Quest2Glory is a registered Charity set up to assist athletes from Barbados (CISC is a higher level to Carifta).
Alpha Sharks’ most decorated swimmer, Danielle Titus is the holder of nine 8 and under age group long course records as well as eight 9-10 short course records. In 2014 alone she broke 11 short course records and 9 long course records both at home and abroad, sometimes setting records twice in the same day. The gifted swimmer earned three gold medals in her first try in the 11-12 age group at Cari
fta (Aruba) in 2014, simultaneous breaking the Carifta records on each occasion. (The expectancy is that you set
records in your second year not in your first year in a division). Later in June she also earned Barbados 4 more gold medals, at the CISC Championship in the 11-12 age group. At the 2015 April, Carifta Swim Championships, she finished with 89 points, the most by any swimmer in the 18 nation competition. She won 7 individual gold medals, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, medaling in all of her events. In the 50 metre Butterfly she broke this record twice in the same day ending with a time of 30.81 seconds. She then lowered it two months later at the Caribbean and Central American Swim Championships (CCCAN) to record a time of 30.31 seconds. Additionally, she recorded a new time of 30.50 seconds in the 50 metres back stroke at Carifta and also broke
the Carifta record in the 200 metres back stroke with a time of 2 minutes 29.80 seconds. This year she won:
• The National Sport Council’s Youth Award for Swimming
• The Barbados Amateur Swimming Association’s Most Outstanding Junior female Swimmer of the year
• The Leah Martindale Trophy for the most Outstanding swimmer at Carifta
• The CISC award for the most valuable swimmer
In 2014 she became the youngest swimmer to qualify for the Short Course 50m back stroke and 100 metre back stroke events scheduled for Doha, Qatar. However she did not attend due to lack of finances. So far for the year she has broken 5 National age group records and narrowly missed the qualifying B time in the 100 metres back stroke for the Pan Am Games . However, pride of place must be the record she set on the first day of the CCCAN swim meet in the 100 metres back stroke. Danielle broke a 36 year old record set way back in 1979 of 1minute 8.45 seconds held
by Mexican, Teresa Rivera. Danielle’s new time was a smashing 1 minute 7.14 seconds. The national record held by Lee-Ann Rose when she was 17 years old is 1 minute 7.13 seconds. Danielle, at age 12, swam 1/00 of a second off the national record. Additionally, it is believed that her backstroke times are on par with the 2012 USA Olympic Gold medalist, Missy Franklin when she was at a similar age. Danielle’s desire is to reach the pinnacle of her sport. To accomplish these goals will require patience and great financial support from persons all around the world.
