Barrowman kicks off World Championship action with personal best

Another personal best, this time in the women’s 200-metre freestyle on 24 July, ensured Cayman’s Harper Barrowman finished her World Aquatics Championships debut with a 100% rate of all-time fastest performances.

After knocking over a second off her 400-metre freestyle best two days prior, Barrowman, 17, returned to the pool to put up a new 200-metre best time of 2:06.49, taking seventh in her heat and 47th overall among the world’s best.

“Competing in such a high level competition, warming up in the lane next to my idols and getting to experience the atmosphere provided by the crowd is always thrilling,” Barrowman said of her first World Aquatics Championships.

“The support I have received from Cayman has also been so incredible – it really is everyone back home that makes each meet so special,” she continued. “Getting up behind the blocks and knowing they are watching makes all the difference.”

While that second personal best in as many swims marks the last of Barrowman’s races in Fukuoka, fellow Cayman swimmer and the country’s first-ever world champion, Jordan Crooks, is set to hit the water for his first race – heat nine of the men’s 100-metre freestyle – at 9:09 p.m. on 25 July.

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