Jack Harvey agonisingly missed out on a place in the 50 metres backstroke final by one spot at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Harvey finished ninth fastest in the semi-finals, touching the wall in 25.20sec, 0.3 seconds quicker than when winning his heat in the morning session. He is first reserve for the final tomorrow and will take his chance if one of the finalists is forced to withdraw.

While the disappointment of just missing out on the final eight was evident after his race, the consolation of a personal best was something he was pleased with.

“Obviously it sucks to be ninth and that is never the place you want to be, but it was a best time, the fastest I’ve ever been, so there are some positives,” Harvey said.

“This morning [in the heats] I had a bad finish. I missed the flags and ended up finishing with my head, which is never an ideal situation. I did the opposite tonight, where I was a little long on the finish. That can be quite a big difference, so I’ll try and tidy it up later on in the week.

“I’m doing the 100 metres backstroke here in a few days and then I'm straight off to the CAC Games. I’ve got a day of travel and then racing there on Wednesday.

“It’ll be a long few weeks of racing, so I'm just building on every race and this is not a bad start.”

Harvey was joined by his sister Emma and Elan Daley in the evening pool session, with both women competing in the 50 metres butterfly semi-final.

Harvey finished sixth in the first semi-final in 27.05 and finished thirteenth overall, with Daley finishing eighth in the second semi-final in 27.74 to finish sixteenth fastest.

When asked how the semi-final went, Daley said “not great” and that “everything” had gone wrong.

“But I’m happy to have made it to the semi, so I’m proud of that,” she said.

“That’s a great achievement. We have a couple more days of this and then we'll be off to CAC Games. I’m looking forward to it.

When asked if she had learnt anything from the race, she said: “All of it was weaker, unfortunately, but it is what it is. Everything happens for a reason. I’m still proud of myself, it's just a little bit disappointing.

“Everyone's doing amazing. It’s great to see the boys this morning right on their PB and then Jack and Emma making it to the semis. It’s really cool to see all of us doing really well.”

The boys Daley was referring to are her brother Elijah and Sam Williamson, who were in action in the 200 metres individual medley in the morning session.

Both competed in heat one, with Daley taking Bermuda bragging rights after finishing fourth in 2:06.82, just 0.1sec in front of Williamson, who finished fifth.

However both swimmers missed out on a place in the final, with Daley finishing fourteenth and Williamson fifteenth fastest.

At the Central American and Caribbean Games, there was mixed fortunes for Daniel Phillips and Trey Mallory in the men’s singles tennis tournament.

Phillips, who was the first of the Bermudians in action on court 12, ran out an impressive 6-4, 6-2 win over Diego Duran, from El Salvador, in the round of 32 and will play Oscar Martinez of Venezuela in the round of 16 at 11am Bermuda time on Saturday.

Mallory, who followed Phillips’ victory on court 12, looked good for a lot of the match but was forced to retire midway through the final set.

After winning the first set 6-3, Mallory lost the second set by the same scoreline and then retired when down 4-2 in the deciding set.

Mallory is scheduled to play alongside Phillips in the men’s doubles on Saturday and it remains to be seen if he will be fit to take part.

Shelby Madeiros and Nadhira Durham both find life tough in the women’s singles with both women losing in straight sets to Roxana Valdes, of Cuba, and Sarah Nita, of Curacao, respectively.

Archer Camerin Pickering started his CAC Games campaign in the men’s individual recurve ranking round.

Pickering finish eighteenth of the 29 competitors on 621 points and will play Liborio Saavedra, of Panama, in the round of 16 elimination match.