Jack Harvey narrowly missed out on securing Bermuda’s first medal at the Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay tonight.

Competing in lane six, the Olympic swimmer finished fourth in the men’s 200 metres backstroke final, touching the wall in 2min 2.27sec.

Harvey had plenty reason to be optimistic heading into the final, having qualified with the fourth-fastest time of 2:03.85, 1.11sec behind Humberta Najera, of Mexico, who posted the fastest time in the heats.

The Mexican lived up to expectations heading into the final by claiming the gold medal in a Games record time of 1:57.44.

Brazilian Samuel Lopes took the silver in 2:00.65, with Edhy Bargas, of Chile, third in 2:00.85.

Harvey, who went into the meet seeded third in the 100 and 200 backstroke, will continue his quest for a medal when he returns to the pool tomorrow to compete in the 100 backstroke heats.

The 22-year-old, who represented Bermuda along with sibling Emma at the Olympics in Paris last year, was not the only local swimmer in the pool, as Elijah Daley was back in action while Marleigh Howes made her first appearance.

After competing in the 200 metres butterfly final less than 12 hours earlier, Daley finished seventh in heat four of the 100 butterfly. His time of 56.65 was 3.64 seconds behind heat winner Ulises Cazau, of Argentina. Daley finished twentieth overall.

Howes, one of the youngest girls at the meet, finished eighth in heat three of the 200 metres freestyle in 2:13.51 behind heat winner Maria Yegeres, of Colombia. Howes finished 24th overall.