00:00Showing off their labor of love for swimming.
00:03These tokens form their lasting memory of the sacrifices they made in Martinique at the Carifta Aquatics Championships.
00:10The performance opened the eyes of President of the Aquatics Sports Association, Sean Fouché,
00:15who indicated they will be consulting with athletes as part of their post-mortem.
00:20We will engage the athletes, and that's one of the things we're going to do differently.
00:23Many times we do post-mortems on these competitions, talk about what went right, what went wrong,
00:28but we'll talk to the coaches, we'll talk to the management team.
00:30We want to now talk to you guys to find out, because we understand this as a milestone.
00:35This is not a be-all and end-all.
00:36A Carifta doesn't define you as a person, doesn't define you as a swimmer.
00:40So for us, we really want to figure out what will improve and enhance your experience as an athlete,
00:46not just a national athlete, as a swimmer.
00:48And how we can make things better from a 360-year approach is what we've been looking at.
00:52He also said that they intended to implement ideas from the athletes through their Athletes Commission.
00:58Head coach of the team, Durant Sam-Lersing, was impressed with the way that the first-time athletes performed.
01:04First-timers came out here, and they swam like they were there before.
01:08Nerves was a part of it, we handled it well.
01:10We came out on top for what we wanted to achieve, where we were setting the side sheets.
01:15But behind where we are going in the future.
01:18All right, next here, let's lock in from now to what we want to achieve,
01:21because Carifta is our stepping stone, as Mr. Pushat would have mentioned.
01:25All right, we were third this time, closer than we have been in quite some years.
01:30All right, we were just behind second place.
01:33All right, gentlemen, congrats to you all.
01:36First four places on the points.
01:39He also called for the girls on the team to improve their points on the standings.
01:44Ladies, tell a friend to tell a friend.
01:46I want you all to encourage each other on the circuit.
01:48All right, we need the ladies coming up there and rivaling the fellas in points.
01:53All right, we want you all to come with your A-game next year, February, for trials.
01:58And let's go, if it's Bahamas, wherever it is, let's go and dethrone those champions.
02:03Let's go and make a mark and put your naps until we go swimming back on top where it belongs.
02:08Swimmer Jaden Mills also credited his teammates for their efforts.
02:12I believe that at this Carifta, we all put our best foot forward.
02:16And behind all the medals, that's what matters, giving out your all, and that's what we did.
02:22We may have come second, short, but it's about the effort and the mindset.
02:28As Rocky said, I believe that next year we can come out and we can probably dethrone Bahamas next year.
02:34We just have to believe, work hard, and stay focused.
02:38A representative from the Ministry of Sport, Rickson Powder, also added that the Minister of Sport, Philip Watts, was also
02:46pleased with their performance.
02:48On behalf of Minister Philip Watts and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs,
02:53I thank you for representing the very best that this nation has to offer.
02:58The Ministry remains committed to ensuring that the support behind you moves as swiftly and as purposefully as you do
03:08in the water.
03:09The next edition of the Championships is expected to move to Jamaica.
03:13Sergio DeFore, TV6 Port.
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