At the 2014 Commonwealth Games hosted in Glasgow, Scotland, Dominican competitive swimmer Jasmine Schofield has etched her name into the nation’s sports history books by clocking a new national record time of 2 minutes and 19.16 seconds in the women’s 200m freestyle event. This milestone performance also marks a new personal best for the athlete, edging out her own previous top time of 2:19.66 by half a second. A proven competitor with Olympic experience under her belt, Schofield is not resting on her new achievement. She has already turned her focus to upcoming races, preparing to compete in the 100m freestyle the very next day, followed by the 50m freestyle event scheduled several days later. The Commonwealth Games, a pinnacle multi-sport event held once every four years, brings together the world’s top elite athletes from all Commonwealth member nations across the globe to compete for regional and national glory. Schofield carries on a proud legacy of Dominican athletic excellence: she comes from a family with deep roots in international competitive swimming, as her mother Francilia Agar Schofield also represented Dominica at the global stage, competing at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. For Dominica, Schofield’s new record stands as a bright highlight of the nation’s performance at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, demonstrating the growing strength of the country’s swimming program and the hard work of its top athletes.
Jasmine Schofield sets new national record for Dominica and new personal best at Commonwealth Games
