Harley sets butterfly record at Long Course

The multiple CARIFTA gold medallist took silver in the open event in a time of 29.01 seconds.

The 20-year-old Kristin Julien of Areios Aquatechs emerged the victor in the 50m fly in 28.92 seconds, with Johnnya Ferdinand of Sea Hawks sharing silver medal honours with Harley, while the evergreen Sharntelle Mc Lean of Torpedoes Swim Club was fourth.

Julien picked up another gold medal in the 100m backstroke (one minute 8.72 seconds) again ahead of Harley (1:09.45).

In the 50m fly, Harley eclipsed the record set by Gabriela Donahue.

Jada Chatoor of Marlins Swim Club also demonstrated her CCCAN readiness with double gold on Saturday night, in the 400m individual medley (5:26.29) and the 200m freestyle (2:12.17).

Her sibling Graham had similar success with double gold in the male equivalent of the same events. He won the 400 IM in 5:09.04 and the 200m free in 2:00.04.

Tidal Wave Aquatics Joy Blackett, for the second consecutive session, amassed a trio of golds in the 10 and under female 100m freestyle (1:12.08), 100m fly (1:22.74) and the 50m breaststroke (42.73).

Zachary Anthony picked up a couple of gold medals in the 10-and-Under male in the 100 freestyle (1:11.27) and the 100 butterfly (1:18.27).

Christian Awah (Blue Dolphins), Daniel Newallo (TT Aquatics), Justin Samlalsingh (Areios), Shinelle Padmore (TT Aquatics), Anton Gopaulsingh (TT Aquatics), Johnnya Ferdinand (Sea Hawks), Abraham Mc Leod (Atlantis), Daniel Cozier (TT Aquatics), Mark Alexis (Tsunami) and Dylan Daniel (Atlantis) were the other individual gold medallists on the night. The National Open Long Course Championships is the final qualifier for Team TT ahead of the CCCAN Championships which is scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago from June 28 to July 2.