List of United States Virgin Islands records in swimming

The United States Virgin Islands Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swam by a swimmer representing U.S. Virgin Islands. These records are kept/maintained by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation (VISF). Records are recognized for long course (50m) ^[1] and short course (25m) swims, ^[2] in the following 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 (short course only), 200 and 400;
• relay (long course only): 200 & 400 Free and Medley.

Long course (50m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.12		Josh Laban	unattached	June 19, 2008	FGC A Invitational	Coral Springs, United States	[1]
100m freestyle [3]	51.27	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 29, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1] [4]
200m freestyle	1:51.59	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 27, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
400m freestyle	4:01.00		Scott Newkirk		August 1980		[1]
800m freestyle	8:18.80		Scott Newkirk		August 1980		[1]
1500m freestyle	16:08.36		Scott Newkirk	Virgin Islands	July 7, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[1]
50m backstroke	26.09		Maximilian Wilson	US Virgin Islands	28 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[5]
100m backstroke	55.88	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	[6]
200m backstroke	1:59.14	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	10 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[7]
50m breaststroke	28.31		Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	29 April 2021	UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	[8] [9]
100m breaststroke	1:02.41	h	Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	30 April 2021	UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	[10] [11]
200m breaststroke	2:14.45		Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	1 May 2021	UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	[12] [13]
50m butterfly	25.37		Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	29 June 2017	CCCAN	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	[14]
100m butterfly	55.46	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 31, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
200m butterfly	2:03.47	h	Matthew Mays	US Virgin Islands	23 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	[15]
200m individual medley	2:06.05	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 29, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	[1]
400m individual medley	4:39.89		Maximilian Wilson	US Virgin Islands	17 April 2022	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[16]
4×50m  freestyle relay	1:38.89		(23.98) Maximilian Wilson Kaeden Gleason Jaidan Camacho Michael Dizon-Bumann	US Virgin Islands	19 April 2022	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[17]
4×100m  freestyle relay	3:30.70		Josh Laban George Gleason Kieran Locke Morgan Locke	Virgin Islands	August 12, 2003	Pan Am Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	[1]
4×200m  freestyle relay	7:51.71		Kieran Locke Branden Whitehurst Morgan Locke Ryan Nelthropp	Virgin Islands	July 17, 2007	Pan Am Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
4×50m  medley relay	1:54.05		Kieran Locke Kevin Hensley Morgan Locke N Colabella	Virgin Islands	April 13, 2002	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[1]
4×100m  medley relay	3:55.00		George Gleason Kevin Hensley S Hensley Josh Laban	Virgin Islands	August 17, 2003	Pan Am Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation;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	27.84		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 31, 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	[1]
100m freestyle	59.03	h	Audrey Moore	San Diego Seaport Aquatics	8 July 2023	LA Invite	Los Angeles, United States	[18]
200m freestyle	2:05.26	b	Audrey Moore	unattached	26 July 2021	US Swimming Futures Championships	Santa Clarita, United States	[19]
400m freestyle	4:39.51		Jodie Lawaetz		April 1982
800m freestyle	9:29.10	h	Audrey Moore		July 12, 2019	LA Invite	Los Angeles, United States	[20]
1500m freestyle	19:26.80		Shelly Cramer		August 1980		[1]
50m backstroke	31.59		Caylee Watson	-	2015
100m backstroke	1:07.19	h	Caylee Watson	US Virgin Islands	7 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[21]
200m backstroke	2:32.27		Caylee Watson	-	2014
50m breaststroke	35.49		Brigitte Rasmussen	Virgin Islands	March 12, 2011	FPN Cup 2011 #2	Ponce, Puerto Rico	[1]
100m breaststroke	1:17.87		Brigitte Rasmussen	Virgin Islands	April 26, 2011	CARIFTA	Wildey, Barbados	[1]
200m breaststroke	2:49.51		Jamie Shufflebarger	Virgin Islands	April 13, 2002	CARIFTA	Bridgetown, Barbados	[1]
50m butterfly	29.99		Shelly Cramer		June 1992		[1]
100m butterfly	1:03.51		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 5, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[1]
200m butterfly	2:17.88		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 7, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	[1]
200m individual medley	2:27.45		Shelly Cramer		August 1982		[1]
400m individual medley	5:09.68		Jodie Lawaetz		August 1982		[1]
4×50m freestyle relay	1:58.93		(29.34) Lindsay Barr Victoria Sperber Veronica Leinenbach Gabriela Brunt	US Virgin Islands	19 April 2022	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	[22]
4×100m freestyle relay	4:14.95		A Allaire Jamie Shufflebarger K Whitehurst S Ridgway	Virgin Islands	July 2002	CISCs	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles	[1]
4×200m freestyle relay	9:37.89			-	2017
4×50m medley relay	2:17.41		T Duncan L Hamilton R Hopesdale D Sun		March 1988		[1]
4×100m medley relay	4:48.83		A Allaire K Whitehurst Jamie Shufflebarger S Ridgway	Virgin Islands	July 2002	CISCs	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles	[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation;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	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:13.02		(56.15) Adriel Sanes  (1:04.90) Maximilian Wilson  (1:08.66) Natalia Kuipers  (1:03.31) Riley Miller	U.S. Virgin Islands	24 June 2023	CAC Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	[23]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation;
Records not set in finals: h – heat

Short course (25m)

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m free	22.22		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	March 25, 2004	NCAA Championships	East Meadow, United States	[2]
100m free	50.54		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	December 5, 2003	Georgia Fall Invitational	Athens, United States	[2]
200m free	1:47.69	p	George Gleason	US Virgin Islands	April 3, 2002	Short Course Worlds	Moscow, Russia	[2]
400m free	4:05.28		Kieran Locke	Univ. of Bath	November 19, 2006	BUCS 25m Champs.	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[2]
1500m free	17:36.37		Adrian Smith	Marlins	February 1, 1999		[2]
50m backstroke	24.27	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	December 5, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[24]
100m backstroke	52.33	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	December 3, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[25]
200m backstroke	1:58.99	h	Matthew Mays	US Virgin Islands	December 16, 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[26]
50m breaststroke	28.25	h, †	Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[27]
100m breaststroke	1:00.59	h	Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	16 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[28]
200m breaststroke	2:12.71	h	Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	18 December 2021	World Championships	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	[29]
50m fly	26.79	p	Scott Hensley	US Virgin Islands	October 9, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
100m fly	55.60		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	December 5, 2003	Georgia Fall Invitational	Athens, United States	[2]
200m fly	2:12.28		Bryson Mays	St. Croix S.A.	December 11, 2010	VISF 25m Champs.	Red Hook, United States Virgin Islands	[2]
100m individual medley	54.53	h	Rexford Tullius	United States Virgin Islands	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[30]
200m individual medley	2:02.29	p	George Gleason	United States Virgin Islands	April 5, 2002	Short Course Worlds	Moscow, Russia	[2]
400m individual medley	4:42.83		Bryson Mays	St. Croix S.A.	December 11, 2010	VISF 25m Champs.	Red Hook, United States Virgin Islands	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation;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	27.46	h	Jamaris Washshah	US Virgin Islands	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[31]
100m freestyle	1:01.26	h	Jamaris Washshah	US Virgin Islands	December 4, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[32]
200m freestyle	2:13.65	h, †	Natalia Kuipers	US Virgin Islands	December 14, 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[33]
400m freestyle	4:35.11	h	Natalia Kuipers	US Virgin Islands	December 14, 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[34]
800m freestyle	9:46.97		Nicole Hutchins	Marlins	December 6, 2003	Puerto Rican Championships	Puerto Rico	[2]
1500m freestyle
50m backstroke	28.92	h	Caylee Watson	US Virgin Islands	9 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[35]
100m backstroke	1:02.22	h	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 3, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[36]
200m backstroke	2:31.33		Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	October 16, 2010	Beeston Hill	Beeston Hill, United States Virgin Islands	[2]
50m breaststroke	34.91	p	Tina Woodward	US Virgin Islands	October 7, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
100m breaststroke	1:16.24	p	Tina Woodward	US Virgin Islands	October 9, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
200m breaststroke	2:45.82	p	Tina Woodward	US Virgin Islands	October 11, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
50m butterfly	28.44	h	Caylee Watson	US Virgin Islands	8 December 2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	[37]
100m butterfly	1:02.48	h	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
200m butterfly	2:29.24	h	Natalia Kuipers	US Virgin Islands	12 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	[39]
100m individual medley	1:10.05	p	Tina Woodward	US Virgin Islands	October 8, 2004	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
200m individual medley	2:33.56		Keri Whitehurst	Marlins	November 22, 2003	November meet	United States Virgin Islands	[2]
400m individual medley	5:28.30		Jamie Shufflebarger	St. Croix S.A.	December 13, 2003	VISF 25m Champs.	United States Virgin Islands	[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation;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

References

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