Carter 9th best in Mare Nostrum Tour rankings
Two-time Olympian Dylan Carter finished ninth overall on the men’s point table at the conclusion of the three stops of the Mare Nostrum Tour at the Prince Albert II Swimming Pool at the Stadium Louis II, Monaco, France recently.
The first stop on the tour took place at the 35th edition of the event, in Canet-En-Roussilon, France on May 13-14, while the second leg was contested at the 44th International Swimming of the City of Barcelona, at the Club Natacion Sant Andreu.
Overall, the 27-year-old, who used the meets as part of his preparations for next month’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador from June 19 to July 8, and FINA World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, from July 14-30, won a combined four medals, two gold and two bronze from his six events contested.
In Canet, Carter won gold in the 100m freestyle in 48.84 seconds, while he also swam to the gold medal in the 50m butterfly in 23.36 seconds. This was after he won the bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle in 22.25 seconds. Carter also added a bronze medal in Barcelona in the 100m freestyle in 49.09 seconds, while he was fourth in the 50m butterfly in 22.27 seconds.
In his lone event in Monaco, the 50m butterfly contest via the skins format, Carter was fourth best in 23.30 seconds.
