Swim association introduces official national records

(CNS): The president and Technical Director of the Cayman Islands Swimming Association CIASA has established new, all inclusive CIASA Swimming Records. Once the association has properly compiled the times they will be used as a reference to develop a list of National Records held by Caymanians swimmers. “With the assistance of CIASA Director Adrien Royston we are delighted to release the first set of CIASA Swimming Records,” said President Peter Mackay. “This is something which our new Technical Director Ian Armiger has been instrumental in introducing and these records will now make it easier for us to produce a comprehensive listing of Rankings and of National Records.”

Thanking Coach Ian and CIASA Director Adrien Royston for the time they have spent putting these records together Mackay added, “Reviewing historical data, compiling it and checking it over and over is a time consuming job but having these records – and ultimately the rankings – will help move the sport of swimming to one which is transparent and affords all competitive swimmers, registered with CIASA and swimming for a recognized club the opportunity to see how they rate compared to their competition.”

“This has not been an easy task,” said Coach Ian Armiger. “The records are posted on the CIASA website www.ciasa.ky and are listed by age group, event, club, meet the record was set in etc. As can be expected, when going back through historical documents to develop records such as these, we may have made some mistakes. We hope that all CIASA members – past and present – will review the records and if they see any inaccuracies will let me know so that they can be corrected.”

The criteria for holding a CIASA Record are as follows:
– CIASA registered member and/or competes under a CIASA recognized Club
– CIASA designated meet (must meet FINA Officiating Standards)
– Overseas licensed meets