Dylan Carter broke a 10-year-old Trinidad & Tobago national record with a 20.77 in the 50 freestyle on Friday en route to his first World Cup series victory. Archive photo via courtesy of Fabio Cetti

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Dylan Carter broke a 10-year-old Trinidad & Tobago national record with a 20.77 in the men’s 50-meter freestyle on Friday en route to his first World Cup win at the first stop of the series in Berlin.

The 26-year-old USC graduate was .32 seconds faster than his previous best of 21.09 from the ISL playoffs last year, sneaking under the old national record of 20.82 by George Bovell in 2012. Bovell is a five-time Olympian and former world record holder who captured Trinidad & Tobago’s first Olympic swimming medal in 2004 with a bronze in the 200 IM. 

Carter rose to the occasion against quick competition at Europa-Sportpark. Runner-up finisher Kyle Chalmers of Australia (21.04) had won this race in three out of the four World Cup stops last year. He was just a few hundredths of a second slower than his winning time from the opening Berlin stop in 2021 (21.01). Bronze medalist Florent Manaudou of France (21.05) is a former world record holder. 

A 26-year-old Carter has two major international medals from Short Course World Championships in 2018 (bronze) and 2021 (silver), both in the 50 butterfly. He didn’t swim any freestyle events at Short Course Worlds last year, scratching from the 100 free, but he may change his approach this year after his huge sub-21 time drop. 

Beautiful performance from Dylan. Swimming between two giant Olympic champions no less! Excited to see what’s to come for one of the best short course swimmers on the planet

Riley is an associate editor interested in the stories taking place outside of the pool just as much as the drama between the lane lines. A 2019 graduate of Boston College, he arrived at SwimSwam in April of 2022 after three years as a sports reporter and sports editor at newspapers …

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