Some new meeting records were set in the Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona, first stage of the three-stop Mare Nostrum Trophy.

Three new meeting record were set on the first day of action:

WOMEN
100 BACK Belinda Hocking (AUS) 59.81

MEN
200 IM Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 1:58.94
200 BACK Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:54.62

Seven more meet marks fell on the second day of finals.

Alicia Coutts (AUS) became the first woman to crack 2:10 over 200m medley this year, on 2:09.68

WOMEN
100 FLY Alicia Coutts 54.27
200 BACK Belinda Hocking (AUS) 2:07.91
200 FLY Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) 2:07.76

MEN
100 BACK Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 53.48
400 IM Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 4:11.22
50 BREAST Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 27.56

Next meetings: june 8-9 june Canet and 11-12 Monaco.