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Swimming: Martinez Sets New National Record At National Age Group Championships - TTT News The Aquatics Sports Association of Trinidad and Tobago hosted the National Age Group Short Course Championships over the weekend, and there was a major record broken to go along with some outstanding performances.

Congratulations Marena!

Alexander, Martinez shine at Short Course swim Mic­ah Alexan­der of RWB Aquat­ic Acad­e­my and Mare­na Mar­tinez of Mar­lins were the dom­i­nant per­form­ers when the Aquat­ic Sports As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (ASATT) Na­tion­al Age-Group Short Course Swim­ming Cham­pi­onship con­tin­ued at the Na­tion­al Aquat­ic Cen­tre...

Congratulations Zahara!

🇹🇹 🥇 Zahara Anthony breaks longstanding 200m Freestyle National Record! ⏱️ 🏊🏽‍♀️💨

The 35-year-old national record held by former Olympian, Siobhan Cropper, in the 11-12 girls’ 200m freestyle, was erased by a blistering performance by Zahara Anthony, representing Marlins, as she wrote her name into history at the Aquatics Sports Association of T&T (ASATT) National Age-Group Short Course Swimming Championship 🙌🏾

The competition took place at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva over the weekend, where 12-year-old Anthony smashed the former mark of two minutes 11:86 seconds set by Cropper in April 1991, when she stopped the clock at 2:11:25 ✨

Bluefin Aquatics' Serenity Pantin secured silver in the event with her time of 2:23.15 while RWB Aquatics Academy's Katelon Leera copped bronze in 2:28.27 🥈🥉

Anthony also won the 11-12 girls' 200m Individual Medley title in 2:38.64 with Pantin securing second again in 2:43.01 and Leera grabbing another third-place finish in 2:49.94 🥇

However, in the 100m backstroke, Pantin (1:10.44) got the better of Anthony (1:12.93) and Genesis Marchin of Target Aquatics as she came third in 1:15.58 💪🏽

Zahara is the youngest of the Anthony sibling swimmers with Zoe and Zachary paving the way, over the last decade, for her to showcase her success in the pool 👍🏾

RWB Aquatic Academy's Micah Alexander backed up his four wins by adding four more gold medals in the 11-12 boys' 100m backstroke (1:05.60), 200m individual medley (2:30.50) and 200m freestyle (2:11.41), before sharing his fourth title, with Kamden Williams of Blue Dolphins in the 50m breaststroke, as they both touched the wall in 34.73 seconds 🥇🥇🥇🥇

Marlins' Marena Martinez also added to her medal haul with three more wins in the 100m backstroke (1:10.86), 200m freestyle (2:13.41) and 200m individual medley (2:37.85) 🥇🥇🥇

This year’s championships served as the final qualifier for athletes seeking to participate in the 30th Goodwill Swimming Championships, with the national team to be selected during the week 📋✅

The Goodwill meet will be hosted by ASATT at the National Aquatic Centre from August 14-16 📆

Congratulations and good luck to all the swimmers! 🗣️👏🏽

Aquatics Sports Association of Trinidad & Tobago
Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs
Marlins Swim Club

We are proud not only of the results, but of the effort and team spirit shown throughout the National Open Long Course 2026.

Watching our swimmers push themselves and support each other every day reminds us of what being part of the Marlins family is all about 💛

Marlins Aquatics Club pair Marena Martinez and Zackary Anthony were the standout performers on the final day of the 2026 National Open Long Course Championships in Couva, combining for six individual gold medals and a relay win 🏅🏆

Martinez swept the women’s 200m butterfly, 200m backstroke and 400m freestyle titles before anchoring Marlins to victory in the mixed 11 & over 200m freestyle relay alongside Anthony, Zahara Anthony and Isaiah Alexander.

Anthony captured gold in the men’s 50m freestyle and 200m butterfly before returning to help seal relay gold in 1:43.69.

Elsewhere, RWB Aquatic Academy’s Zalayhar Lewis impressed with victory in the women’s 100m breaststroke, while Blue Dolphins’ Harvey Gibbins completed a clean sweep of five gold medals in the boys’ 10 & under category.

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