It has been a busy summer for Bahamian swimmers, and it’s about to get even busier, as four Bahamian swimmers will take part in the 18th International Swimming Federation’s (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Those global championships got underway on Friday and will run through Sunday, July 28, 2019.

The Bahamas will be represented by Joanna Evans, Jared Fitzgerald, Margaret Albury-Higgs and Izaak Bastian. The team’s coach is Roric Fink, assistant coach of the women’s swimming and diving program at the University of Texas at Austin – the school of Bahamian swimming sensation Evans.

The meet features various aquatics disciplines at five different locations. The swimming portion will begin on Sunday, July 21, at the Nambu International Aquatics Center.

Evans is the national record holder in five individual races.

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