Mar­lins' Nikoli Black­man was the lone swim­mer to achieve an “A” stan­dard qual­i­fy­ing time when the Am­a­teur Swim­ming As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T Age-Group Long Course Cham­pi­onships con­clud­ed at the Na­tion­al Aquat­ic Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va, on Sun­day.

The meet served as the fi­nal event for se­lec­tion for swim­mers to the na­tion­al swim­ming team for the 2022 Carif­ta Swim­ming Cham­pi­onship card­ed for Bar­ba­dos in April.

The 16-year-old Black­man won in 15-17 Boys' 50 me­tres freestyle in 23.41 sec­onds, just un­der the 23.49 'A' qual­i­fy­ing stan­dard and well ahead of Tidal Wave Aquat­ics' Jo­hann-Matthew Mata­moro (25.03) and Fly­ing Fish's Prince More­au (25.33).

Zachary An­tho­ny, 14, of Mar­lins swam un­der the 13-14 Boys' 50m freestyle “B” mark of 25.56 when he touched the wall in 25.20.

In the 13-14 Boys', 200 me­tres back­stroke, 14-year-old Gio­van­ni Ri­vas (2:21.53) and Liam Car­ring­ton (2:23.76) both touched the wall un­der the Carif­ta “B” qual­i­fi­ca­tion time of 2:23.84 in fin­ish­ing first and sec­ond re­spec­tive­ly while Daniel Gillette (2:40.04) end­ed third.

Jo­hann-Matthew Mata­moro achieved a “B” time (2:17.25) in the 15-17 Boys' 200 me­tres back­stroke when he won in 2:16.78 while in the 15-17 Boys' 1,500m freestyle Nikoli Black­man's win­ning time of 17:00.11 was well un­der the “B” mark of 17:06.28.

In the 13-14 Boys' 100m but­ter­fly Ri­vas (1:01.40), and Zachary An­tho­ny (1:01.47) both dipped un­der the 1:01.71 “B” time.

Swim Age-Group win­ners:

Girls:

12 and Un­der:

1. Jaliyah Ce­les­tine (Mar­lins) - 70 pts

2. Aimee Le Blanc (Mar­lins) - 66

3. Tay­lor Marchan (Mar­lins) - 62

13-14:

1. Keiera Au­dain (Ea­gles Aquat­ics) - 70

2 Syd­ney Look Fong (Petrotrin Bar­racu­d­as) - 68

3. Keryn Burke (At­lantis Aquat­ics) - 55

15-17:

1. Zoe An­tho­ny (Mar­lins) - 73

2. Amelia Ra­jack (Ri­vas Ti­tans) - 53

3. Kiara Goodridge (Blue Dol­phins) - 44

18 & Over:

1. Jah­mia Harley (Tidal Wave Aquat­ics) - 39

2. Analee Ma­haraj (Fly­ing Fish) - 36

3. Cindy Diouf (Fly­ing Fish) - 33

Boys:

12 and Un­der:

1. Mar­cus Alexan­der (Ea­gles Aquat­ics) - 77 pts

2. Adam Scoon (Mar­lins) - 65

3. Ale­jan­dro Agard (Blue Dol­phins) - 52

13-14:

1. Zachary An­tho­ny (Mar­lins) - 77

2. Gio­van­ni Ri­vas (Ri­vas Ti­tans) - 69

3. Liam Car­ring­ton (Petrotrin Bar­racu­d­as) - 62

15-17:

1. Nikoli Black­man (Mar­lins) - 81

2. Khadeem Brath­waite (Mar­lins) - 47

3. Jo­hann-Matthew Mata­moro (Tidal Wave Aquat­ics) - 46

18 & Over:

1. Del­roy Tyrrell (Tidal Wave Aquat­ics) - 40

2. Ma­lik Nel­son (At­lantis Aquat­ics) - 38

3. Chris­t­ian Awah (Blue Dol­phins) - 34