The Bahamas had another strong showing on the fourth night of competition at the 20th Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISC), which wrapped up last night in Wildey, Barbados.
Particularly strong in the 50 meters (m) breaststroke events, The Bahamas added 113 points to its total on Sunday night, winning nine more medals - two gold, four silver and three bronze. The country now has 35 total medals - nine gold medals, 11 silver and 15 bronze; the team remains in fourth place, with 480 points.
Puerto Rico continues to lead the competition with 838 points, Trinidad and Tobago is second with 639 points and host country Barbados is still third with 551 points. The Bahamas is fourth, and Aruba rounds out the top five nations with 336 points.
Margaret Albury Higgs, regarded as the best swimmer in her age group, continues
to lead by example. She set another meet record, her fourth in total, in the 13-14 girls' 50m breast event. Albury Higgs swam a time of 34.99 seconds to win the gold medal and set the new record. It was her fourth gold medal of the meet and her fourth CISC record.
The other gold medal from The Bahamas on the fourth night of swimming came from Izaak Bastian in the 11-12 boys' 50m breast. Bastian finished tied with Brandon Cheong, of Aruba, both swimming 33.45 seconds. Daniel Chevere, of Puerto Rico, won the bronze medal, in 34.06 seconds.
The four silver medals for The Bahamas on Sunday night came from Laura Morley in the 15-17 girls' 50m breast (34.73 seconds), Virginia Stamp in the 11-12 girls' 200m back (2:37.00), the 11-12 boys' 800m free relay team of Samuel Gibson, T'Lez Foulkes, Izaak Bastian and Darren Laing (9:11.67), and the 15-17 boys' 400m medley relay team of Dionisio Carey, Drew Bastian, N'Nhyn Fernander and Kohen Kerr (4:04.21).
The three bronze medals for The Bahamas on Sunday night came from Drew Bastian in the 15-17 boys' 50m breast (31.30 seconds), Peter Morley in the 11-12 boys' 200m back (2:29.91) and the 11-12 girls' 800m free relay team of Tenniya Martin, Amber Pinder, Cecily Bowe and Virginia Stamp (10:00.02).
The final night of competition was last night, but the results were unavailable up to press time.
The Bahamas' 30-member team is scheduled to return home today.

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