List of United States Virgin Islands records in swimming

The United States Virgin Islands Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing U.S. Virgin Islands. These records are kept/maintained by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation (VISF). Records are recognized for long course (50m)^[1] and short course (25m) swims,^[2] in the following events:

freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
backstroke: 50, 100 and 200;
breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200;
butterfly: 50, 100 and 200;
individual medley: 100 (short course only), 200 and 400;
relay (long course only): 200 & 400 Free and Medley.

Long course (50m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	23.12		Josh Laban	unattached	June 19, 2008	FGC A Invitational	Coral Springs, United States	^[1]
100m freestyle^[3]	51.27	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 29, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1] ^[4]
200m freestyle	1:51.59	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 27, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
400m freestyle	4:01.00		Scott Newkirk		August 1980		^[1]
800m freestyle	8:18.80		Scott Newkirk		August 1980		^[1]
1500m freestyle	16:08.36		Scott Newkirk	Virgin Islands	July 7, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	^[1]

50m backstroke	28.00		George Gleason		January 1999		^[1]
100m backstroke	55.88	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[5]
200m backstroke	2:01.22	h	Rexford Tullius	US Virgin Islands	6 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[6]

50m breaststroke	29.49		Kevin Hensley	Coral Springs	June 8, 2008	Texas Senior Circuit #4	Austin, United States	^[1]
100m breaststroke	1:04.67	tt	Kevin Hensley	Coral Springs	June 5, 2008	Texas Senior Circuit #4	Austin, United States	^[1]
200m breaststroke	2:22.47	h	Adriel Sanes	US Virgin Islands	March 22, 2016	CARIFTA Championships	Fort-de-France, Martinique	^[7]

50m butterfly	25.58	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 26, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
100m butterfly	55.46	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 31, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
200m butterfly	2:07.90	h	Matthew Mays	US Virgin Islands	14 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	^[8]

200m I.M.	2:06.05	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 29, 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[1]
400m I.M.	4:41.14	h	Branden Whitehurst	Virgin Islands	July 16, 2007	Pan Am Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[1]

200m free relay	1:41.07		N Colabella Morgan Locke Kevin Hensley Kieran Locke	Virgin Islands	April 13, 2002	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	^[1]
400m free relay	3:30.70		Josh Laban George Gleason Kieran Locke Morgan Locke	Virgin Islands	August 12, 2003	Pan Am Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	^[1]
800m free relay	7:51.71		Kieran Locke Branden Whitehurst Morgan Locke Ryan Nelthropp	Virgin Islands	July 17, 2007	Pan Am Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[1]
200m medley relay	1:54.05		Kieran Locke Kevin Hensley Morgan Locke N Colabella	Virgin Islands	April 13, 2002	CARIFTA Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	^[1]
400m medley relay	3:55.00		George Gleason Kevin Hensley S Hensley Josh Laban	Virgin Islands	August 17, 2003	Pan Am Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	^[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m free	27.84		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 31, 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	^[1]
100m free	59.99		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 26, 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	^[1]
200m free^[9]	2:10.10		Shelly Cramer		July 1979		^[1]
400m free	4:39.51		Jodie Lawaetz		April 1982		^[1]
800m free	9:39.20		Jodie Lawaetz		April 1980		^[1]
1500m free	19:26.80		Shelly Cramer		August 1980		^[1]

50m backstroke	32.38	h #	Caylee Watson	Virgin Islands	July 31, 2013	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	^[10]
100m backstroke	1:07.34	h	Caylee Watson	US Virgin Islands	3 August 2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	^[11]
200m backstroke	2:33.21		Caylee Watson	Virgin Islands	April 26, 2011	CARIFTA	Wildey, Barbados	^[1]

50m breast	35.49		Brigitte Rasmussen	Virgin Islands	March 12, 2011	FPN Cup 2011 #2	Ponce, Puerto Rico	^[1]
100m breast	1:17.87		Brigitte Rasmussen	Virgin Islands	April 26, 2011	CARIFTA	Wildey, Barbados	^[1]
200m breast	2:49.51		Jamie Shufflebarger	Virgin Islands	April 13, 2002	CARIFTA	Bridgetown, Barbados	^[1]

50m fly	29.99		Shelly Cramer		June 1992		^[1]
100m fly	1:03.51		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 5, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	^[1]
200m fly	2:17.88		Shelly Cramer	Virgin Islands	July 7, 1979	Pan Am Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	^[1]

200m I.M.	2:27.45		Shelly Cramer		August 1982		^[1]
400m I.M.	5:09.68		Jodie Lawaetz		August 1982		^[1]

200m free relay	2:01.78		D Sun L Hamilton L Belle R Hospedales		March 1988		^[1]
400m free relay	4:14.95		A Allaire Jamie Shufflebarger K Whitehurst S Ridgway	Virgin Islands	July 2002	CISCs	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles	^[1]
200m medley relay	2:17.41		T Duncan L Hamilton R Hopesdale D Sun		March 1988		^[1]
400m medley relay	4:48.83		A Allaire K Whitehurst Jamie Shufflebarger S Ridgway	Virgin Islands	July 2002	CISCs	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles	^[1]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course (25m)

Men


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m free	22.22		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	March 25, 2004	NCAA Championships	East Meadow, United States	^[2]
100m free	50.54		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	December 5, 2003	Georgia Fall Invitational	Athens, United States	^[2]
200m free	1:47.69	p	George Gleason	United States Virgin Islands	April 3, 2002	Short Course Worlds	Moscow, Russia	^[2]
400m free	4:05.28		Kieran Locke	Univ. of Bath	November 19, 2006	BUCS 25m Champs.	Sheffield, United Kingdom	^[2]
1500m free	17:36.37		Adrian Smith	Marlins	February 1, 1999		^[2]

