Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter on the 2016 Summer time Olympics in Brazil.
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Two-time Olympic T&T swimmer Dylan Carter secured his fourth males’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) “Swimmer of the 12 months” honor awarded by SwimSwam.com.
Carter, who’s making ready for the upcoming World Aquatic Championships in Doha loved one other profitable 2023 season to proceed his reign as one of the vital profitable swimmers in historical past from CAC.
On the 2023 Jalisco Worldwide Swimming Cup in February, Carter took first within the 100m freestyle in 49.18 seconds, making him the one swimmer within the discipline to go below 50 seconds within the race the place he cut up the race 24.05/25.13.
The 100m freestyle additionally registered as a FINA ‘A’ reduce, qualifying Carter for his third Olympic Video games in Paris, France. Carter went on to take second within the 50m free (22.47) and third within the 50m fly (23.70).
On the 2023 Professional Swim Collection in Fort Lauderdale, Carter, clocking a 48.28 within the 100m freestyle, received the race. Carter later tied with Michael Andrew for gold within the 50m fly with a 23.25.
Despite the fact that Carter solely swam in one among 4 Professional Swim Collection meets, he emerged with the quickest time of the collection within the 100m free and maintain the quickest time within the 50m fly alongside Andrew.
Carter then went on to race on the Mare Nostrum collection in Canet, Barcelona, and Monaco earlier than competing on the 2023 AP Race Worldwide Meet in London, ending with a victory within the 50m free in 22.24 in London.
He posted a brand new lifetime finest and meet document within the 50m freestyle on the 2023 CAC Video games, clocking a 21.87. He additionally topped the rostrum within the 100m freestyle (48.49) and 50m butterfly (23.32), and in addition took silver within the 50m backstroke (25.55). He additionally helped T&T to a bronze medal end within the 4x100m freestyle relay, main off in 48.65.
The swimmer stored the momentum on the 2023 FINA World Championships within the 100m freestyle and the 50m fly, the place he positioned tenth general amongst males within the 2023 FINA World Cup standings, accumulating a complete of 125.3 factors.
Carter tied for second within the 50m fly on the Berlin cease of the World Cup and in addition took third within the 100m free. In Athens, Carter picked up a bronze within the 50m free, in addition to a silver within the 100m free. Carter completed the World Cup with one other silver within the 100m free in Budapest.
Carter blasted a 21.69 within the 50m LCM freestyle on the 2023 Aquatic Sports activities Affiliation of T&T Invitational Championships, which might have positioned fourth on the FINA World Championships. Carter received the lads’s 50m free the next day in a 21.99, making him the one swimmer sub-23 within the discipline.
That is Carter’s fourth time successful the “Swammy” for Male Central American and Caribbean Swimmer of the 12 months, solely the second particular person from T&T to take action, with Olympic bronze medal winner, George Bovell III, the winner of the inaugural award in 2014.
Among the many honorable mentions for the 2023 award have been Miguel de Lara of Mexico, Lamar Taylor of The Bahamas, Mikel Schreuders of Aruba, and Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands.
