TRINIDAD AND Tobago’s Dylan Carter broke the CISC (Caribbean Island Swimming Championships) record, in the boys 15-17 50-metre butterfly, as the 2012 competition splashed off in Aruba on Saturday.

The previous record of 25.39 seconds, set by Vereance Burrows of the Bahamas, was smashed by Carter, who touched the wall in 24.53 seconds.

Another TT swimmer, Joshua Romany, was second in 25 seconds flat while Timothy Wynter of Jamaica copped bronze in 25.55.

The other TT record-breaking performance came in the boys 18-and-over 400m freestyle relay.

Strasser Sankar, Levar Goossen, Abraham Mc Leod and Caryle Blondell teamed up to obliterate Barbados’ 2004 time of three minutes 35.33 seconds when they completed the race in 3:30.22.

The Bahamas was a distant second in 3:39.09 while hosts Aruba were well adrift in third spot (3:52.89).

In the girls 18-and-over 50m butterfly, veteran Sharntelle McLean emerged victorious in 28.24 seconds, followed by Chinyere Pigot of Suriname (29.59) and Rebecca Heyliger of Bermuda (29.63). Earlier on Saturday, McLean finished second in the 100m freestyle, in a time of 58.72 seconds, behind Pigot (58.36), with another Surinamese, Chandel Domaso, was third (1:00.03).

Blondell had another gold medal, in the boys 18-and-over 100m freestyle, as he won in 50.79 seconds, with Bermuda’s Roy-Allan Burch (52.45) and Netherlands Antilles’ Perry Lindo (52.68) trailing.

Amira Pilgrim collected a gold and a bronze on the day, in the girls 11-12 category.

Pilgrim triumphed in the 50m butterfly in 30.43, followed by Jamaica’s Tiara Myrie (31.71) and Aruba’s Florence Kock (32.27), while she ended in third spot in the 11-12 100m freestyle in 1:03.95, behind Kock (1:02.04) and Barbados’ Hannah Gill (1:02.55).

The final piece of glory came in the boys 15-17 400m freestyle relay, with Carter, Romany, Emiro Goossen and Kareem Baptiste prevailing in 3:37.01, with Aruba (3:39.74) and Suriname (3:39.83) trailing.

Other Results -

Girls 13-14 200m freestyle: 1.Joanna Evans (Bahamas) 2:10.91; 2.Sariyah Sherry (Barbados) 2:13.51; 3.Syriah David (TT) 2:13.73.

Boys 13-14 200m freestyle: 1.Andres Soliran (Puerto Rico) ; 2.Jabari Baptiste (TT) 1:59.59; 3.Christian Selby (Barbados) 2:00.60.

Girls 15-17 100m freestyle: 1.Allyson Ponson (Aruba) 58.88; 2.Gabrielle Ponson (Aruba) 59.14; 3.Kimberlee John-Williams (TT) 59.34.

Girls 15-17 50m freestyle: 1.Dorian McMenemy (Dominican Republic) 29.20; 2.Ashley Yearwood (Bermuda) 29.42; 3.Kimberlee John-Williams (TT) 29.56.

Girls 15-17 400m freestyle relay: 1.Gabrielle Ponson, Cindy Maduro, Daniella van den Berg, Allyson Ponson (Aruba) 4:03.47; 2.Alexandria Donahue, Rebecca Marshall, Jenique Duval, Kimberlee John-Williams (TT) 4:09.83.

Source: www.newsday.co.tt