50m backstroke	24.27	h	Rexford Tullius	United States Virgin Islands	December 5, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[12]
100m backstroke	52.33	h	Rexford Tullius	United States Virgin Islands	December 3, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[13]
200m backstroke	2:03.73		Kieran Locke	Univ. of Bath	November 18, 2007	BUCS 25m Champs.	Sheffield, United Kingdom	^[2]

50m breast	31.47		Bryson Mays	St. Croix S.A.	October 15, 2011		^[2]
100m breast	1:04.43		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	December 5, 2003	Georgia Fall Invitational	Athens, United States	^[2]
200m breast	2:30.54		Kevin Hensley	St. Croix S.A.	December 7, 2002	VISF 25m Champs.	United States Virgin Islands	^[2]

50m fly	26.79	p	Scott Hensley	United States Virgin Islands	October 9, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	^[2]
100m fly	55.60		Josh Laban	Univ. of Georgia	December 5, 2003	Georgia Fall Invitational	Athens, United States	^[2]
200m fly	2:12.28		Bryson Mays	St. Croix S.A.	December 11, 2010	VISF 25m Champs.	Red Hook, United States Virgin Islands	^[2]

100m individual medley	54.53	h	Rexford Tullius	United States Virgin Islands	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[14]
200m individual medley	2:02.29	p	George Gleason	United States Virgin Islands	April 5, 2002	Short Course Worlds	Moscow, Russia	^[2]
400m individual medley	4:42.83		Bryson Mays	St. Croix S.A.	December 11, 2010	VISF 25m Champs.	Red Hook, United States Virgin Islands	^[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women


Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	27.46	h	Jamaris Washshah	United States Virgin Islands	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[15]
100m freestyle	1:01.26	h	Jamaris Washshah	United States Virgin Islands	December 4, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[16]
200m free	2:14.88		Keri Whitehurst	Marlins	December 13, 2003	VISF 25m Champs.	United States Virgin Islands	^[2]
400m free	4:45.90		Nicole Hutchins	Marlins	December 13, 2003	VISF 25m Champs.	United States Virgin Islands	^[2]
800m free	9:46.97		Nicole Hutchins	Marlins	December 6, 2003	Puerto Rico 25m Champs.	Puerto Rico	^[2]

50m backstroke	30.01	h, †	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 3, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[17]
100m backstroke	1:02.22	h	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 3, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[18]
200m backstroke	2:31.33		Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	October 16, 2010	Beeston Hill	Beeston Hill, United States Virgin Islands	^[2]

50m breaststroke	34.91	p	Tina Woodward	Virgin Islands	October 7, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	^[2]
100m breaststroke	1:16.24	p	Tina Woodward	Virgin Islands	October 9, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	^[2]
200m breaststroke	2:45.82	p	Tina Woodward	Virgin Islands	October 11, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	^[2]

50m butterfly	29.15	h, †	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[19]
100m butterfly	1:02.48	h	Caylee Watson	St. Croix S.A.	December 6, 2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[20]
200m butterfly	2:36.92		Jamie Shufflebarger	Marlins	December 16, 2000		^[2]

100m I.M.	1:10.05	p	Tina Woodward	Virgin Islands	October 8, 2004	Short Course Worlds	Indianapolis, United States	^[2]
200m I.M.	2:33.56		Keri Whitehurst	Marlins	November 22, 2003	November meet	United States Virgin Islands	^[2]
400m I.M.	5:28.30		Jamie Shufflebarger	St. Croix S.A.	December 13, 2003	VISF 25m Champs.	United States Virgin Islands	^[2]

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by Virgin Islands Swimming Federation; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al VISF Long Course records, published by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation 2013-10-07; retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z VISF Short Course records, published by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation 2013-10-07; retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ For the long course men's 100 free, VISF lists Brandon Whitehurst's time from the 2009 World Championships as 51.29; however, the results have him at 51.27. The time from the results is listed.
^ Men's 100 Free results - prelims from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2009-07-29; retrieved 2014-06-04.
^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ "CARIFTA Championships 2016 Results" (PDF). BASA. March 25, 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). results.toronto2015.org. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ The Virgin Islands Record in the long course women's 200 free is listed as 2:10.10; however, at the 1979 Pan American Games, Shelly Cramer appears to have gone a 2:07.38.
^ "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Result". Omega Timing. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ "Men's 100 metre individual medley Heats Result". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[lcm-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al VISF Long Course records, published by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation 2013-10-07; retrieved 2014-06-03.

[scm-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z VISF Short Course records, published by the Virgin Islands Swimming Federation 2013-10-07; retrieved 2014-06-03.

[3] For the long course men's 100 free, VISF lists Brandon Whitehurst's time from the 2009 World Championships as 51.29; however, the results have him at 51.27. The time from the results is listed.

[4] Men's 100 Free results - prelims from the 2009 World Championships. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2009-07-29; retrieved 2014-06-04.

[5] "Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

[6] "Men's 200m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

[7] "CARIFTA Championships 2016 Results" (PDF). BASA. March 25, 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[8] "Men's 200m Butterfly Heats Results" (PDF). results.toronto2015.org. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[9] The Virgin Islands Record in the long course women's 200 free is listed as 2:10.10; however, at the 1979 Pan American Games, Shelly Cramer appears to have gone a 2:07.38.

[10] "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Result". Omega Timing. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[11] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[12] "Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[13] "Men's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[14] "Men's 100 metre individual medley Heats Result". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

[15] "Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[16] "Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.

[17] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.

[18] "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.

[19] "Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[20] "Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results". Omega Timing. December 6, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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