Day 03 of the CANA Zone IV Swimming Championships in Windhoek
Windhoek, Monday, 18th February 2019 - An impressive total of six new Championship Records were achieved during the third day of the CANA Zone IV Swimming Championships in Windhoek, Namibia today, with South Africa remaining top of the medal table, followed by the host nation and Mauritius.
In the girls’ U12 200m breaststroke, Zimbabwe’s Vhenekai Dhemba (12) claimed the gold in 3:12.94, ahead of Namibia’s Ariana Naukosho (11) in 3:13.20 and Mozambique’s Melyssa Rocha (12) in 3:14.20, while Rocha and Dhemba also went on to win the gold and bronze in the 50m backstroke, clocking 35.68 and 36.92, respectively. Zambia’s Jade Phiri (12) finished with the silver in 35.97.
Dhemba won her second and third gold in the 200m freestyle in 2:29.83 and the 50m butterfly in 32.77, followed by Phiri in 2:31.95 and Botswana’s Amaru Ditlhogo (12) in 2:32.19 in the freestyle race and Namibia’s Danielle Mostert (33.09) and Rocha (33.12) in the butterfly.
The medal podium for the boy’s U12 200m breaststroke consisted of Namibia’s Oliver Durand (11) in 2:59.00, Namibia’s Quinn Ellis (12) in 3:07.10 and Mauritius’ Hugo L’Arrogant (12) in 3:08.49, while L’Arrogant went two better to bag the gold in the 50m backstroke with a new Championship Record time of 32.69 ahead of Kenya’s Ivan Hart in 33.01 and Ellis in 33.28.
In the U12 200m freestyle, Hart was fast off the block to win the gold with a new Championship Record time of 2:17.54 ahead of Mozambique’s Kaio Faftine (12) in 2:24.17, while Ellis bagged his third medal of the day, a bronze in 2:24.92.
Hart continued to showcase his talent, as he also went on to win the 50m butterfly with a new Championship Record time of 30.04, followed by L’Arrogant in 30.97 and Faftine in 32.09.
The South African duo of Lise Coetzee (14) and Emma Kuhn (14) scooped the gold and bronze in their respective 50m backstroke race in 32.36 and 33.07, while Uganda’s Kirabo Namutebi (14) walking away with the silver in 32.87.
Coetzee made it two gold medals by winning the 200m freestyle with a new Championship Record time of 2:10.21 ahead of team-mate Kelly-Ann Brown (14) in 2:11.22 and Botswana’s Maxine Egner (14) in 2:20.34,
Uganda’s Namutebi also won the bronze in the 200m breaststroke in 3:07.30, behind Mauritius’ Alicia Kok Shun (14) in 2:51.29 and Mauritius’ Ines Gebert (14) in 2:58.87, and bettered that performance by winning the gold in the 50m butterfly in 30.50 ahead of South Africa’s Kuhn (30.53) and Brown (31.41).
SA’s Cameron Casali (16) made his way to the medal podium on three occasions, winning gold in the 200m breaststroke in 2:33.32, the 200m freestyle in 2:00.13 and the 50m backstroke in 29.08, while team-mate Jakobus Terblanche (16) won the silver in the breaststroke in 2:33.38 and bronze in the backstroke in 29.19.
Botswana’s Ethan Fischer (16) finished third in the breaststroke with a time of 2:38.35; the silver in the 50m backstroke went to Seychelles’ Tyler Fred (16) in 29.18, while the silver and bronze in the 200m freestyle were claimed by Mauritius’ Ryan Kok Shun (16) in 2:02.13 and Botswana’s Andile Bekker (15) in 2:02.32.
Fred finished off the day with a gold medal in the 50m butterfly, touching the wall in 27.16 with Namibia’s Corne Le Roux (16) coming in second in 27.38 and Angola’s Salvador Gordo (16) third in 27.50.
The host nation’s Ronan Wantenaar (18) was over the moon after he was victorious in both the 200m breaststroke (2:28.51) and the 50m backstroke (28.10) with Malawi’s Filipe Gomes (21) in 2:29.75 and Botswana’s Adrian Robinson (18) in 2:31.43 finishing off the medal podium in the breaststroke race, while the silver and bronze in the backstroke went to the Seychelles’ Mathieu Bachmann (22) in 28.32 and Mauritius’ Gregory Anodin (19) in 29.33.
Gomes won two more silver medals, this time in the 200m freestyle in 2:00.67 and the 50m butterfly in 26.29.
Namibia’s Ju-Ane Oberholzer (17) was more than happy with her two silver medals, finishing in 3:07.24 in the 200m breaststroke and 33.84 in the 50m backstroke, while team-mate Zune Weber (17) claimed the gold in the backstroke in 32.61 and Zimbabwe’s Claire Melrose (17) the bronze in 34.61 with the breaststroke gold going to Mauritius’ Tessa Hen Cheung (17) in 2:51.26 and the bronze to Zimbabwe’s Amy Doorman (17) in 3:07.91.
Weber won her second medal, a bronze in the 50m butterfly in 32.23, behind Angola’s Lia Ana Lime (17) in 29.47 and Uganda’s Avice Meya (24) in 31.40.
Zimbabwe’s Paige van der Westhuizen (15) bagged the gold in the 200m freestyle with a new Championship Record time of 2:10.60 ahead of Namibia’s Heleni Stergiadis (16) in 2:13.21 and SA’s Megan Shepherd (15) in 2:14.14.
