(CMR) Jillian Crooks (17) lowered her own Cayman Islands record in the 100-meter butterfly, a highlight of the 37th annual CARIFTA Swimming Championships held recently in the Bahamas.
Crooks first broke the CARIFTA 15-17 meet record in the prelims with a time of 1:01.76 before blasting a personal-best 1:00.22 in the final, knocking more than a second off her own national record of 1:01.44.
Crooks also won the 50m freestyle in 26.20 seconds and the 100m free in 56.71 seconds. She earned a runner-up finish in the 100 back 1:06.04) across the four days of pool competition at the recently refurbished Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre.
Harper Barrowman (17) also put on an outstanding performance for the Cayman Islands, breaking the CARIFTA 15-17 record in 1500 free (17:35.29), dropping more than 23 seconds off the previous mark (17:58.67) from 2022. She also lowered her lifetime best by 15 seconds to get within 10 seconds of Kyra Rabess’ national record from last year (17:25.66).
Barrowman narrowly missed the Cayman Islands record in the 800 free with her victory in 9:02.90, taking almost nine seconds off her previous best (9:11.72). She also won the 200 free (2:05.99) and 400 free (4:27.69), dropping a few tenths off her previous-best 200 free time (2:06.36) from February’s World Championships.
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