List of Trinidad and Tobago records in swimming

The Trinidad & Tobago Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Trinidad and Tobago. These records are kept/maintained by Trinidad & Tobago's national swimming federation: the Aquatics Sports Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT). Records are recognized for long course (50m) and short course (25m) events:

• freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
• backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
• butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
• individual medley: 100 (25m only), 200 and 400;

Long Course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.20	sf, so	George Bovell	Trinidad & Tobago	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
100m freestyle	48.16	h	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	26 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	[2]
200m freestyle	1:47.71	b	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	6 April 2019	Canadian World Championship Trials	Toronto, Canada	[3]
400m freestyle	3:58.41	h	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	24 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[4]
800m freestyle	8:24.27		Graham Chatoor	Trinidad & Tobago	28 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[5]
1500m freestyle	16:19.43		Sebastien Paddington	Blue Dolphins	February 1996			[1]
50m backstroke	24.83		Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	24 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[6]
100m backstroke	54.03	h	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	22 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[7]
200m backstroke	2:05.22		Nicholas Bovell	Trinidad & Tobago	14 August 2003	Pan Am Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	[1]
50m breaststroke	28.22		George Bovell	Club Wolverine	June 2013	Canada Cup	Montreal, Canada	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:03.47	h	Abraham McLeod	Trinidad and Tobago	28 July 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[8]
200m breaststroke	2:23.29		Tariq Lashley	Trinidad & Tobago	20 April 2017	Eastern Canadian Championships	Etobicoke, Canada	[9]
50m butterfly	22.85		Dylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	19 June 2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[10]
100m butterfly	52.36	h	Dylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	29 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[11]
200m butterfly	2:05.20	b	Kael Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	20 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[12]
200m individual medley	1:58.80		George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	19 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	[1]
400m individual medley	4:29.52		George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago	17 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	[1]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:34.46		Nikoli Blackman Giovanni Rivas Zachary Anthony Zarek Wilson	Trinidad & Tobago	9 April 2023	CARIFTA Championships	Willemstad, Curaçao	[13]
4×100m freestyle relay	3:22.33		Dylan Carter  (48.65) Nikoli Blackman  (49.88) Zarek Wilson  (51.50) Graham Chatoor  (52.30)	Trinidad and Tobago	25 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[14]
4×200m freestyle relay	7:54.27		Dylan Carter  (1:50.89) Jabari Baptiste Jivan Chee Foon David McLeod  (1:58.50)	Trinidad and Tobago	1 July 2016	CISC	Nassau, The Bahamas	[15]
4×100m medley relay	3:54.84		Jabari Baptiste  (58.78) Tariq Lashley  (1:06.68) Christian Awah  (58.25) Joshua Romany  (51.13)	Trinidad and Tobago	2 July 2017	CCCAN	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[16]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by ASATT;WR – World record;AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	25.39	tt	Cherelle Thompson	Eagles Aquatics International	19 January 2020	TYR Pro Swim Series	Knoxville, United States	[17]
100m freestyle	56.71		Siobhan Cropper	Trinidad & Tobago	July 1997	CCCAN	Havana, Cuba	[1]
200m freestyle	2:07.09	h	Karen Dieffenthaler	Trinidad & Tobago	20 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	[1]
400m freestyle	4:31.26		Tyla Martin	Trinidad & Tobago	April 2012	CARIFTA Championships	Nassau, The Bahamas	[1]
800m freestyle	9:14.78		Samantha Rahael	Trinidad & Tobago	3 April 2010	CARIFTA Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	[18]
1500m freestyle	18:55.39		Syriah David	Tidal Wave	30 May 2013	Trinidad Nationals	Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
50m backstroke	29.84		Kristin Julien	Trinidad & Tobago	22 April 2014	CARIFTA Championships	Savaneta, Aruba	[19]
50m backstroke	29.20	'#'	Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad and Tobago	18 June 2024	CCCAN Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	[ citation needed ]
100m backstroke	1:02.82		Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad and Tobago	2 April 2024	CARIFTA Championships	Nassau, The Bahamas	[20]
100m backstroke	1:02.23	'#'	Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad and Tobago	19 June 2024	CCCAN Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	[ citation needed ]
200m backstroke	2:16.04		Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad and Tobago	2 April 2024	CARIFTA Championships	Nassau, The Bahamas	[21]
50m breaststroke	33.26		Tyla Ho-A-Shu	Trinidad and Tobago	1 April 2024	CARIFTA Championships	Nassau, The Bahamas	[22]
100m breaststroke	1:12.33		Alexandria Donahue	Trinidad & Tobago	March 2013	CARIFTA Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:36.01		Cerian Gibbs	Trinidad & Tobago	August 1995	Pan Pacs	Atlanta, United States	[1]
50m butterfly	28.05		Sharntelle McLean	Trinidad & Tobago	July 2004	CISC	Kingston, Jamaica	[1]
100m butterfly	1:02.76		Siobhan Cropper	Trinidad & Tobago	23 August 1999	Pan Pacs	Sydney, Australia	[1]
200m butterfly	2:19.06		Tyla Martin	Pine Crest	July 2013	Southern Zone  Senior Championships	Plantation, United States	[1]
200m individual medley	2:23.61		Samantha Rahael	Trinidad & Tobago	5 April 2010	CARIFTA	Kingston, Jamaica	[1]
400m individual medley	5:04.59		Samantha Rahael	Trinidad & Tobago	8 August 2010	Central American  & Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[1]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:52.76		Deshor Edwards Jada Chatoor Anneliese Merry Danielle Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	23 April 2019	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[23]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:07.43		Danielle Williams Jada Chai Deshor Edwards Amira Pilgrim	Trinidad and Tobago	29 June 2017	CCCAN	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[24]
4×200m freestyle relay	9:48.18		Amira Pilgrim Racine Ross Vrisnelit Faure Jada Chai	Trinidad and Tobago	1 July 2017	CCCAN	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[25]
4×100m medley relay	4:27.26		Zuri Ferguson  (1:03.70) T. Ho A Shu  (1:16.26) L. Browne  (1:06.32) A. Ash  (1:00.98)	Trinidad and Tobago	2 April 2024	CARIFTA Championships	Nassau, The Bahamas	[26]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by ASATT;WR – World record;AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Mixed relay

