Two-time Olympic swim­mer Dy­lan Carter at­tained an 'A' stan­dard Olympic qual­i­fy­ing time in the men's 50 me­tres freestyle when the Aquat­ics Sports As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (ASATT) De­cem­ber In­vi­ta­tion­al Swim­ming Cham­pi­onships re­sumed at the Na­tion­al Aquat­ic Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va, on Sat­ur­day.

The 27-year-old, who opt­ed out of the 100m freestyle and 50m but­ter­fly on Thurs­day, clocked a time of 21.69 sec­onds as the lone com­peti­tor in the Time Tri­al fi­nal to go un­der the 'A' stan­dard qual­i­fi­ca­tion time for the Paris Olympics 2024 of 21.96 sec­onds.

Back in March, Carter be­came the first T&T ath­lete to qual­i­fy for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France when he splashed to gold in the men’s 100m freestyle event at the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Se­ries in Ft Laud­erdale, USA in a new na­tion­al record time of 48.24 sec­onds, eras­ing his own pre­vi­ous record, dip­ping be­low 'A' stan­dard of 48.34.

Apart from Carter, the quar­tet of Ale­jan­dro Agard, Zachary An­tho­ny, Dar­ren Bel­fon and Raek­won Noel all won two gold medals each.

The 13-year-old Agard of Mar­lins won the 13-14 boys' 400m in­di­vid­ual med­ley in five min­utes and 08.47 sec­onds and the 800m freestyle in 9:45.75.

An­tho­ny, 15, al­so of Mar­lins won the 15 & Over boys' 400m IM in a Carfi­ta 'B' qual­i­fi­ca­tion time of 4:59.30 and the 200m freestyle al­so in a Carif­ta 'B' time of 1:58.92.

The 14-year-old Bel­fon of Point Fortin Aqua Darts topped the field in the 13-14 boys' 200m freestyle in a Carif­ta 'B' mark of 2:02.66 and the 50m but­ter­fly in a Carif­ta 'A' time of 25.69.

Sev­en­teen-year-old Noel of Do­ra­do of Guyana dou­bled up in the 15 and Over boys' 800m freestyle in a Carif­ta 'A' mark of 8:25.63, which bet­tered George Bovell III'2 2000 record of 8:40.64 and the 50m back­stroke in a Carif­ta 'B' time of 27.31 sec­onds.

There was al­so a win each for Zachary Burke, Alessan­dro Baz­zoni, Aaron Siewlal, Je­re­mi­ah Ma­habir and Je­re­my Sookram among the boys, and in the girls, one each for Za­hara An­tho­ny, Anya De Gannes, Madi­son Mac Mil­lan, Amelie Bak­er, Zara Per­si­co, Is­abel­la May­ers and Kiara Goodridge. The meet con­tin­ued on Sat­ur­day night and con­cludes Sun­day with two ses­sions from 9 am and 5 pm, re­spec­tive­ly.