SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A confident, three-member Jamaican swim team arrived here in El Salvador on Thursday ahead of their participation at this month’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in the nation’s capital of San Salvador.

The Jamaican team, which will be led by Head Coach Gillian Millwood, includes male swimmer Sidrell Williams and females Sabrina Lyn and Emily McDonald.

Jamaica’s swim legend Alia Atkinson was the country’s lone medallist at the last championships that was held in Colombia in 2018. Atkinson won five medals, including three gold and two bronze.

Millwood said this year’s team is a well-rounded one and she is expecting some great performances from the swimmers.

“Sabrina and Emily are kicking off their summer in terms of high performances as they go into the Olympics, hopefully next year, and so we are looking at some best times from them at this championships,” said Millwood.

“We are also looking at them to move on from the preliminary rounds and into the finals,” she said. “The previous team that went to the last championships in Colombia in 2018, we had Alia Atkinson moving on to the final, Keanan Dols and Michael Gunning moving on to finals, and so that is at least three finalists from the last games and so we are looking to produce that again,” Millwood stated.

She added that Lyn, in particular — who holds a number of national age group records as well as records in the Carifta Games and Central America and Caribbean Swimming Championships (CCAN) — is expected to lead the country’s medal hunt at the tournament.

Lyn is down to compete in the 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke, and 100m freestyle events, respectively.

“I just have to leave it to them because Sabrina Lyn, who is the age group holder for both Carifta and CCAN, she has [it] in her to medal for us,” declared Millwood.

“She is in the top four of the 100-metre freestyle so all these three events have her optimally placed and she just has to manage the heats and sort out how she adapts to the space and just get[s] her[self] going,” she opined.

Meanwhile Lyn, who will be the first Jamaican in the pool on Saturday at the championships, said she is looking forward to putting on a good showing.

“I am feeling pretty good going to this championships because I am confident and so I am ready to go out and do my best,” said Lyn.

“For my preparations, I have been training very hard and trying to up my stamina because I have pretty high expectations for myself going into the meet because I want to up my times and hopefully [make] it into the finals and then onto the podium,” she said.

McDonald, who is down to compete in the 50-metre freestyle, said she is also looking forward to putting on a good performance in her event.

“I am feeling good going into this meet,” said McDonald. “I haven’t swam long course in a while. It [long course] is just [only done] like in training because…the college season in the United States is mostly short course, and so I competed in my first long course meet in March of this year and so I am kind of excited to see how a long course plays out again,” McDonald noted.