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4×50m freestyle relay	1:36.61		Dylan Carter  (22.67) Johnnya Ferdinand  (25.97) Cherelle Thompson  (25.52) Caryle Blondell  (22.45)	Trinidad and Tobago	29 June 2016	CISC	Nassau, The Bahamas	[27]
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×50 m medley relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by ASATT;WR – World record;AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short Course (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	20.70	h	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	16 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	[28]
100m freestyle	46.02		Dylan Carter	Unattached	11 November 2022	National Championships	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[29]
200m freestyle	1:42.48		Dylan Carter	Trinidad and Tobago	7 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[30]
400m freestyle	3:50.05		Dylan Carter	unattached	December 2013	ASATT Short Course Trials	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
800m freestyle	8:21.16		Nikoli Blackman	Marlins	17 November 2021	ASATT National Age Group Swimming Championships	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
1500m freestyle	15:55.23		George Bovell	Flying Fish	May 1999	Trinidad 25m Nationals	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
50m backstroke	22.72	CR	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	4 November 2022	World Cup	Indianapolis, United States	[31]
100m backstroke	49.91		Dylan Carter	LA Current	22 November 2020	International Swimming League	Budapest, Hungary	[32]
200m backstroke	1:59.43		Nicholas Bovell	CNPPO	15 February 2007	Canada Eastern Championships	Montreal, Canada	[1]
50m breaststroke	26.86		George Bovell	Trinidad & Tobago	5 November 2013	World Cup	Singapore	[33]
100m breaststroke	59.35	h	Abraham McLeod	Trinidad & Tobago	12 December 2012	Short Course Worlds	Istanbul, Turkey	[34]
200m breaststroke	2:15.15		Abraham McLeod	Atlantis	November 2012	Trinidad 25m Nationals	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
50m butterfly	21.98		Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	20 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[35]
100m butterfly	49.87	sf	Dylan Carter	Trinidad & Tobago	17 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[36]
200m butterfly	2:03.49		Christian Homer		November 2009	ASA Southwest Regional	United Kingdom	[1]
100m individual medley	51.15		George Bovell	Trinidad & Tobago	7 August 2013	World Cup	Eindhoven, Netherlands	[37]
200m individual medley	1:53.93		George Bovell	Auburn University	25 March 2004	NCAA Championships	East Meadow, United States	[1]
400m individual medley	4:21.83		George Bovell	Auburn University	January 2004		Auburn, United States	[1]
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by ASATT;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.89		Cherelle Thompson	Eagles International	10 November 2019	ASATT National Age Group Swimming Championships	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[38]
100m freestyle	55.53		Siobhan Cropper	Stanford University	20 March 2000	NCAA Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[1]
200m freestyle	2:06.54		Kimberlee John-Williams	BDS	11 July 2009	Trinidad Championships	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
400m freestyle	4:28.83		Kimberlee John-Williams	BDS	November 2009	Trinidad Open	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
800m freestyle	9:13.95		Kimberlee John-Williams	BDS	19 November 2009	Trinidad Open	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
1500m freestyle	18:02.90		Syriah David	Tide Water	8 November 2013	Trinidad Open	San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
50m backstroke	27.83	h	Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad & Tobago	12 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[39]
100m backstroke	1:00.12	h	Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad & Tobago	10 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[40]
200m backstroke	2:10.63	h	Zuri Ferguson	Trinidad & Tobago	15 December 2024	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[41]
50m breaststroke	33.19		Tyla Ho-A-Shu	Rwa Aquatic Academy	30 October 2022	Tidal Wave Interzone Schools Meet	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[ citation needed ]
100m breaststroke	1:12.55		Cerian Gibbes		March 1997			[1]
200m breaststroke	2:37.05		Cerian Gibbes		May 1995			[1]
50m butterfly	27.88		Sharntelle McLean	Torpedoes	9 November 2012	Trinidad & Tobago Open	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
100m butterfly	1:01.72		Siobhan Cropper	Stanford University	19 March 2000	NCAA Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[1]
200m butterfly	2:23.60		Ayeisha Collymore	PIR	March 2005	Trinidad & Tobago Nationals	Trinidad and Tobago	[1]
100m individual medley	1:10.06		DeNicha Lewis	Flying Fish	11 November 2018	National Open Championships	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	[42]
200m individual medley	2:22.86		Cerian Gibbes	Bolles Sharks	3 December 1998	U.S. Open	College Station, United States	[1]
400m individual medley	5:07.50		Cerian Gibbes	March 1996		[1]
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by ASATT;
Records not set in finals: h – heat;sf – semifinal;r – relay 1st leg;rh – relay heat 1st leg;b – B final;† – en route to final mark;tt – time trial

References

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External links

• ASATT website