June 24-27, 2021
50m (LCM)
Results on MeetMobile
The 2021 Bahamas National Championships were held this past weekend in Nassau, serving as the final opportunity for those Caribbean swimmers to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. One such qualification did take place. Former Stanford swimmer
Alberto Mestre clocked a 21.93 personal best to come in under the FINA ‘A’ cut of 22.01. Mestre represents Venezuela internationally.
It took Mestre 4 tries to get the time, but he finally broke through in a big way. He entered the met with a personal best of 22.32, which he set in May of this year. In his first 50 of the meet, Mestre clocked a 22.93 in prelims of the 50 free. He then time trialed the 50, posting a new personal best of 22.24. He came back that afternoon and chipped another 0.01 seconds off his time, swimming a 22.23. Finally, he gave it another shot with a time trial, where he posted his 21.93, marking another big lifetime best, and qualifying him for Tokyo, right up ag
The Venezuelan Olympic Committee has confirmed that Alfonso Mestre, Alberto Mestre Jr., and Jeserik Pinto will represent the country for swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The contingent is one swimmer smaller than the 4-strong roster that represented the country at Rio 2016. Tokyo 2020 will represent all 3 of their Olympic debuts.
According to a press release from the Venezuelan Olympic Committee, Alfonso and Alberto Mestre Jr. will be the 8th set of Venezuelan brothers to represent the country at the Olympic Games. They will be swimming at their first-ever Olympic Games 37 years after their father Alberto Mestre delivered two 5th place finishes in the 100 (50.70) and 200 (1:50.23) freestyles at the 1984 Olympic Games.