T&T’s Christian Homer will be in action when the 45th Santa Clara International Invitational Swim Meet splashes off at the George F Haines International Swim Centre, Santa Clara, California. Homer, who last competed two weeks ago at the Charlotte Ultra Swim is expected to compete in the men’s 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke events. In the 100m freestyle, he is seeded 80th with a time of 53.22 seconds while for the other events he has a seeding of 30th (100m butterfly—55.31 secs); 85th (50m freestyle—20.58 secs) and 19th (100m backstroke—56.86 secs)
Last month, at the Charlotte Ultra Swim Meet at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Centre, Homer had a fourth-place finish in the men’s 50m backstroke ‘B’ final in 26.82, well behind winner Freston Jenkins (26.64) and Aaron Gustafson and Kevin Doak, who both clocked, 26.73. In the morning heats, Homer, who is attached to Bolles High School in Florida was the tenth fastest in 26.83 seconds while he clocked 58.31 seconds for 63rd spot in the 100m butterfly. In addition, Homer was 31st in the 100m backstroke in 59.02 seconds and 33rd in the 50m butterfly in 26.43 seconds.
-Nigel Simon
Source: www.guardian.co.tt