An angry Richard Goodwin yesterday lashed out at the "selfish'' antics of fellow Pan-Am competitors whose late night partying in the Games Village kept awake Bermuda's swimmers just hours before their morning heats.

Both Stephen Troake and Matthew Hammond complained of tiredness as they trailed home last in their respective 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke heats yesterday morning.

Troake was just one hundredth of a second off his qualifying time as he clocked 24.78 while Hammond was more than two seconds slower than his PB as he finished in 1:03.9.

But coach Goodwin claimed they had managed little more than three hours' sleep prior to the races because of the commotion outside their rooms.

"There was a lot of noise and it's so selfish that they carry on and act like this,'' said Goodwin. "It was either the Venezuelan or Dominican Republic contingents who are on our floor. It's all too typical... a Latin style of mentality. They talk very loud, with no consideration for anyone else.

"When Stephen and Matt got up at 6.20 this morning, they were both tired and ragged. They just couldn't perform today, particularly Stephen who I think could have gone at least a couple of tenths faster, judging from what I've seen and the training times this week.

"That was the expectation. It didn't happen and that's unfortunate.'' Rowdiness hits swimmers he had been satisfied by the previous night's 4x100m relay when Bermuda placed sixth in the final in 3:36.05, more than two seconds better than their previous best.

Fahy, on the lead-off leg, had clocked his fastest ever 100 free of 53.27 adding to his PB and national record earlier this week in the 100m butterfly.

"But on the right day I think they could have gone a couple of seconds faster,'' said the coach. "On a positive note, our takeovers were immaculate.

They stood up against just about every other country.'' Today, Fahy closes out the swim campaign with his strongest event, the 200 IM, and Goodwin feels he has a good chance of completing a hat-trick of PBs for the week.

"He wants it so bad, he can taste it. He's really psyched up. If he swims as he is capable, a place in the championship final is not out of the question. I know he's going to give it everything he's got.'' Coming up for air: Canada's Morgan Knabe breaks the surface in his 200m breast heat. Bermuda's coach Richard Goodwin was meanwhile claiming noise at the Games village affected his swimmers.