Another 16 medals for the South African junior swimming team during day 02 of the 13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships
Lara van Nieker’s time if 32.10 won her the gold in the 15-16 age group 50m breaststroke ahead of teammate Dakota Tucker, who clocked 34.03 to claim the bronze in the event. The silver went to Egypt’s Sara Soliman in 33.04.
Later in the evening, Tucker made her way to the medal podium again, this time for a gold medal in the 400m freestyle when she finished the race in 4:27.35, over 3secs ahead of Tunisia’s 4:30.53 and Algeria’s Mariem Khalid in 4:31.12.
In the 13-14 400m freestyle, Lise Coetzee walked away with the title in 4:34.10 and also went on to win the silver in the 100m backstroke in 1:08.38, while Hannah Pearse finished with the silver in her respective 100m backstroke race in 1:05.41.
Tori Oliver and Trinity Hearne bagged the silver and bronze in the 200m butterfly in 2:21.17 and 2:24.10, respectively, while Hearne and Oliver also participated in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay, alongside Pearse and Veronique Rossouw and finished with the gold in 8:43.60.
Matthew Sates was over the moon with his two gold medals in the 15-16 400m freestyle in 3:39.15 and the 200m butterfly in 2:02.83.
Matthew Randle and Kian Keylock both celebrated a well deserved win in their respective 50m breaststroke events. Randle scooped the gold in the 15-16 age group category in 29.70, while Keylock touched the wall in 30.55 to win the 13-14 race.
The 15-16 100m backstroke saw Pieter Coetze claim the top spot in 56.40, followed by Sudan’s Ziyad Salemm in 57.77 and Egypt’s Yassin Hossameldin in 1:00.23, while in the 13-14 age group event, Mzansi’s Kieran Grant managed a bronze in 1:02.18 behind Egypt’s Mohamed Hany in 1:00.77 and Namibia’s Jose Canjulo in 1:01.47.
Coetze, Randle, Van Niekerk and Grace Hudson also took part in the 15-16 4 x 100m mixed medley relay and won with a time of 4:07.44, while Keylock, Coetzee, Lisa Klen and Kieran Grant grabbed the 13-14 gold in 4:17.92.
13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships Medal Table (Following Day 02):
|
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
South Africa |
26 |
9 |
4 |
39 |
|
Egypt |
7 |
17 |
13 |
37 |
|
Namibia |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
Uganda |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Zimbabwe |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tunisia |
0 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
Algeria |
0 |
2 |
11 |
13 |
|
Mozambique |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Sudan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Nigeria |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
ENDS
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