DELROY Tyrrell achieved his best performance in the pool at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to earn a place in the 50 metres backstroke semifinals.

Tyrrell, competing in his pet event, had to settle for 7th place after producing an average swim with a time of 28.06 seconds.

The time was not good enough for a place in the finals with the top 8 advancing as it placed the swimmer 15th overall.

Earlier, Tyrrell who recently switched allegiance from Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana finished fifth in heat 2 of the 50 metres backstroke.

He finished in 27.97 seconds to advance to the semifinals a time just shy of his personal best of 26.87 seconds

His time saw him finishing 15th overall of 21 swimmers.

Over the weekend, Tyrrell competing in the 100m backstroke, finished 6th in his heat with a time of 1:03.25, it was below his personal record of 59.38 seconds. His performance placed him 19th overall among the field.

Earlier on Saturday, he swam the 50m butterfly, clocking 26.61 seconds for 8th in his heat and 23rd overall — again just off his best of 25.95 seconds.

He followed up with a solid swim in the 50m freestyle, finishing 4th in his heat in 24.97 seconds, narrowly missing his 24.51-second PB and ranking 24th overall out of 41 swimmers.