-14 and 15-17 was added at the CARIFTA Championships where the best juniors of Caribbean Swimming against each other in the 11-12, 13-14, and 15-17 age groups. It was a qualifying event for both the Youth Olympic Games and the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships.

14-year-old Karl Fabry of Guadeloupe (1:07:51) joined teammate 17-year-old Anthony Rechal (1:07:12, shown on left above) at the top of the podium as they both won their respective age groups.

Guadeloupe is a group of beautiful Caribbean islands located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles as part of France.

Boys 13-14 5 km Results:
1. Karl Fabry, Guadeloupe 1:07:51
2. Samuel Marinette Guadeloupe 1:10:32
3. Christian Marsden, Trinidad & Tobago 1:10:54
4. Patrick Groters, Aruba 1:12:11
5. Nicholas Hall, Barbados 1:12:49
6. Scotty Francillette, Guadeloupe 1:12:51
7. Eddie Weber, Cayman Islands 1:14:45
8. Kael Yorke, Trinidad & Tobago 1:14:47
9. Kobi Talma, Barbados 1:16:57
10. Kyllian Brenon, French Guyana 1:17:06
11. Raim Michiel, Bahamas 1:19:06
12. Tyler Russell, Bahamas 1:19:06
13. Jean-Marc Delices, French Guyana 1:20:45
14. Steven Aimable, French Guyana 1:21:07
15. Jonathan Key, Cayman Islands 1:21:13
16. Alec Sands, Bahamas 1:21:44
17. Matthew Somerville, Cayman Islands 1:21:47
18. Carl-Gustave Delor, French Guyana 1:22:12
19. Joshua Roberts, Bahamas 1:23:47

Boys 15-17 5 km Results:
1. Anthony Rechal, Guadeloupe 1:07:12
2. Renze Postma, Aruba 1:10:57
3. Jivan Chee Foon, Trinidad & Tobago 1:10:58
4. Liveurce Bourgeois, Guadeloupe 1:12:03
5. Mikel Schreuders, Aruba 1:12:18
6. Iain McCallum, Cayman Islands 1:12:20
7. Evgueny Virassamy, Guadeloupe 1:13:31
8. Matthew Lyn, Jamaica 1:13:32
9. Meshach Roberts, Bahamas 1:13:33
10. Kyle Cracciolo, Trinidad & Tobago, 1:16:29
11. Keith Lloyd, Bahamas 1:19:40
12. Cole Morgan, Cayman Islands 1:19:53
13. Nicholas Haughton, Jamaica 1:20:46
14. Andrew Gillette, Trinidad & Tobago 1:22:12
15. Raigel Hoen, Aruba 1:22:24

Photo shows Anthony Rechal (left) among the top 3 finishers in the 2013 CARIRTA Championships.

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