Shepherd and Stergiadis also won the gold and silver in the 200m breaststroke in 2:49.91 and 2:52.72, respectively, while the bronze in that event went to SA’s Ashton Volkwyn (16) in 2:54.26, while Shepherd made it three by winning the bronze in the 50m butterfly in 30.93, behind SA’s Kelsea Munro (16) in 30.10 and Zambia’s Mia Phiri (15) in 29.59.
Munro was victorious in the 50m backstroke earlier in the day, winning the race with a new Championship Record time of 31.94 ahead of Phiri’s 32.05 and team-mate Lwethu Mbatha’s 32.06.
In the 13-14 age group 50m backstroke, Namibia’s Mikah Burger (14) won the gold in 29.98, followed by Mozambique’s Manuel Antonio Junior (14) in 30.52 and Mauritius’ Victor AH Yong (14) in 30.56, while Burger went back to win a bronze in the 200m freestyle, clocking 2:10.66 behind compatriot Jose Canjulo (13) in 2:03.37 and SA’s Leshen Pillay (14) in 2:03.67.
AH Yong returned to the water in the 50m butterfly, winning the gold in 27.78 ahead of Canjulo in 27.80 and Burger in 27.91, while the 13-14 200m breaststroke title went to SA’s Kian Keylock (13) in 2:32.82, followed by the Seychelles’ Joshua Miller (14) in 2:36.80 and Zimbabwe’s Cory Werrett (14) in 2:38.55.
In the girls’ U14 4 x 100m freestyle relays, South Africa claimed the gold in 4:14.62 ahead of Botswana in 4:26.90 and Namibia in 4:32.16, while the South African ladies’ from the Over 15 age group also won their race in 4:11.71, followed by Mauritius in 4:14.72 and Namibia in 4:16.21.
Namibia’s U14 boys’ team won the gold in their respective relay, clocking 4:00.25 ahead of South Africa in 4:08.09 and Mozambique in 4:11.18, while the winner in the Over 15 section was Mauritius in 3:39.06, followed by Botswana in 3:40.27 and South Africa in 3:45.14.
In the masters section of the competition, the 200m breaststroke women’s gold medals went to Namibia’s Sunel Badenhorst (36) in 3:41.88 and Mozambique’s Ana Rosa Araujo (50) in 4:02.56, while the men’s title was claimed by Botswana’s Lesego Mabote (32) in 5:42.21.
Araujo went on to win the 200m freestyle with a time of 3:29.79 and a silver medal in the 50m butterfly in 41.24 behind Namibia’s Jane Samson (52) in 37.18. The 25-44 50m butterfly gold was claimed by Botswana’s Duduetsang Nnyenyiwa (29) in 59.51.
Angola’s Carlos Alberto (26), Zambia’s Mulenga Kangololo (29) and Namibia’s Dentie Louw (35) made up the 50m backstroke medal podium in 30.63, 32.40 and 35.12, respectively, while Zambia’s Guy Phiri (49) and Angola’s Jorge Lima (50) won the gold and silver in their masters’ race in 33.94 and 45.05.
Louw also took to the water in the 200m freestyle, winning the race in 2:45.06, with Namibia’s Gabor Salamon (62) winning his respective masters’ freestyle in 2:47.86, while Alberto, Zambia’s Mmbalo Sililo (29) and Low rounded off the medal podium in the 50m butterfly in 28.33, 31.80 and 33.18, respectively.
Zambia’s Phiri also won the gold in the 50m butterfly in 32.74 ahead of Salamon in 34.16.
The ladies’ backstroke gold was claimed by Namibia’s Anel van der Vyver (27) in 40.16 and the silver by Botswana’s Lesego Nkoketsang (37) in 2:06.96, with Van der Vyver also winning the 200m freestyle in 3:04.59 ahead of Badenhorst in 3:05.03
During the first day of the Water Polo Championships, South Africa’s men U16 team won their game against newcomers Namibia by 19 goals to 1, while the Zimbabwe U18 team also defeated Namibia 19-7.
In the ladies’ Championship match, the Zimbabwe U18 team edged out South Africa’s U16 team by a narrow 7 goals to 4.
The event also features a development section, where the South African U15 men’s team won both of their opening matches, 10-1 against Zimbabwe U15 and 13-2 against Namibia, while the South African U15 ladies defeated the Zimbabwe U15 team by 14 goals to 1.
The swimming programme continues tomorrow with the morning session starting at 09h00 and the afternoon session at 15h00, while the Water Polo Championships begin at 10h00.
Water Polo Logs (Following Day 01):
Team (Men – Section A) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U16 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
18 |
2 |
Zimbabwe U18 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
Namibia Masters |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
38 |
-30 |
0 |
Team (Men - Development) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U15 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
23 |
3 |
20 |
2 |
Zimbabwe U15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
-9 |
0 |
Namibia Opens |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
-11 |
0 |
Team (Women) – Section A |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
Zimbabwe U18 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
South Africa U16 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
0 |
Team (Women - Development) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U15 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
Zimbabwe U15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
-13 |
0 |
Swimming Medal rankings (after day 3):
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
South Africa |
17 |
14 |
11 |
42 |
Namibia |
11 |
15 |
11 |
37 |
Mauritius |
7 |
6 |
7 |
20 |
Zimbabwe |
7 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
Seychelles |
4 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
Botswana |
3 |
5 |
8 |
16 |
Kenya |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Zambia |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
Angola |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Mozambique |
1 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
Uganda |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
Malawi |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Masters Medal Rankings (after Day 03):
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
Namibia |
12 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
Angola |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Botswana |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
Mozambique |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Zambia |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Open Water Final Medal Rankings (17 February 2019):
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
South Africa |
12 |
8 |
0 |
20 |
Namibia |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Seychelles |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Zimbabwe |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Kenya |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |