California-based T&T swimmer Dylan Carter established a new record in the 15-17 boys' 200-metres butterfly at the Arena Grand Prix Series Santa Clara.
The event was held at the George F Haines International Swim Centre, northern California, on the weekend.
Competing on Friday's second day of competition, the 17-year-old Carter failed to get to the A-Finals of either the 100m freestyle or the 100m butterfly events he contested.
In the morning heats, Carter was 20th best in the 100m freestyle in 51.25 seconds and followed it up with a second-place finish in the C-Final in 51.15, to trail Justin Glanda (51.04).
He was 38th overall in the morning heats for the 100m butterfly in 56.04 and returned to the pool in the afternoon session for an eighth-place swim in the D-Final in 57.56.
Carter, who has verbally committed to attending the University of Southern California (USC) from January next year, was back in action on Saturday and had a much better showing in the 200m freestyle where he ended 19th in 1:51.88, the same as Dan Madwed, prior to topping the B-Final in 1:51.35 ahead of Blake Worsley (1:51.45) and his soon to be USC Trojans teammate Michael Domagala (1:51.53).
In his other event on Saturday, the 200m backstroke, Carter of the Davie Nadadores club was a disappointing 49th in 2:13.91.
A day later, he was 44th in the 200m butterfly in 2:09.44, a new national mark in the 15-17 boys age-group
He fared better in the 100m backstroke, however, with a 23rd-spot finish in the heats in 58.61, followed by his top spot in the C-Final in 58.14 ahead of Mathew Myer (58.15) and En-Wei Hu-Van Wright (58.49).
T&T's Olympic and World Short Course Championships bronze medal swimmer George Bovell was also expected to compete at the Santa Clara Grand Prix, however, there was a mix up with the entries and he was a day late and not allowed to compete.
The 29-year-old T&T swimmer splashed off his season with victory in the TYR Jax50 freestyle at the Bolles School Vible Pool, San Jose Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida, in April and was hopeful of getting in some competitive action before heading over to Europe.
Bovell, who recently returned from an initiative against Malaria and Drowning in Uganda, will now focus on the Tropheo Setti Coli in Italy, Rome, from June 13-15 followed by the Canada Cup (June 28-30), the French Open in Vichy (July 6-7) and then the FINA World Long Course Championships from July 28 to August 4.
At the conclusion of the World Championship, he is expected to turn his attention to the FINA World Cup which starts with an August 7-8 meet in Eindhoven, Holland followed by Berlin, Germany, September 10-11.
The remaining six stops will continue in October and November, but Bovell, who won a combine 16 medals on the World Cup circuit last year to end in second spot overall, says he may not participate in those as it was deemed too hard to continue through all eight like last year.
