In the 100m butterfly heats, Tegan McCarthy finished fourth with a time of 1 minute 08.82 seconds; lowering the national record by two hundredths of a second.
“I tried to get out there really fast and hold my stroke coming back. It was a long hard race, but it was good to get out there and try to get a personal best,” said McCarthy.
Next was Ryan Pini who swam the 50m butterfly finishing with a time of 24.18 seconds .This was 0.41 seconds outside the national record that he set earlier this year at the Australian Championships.
“It was a little off, but the last couple of months have been a little tough. The Pacific Games were really successful and that was only three weeks ago. I’ve only had a couple of weeks to try and back it up and recover, which I guess has been the hardest part. Nevertheless, all is well,” said Pini.