Forty of the best young local swimmers will dive into the Goodwill Games swim meet in Suriname from August 16-18.
The contingent, which departs Thursday, will go stroke-for-stroke against their regional counterparts from Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, St. Lucia, The Bahamas and Grenada.
The young aquatic stars are expected to participate across four age groups in male and female categories.
The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has named a strong team to contest the championships.
Michael Thompson, Lemuel Fiedtkou, Tridev Deokarran and Yushaa Mursalin are the eight years and under males while the females are Jessica Sookram, Megan Scott, Heaven Belony and Ansley Ramsammy.
The boys nine to 10 years category will see Jeremey Sookram, Aarav Singh, Jonathan Lewis and Ricardo Spencer vying for first place while their opposite gender team mates, Shareefah Lewis, Kyra Soares, Andica Vieira and Jasmin Allen try to accomplish the same.
Jaleel Anderson, Valdimir Woodroof, Elliott Gonsalves and Stephen Ramkhelawan will represent Guyana in the boys 11-12 category along with Athalcy Hunt, Monique Watson, Zara Crane and Ariel Rodrigues in the female division.
In the boys 13-14 years division, Guyana will be represented by Daniel Claxton, Ethan Gonsalves, Stephon Ramkhellawan and Vishal Babulal while Maiya Ifill, Giselle Crane, Amber De Goeas and Nikita Peters are the female representatives. The boys 15-17 years competitors are Sekhel Tzedeq, Andrew Skeete, Sion Jeffers and Jonathan Sookram and the females are Latisha Blair, Donna Carter, Safia Foster and Colleen Stepehens.
