The Tribune

NIGEL Forbes improved on a pair of Bahamas National and Bahamas Open records as he took the spotlight at the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s Year-Ending Swim Meet over the weekend.

The meet was held at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex as swimmers finally got back into the pool to compete for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic broke in March.

Forbes dropped his boys’ 13-14 100 metre butterfly time from 57.28 that he posted at the UANA Swimming Cup on February 21 to 56.92 on Saturday.

In the process, the Grand Bahamian representing the YMCA WaveRunners Swim Club erased the Bahamas Open record of 57.81 that Ian Pinder established on June 22, 2017 as well.

Forbes also lowered his boys 13-14 200m fly national and Bahamas Open records of 2:12.61 that he posted on June 20, 2019 with a new mark of 2:09.38.

Forbes, along with a number of swimmers, also qualified for the postponed CARIFTA Swimming Championships that was rescheduled for Wildey, Barbados, over the Easter holiday weekend.

Among the list of qualifiers were fellow Grand Bahamian Zoe Williamson in the girls’ 11-12 50m fly and 50, 100 and 200m freestyles; Mako Aquatics’ Alia Clarke in the girls 11-12 100m free; Mako Aquatics’ Caden Wells in the boys 11-12 division, along with team-mate Ayton Moncur and Alpha Aquatics’ Aidan Kemp.