The Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISCs) are biennial aquatics championships held in even years. They are organized by
CCCAN and feature age-group competition for teams from Caribbean island nations. They have been held since 1976 and feature competition in five
World Aquatics
World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in List of water sports, water sports. It is one of several interna ...
disciplines: swimming, open water, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming.
Participating countries
The CISCs predominantly features teams from the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
, but traditionally also includes
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
and
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
, members of
CONSANAT--South America's Swimming Confederation.
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Residents of the French islands of
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
and
Martinique
Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
have also been invited to compete, despite the fact that they technically fall under the jurisdiction of the
French Swimming Federation
The French Swimming Federation (, FFN) is the French water sports association. Founded in February 1919, it grouped the sports swimming clubs, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and French water polo, which organizes the national c ...
and therefore are considered part of Europe (but geographically are in the Caribbean). Likewise, swimmers from
Bonaire
Bonaire is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a Caribbean Netherlands, special municipality (officially Public body (Netherlands), "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (Windward an ...
,
Saba
Saba may refer to:
Places
* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea
* Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras
* Șaba or Șaba-Târg, the Romanian name for Shabo, a village in Ukraine
* Saba, ...
and
St. Eustatius (part of the Netherlands) and
Saint Martin are also invited.
Championships
retrieved 2016-06-16.
Records
All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool.
Boys (11-12)
Girls (11-12)
Mixed relay (11-12)
Boys (13-14)
Girls (13-14)
Mixed relay (13-14)
Boys (15-17)
Girls (15-17)
Mixed relay (15-17)
Boys (18 and over)
Girls (18 and over)
Mixed relay (18 and over)
References
External links
CISC records
{{Records in swimming
International swimming competitions
Swimming in the Americas
Swimming in the Caribbean
International sports competitions in the Caribbean
Swimming competitions in the Americas