The South African junior swimming team opened the 13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships with 23 medals
The South African swimming team opened the competition with a total of 23 medals (15 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze).
Trinity Hearne and Veronique Rossouw were the gold and silver duo in the 15-16 age group 50m butterfly, clocking 28.62 and 28.66, respectively, and followed that performance with a silver medal for Rossouw in 2:08.21 and a bronze medal for Hearne in 2:08.35 in the 200m freestyle.
Lara van Niekerk was in top form, winning the 15-16 100m breaststroke in 1:10.07 and the 200m individual medley in 2:21.46, while SA’s Dakota Turner claimed the silver in the breaststroke event in 1:12.10 and Hearne the bronze in the medley race in 2:23.95.
SA’s Lisa Klen made her way to the top of the medal podium on two occasions, winning the 13-14 100m breaststroke in 1:15.13 and the 200m individual medley in 2:27.71, while in the 13-14 200m freestyle, it was Lise Coetzee that won the gold in 2:09.06.
Matthew Sates and Matthew Randle scooped the gold and silver in the 15-16 100m breaststroke, clocking 1:03.35 and 1:05.14, respectively, while the 13-14 age-group 100m breaststroke gold medal went to Kian Keylock in 1:07.25.
Keylock was not done for the night, as he also bagged the gold in the 200m freestyle in 2:00.00 and the 200m individual medley in 2:11.99, while the 15-16 50m butterfly gold went to Pieter Coetze in 25.30.
Sates also hit the water in the 200m individual medley and was victorious in 2:05.01 ahead of teammate Luca Holtzhausen in 2:09.61, while Holtzhausen went one better in the 200m freestyle, winning the gold in 1:53.40.
The evening concluded with two gold medals for the South African team, first was the 15-16 age group 4 x 100m mixed freestyle relay team, which won their race in 3:48.41, followed by the men’s 15-16 4 x 200m freestyle win in 7:58.87. The 13-14 mixed freestyle relay team had to settle for the silver in 3:54.87.
13th CANA Junior Africa Swimming Championships Medal Table (Following Day 01):
|
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
South Africa |
15 |
6 |
2 |
23 |
|
Egypt |
4 |
9 |
5 |
18 |
|
Algeria |
0 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
Tunisia |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Namibia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Nigeria |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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