Records tumble at CANA champs
An impressive six new championship records were set during the third day of the Confédération Africaine de Natation (CANA) Zone IV champs in Windhoek on Monday.
South Africa remained top of the medals table, followed by Namibia and Mauritius in third.
In the girls' under-12 200m breaststroke, Zimbabwe's Vhenekai Dhemba (12) claimed the gold in a time of 3:12.94, ahead of Namibia's Arian Naukosho (11) in 3:13.20 and Mozambique's Melyssa Rocha (12) in 3:14.20.
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) scooped the silver in a time of 35.97.
Dhemba won her second and third gold in the 200m freestyle in 2:29.83 and 50m butterfly in 32.77.
She was followed home in the 200m freestyle by Phiri in 2:31.95 and Botswana's Amaru Ditlhogo (12) in 2:32.19 and in the butterfly race by Namibia's Danielle Mostert (33.09) and Rocha (33.12).
The boys' u-12 200m breaststroke podium consisted of Namibia's Oliver Durand (11), who finished the race in a time of 2:59.00, Namibia's Quinn Ellis (12) in 3:07.10 and Mauritius' Hugo L'Arrogant (12) in 3:08.49. L'Arrogant went two better to bag 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 u-12 200m freestyle, Hart won gold in 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 50m backstroke race in 32.36 and 33.07, respectively, while Uganda's Kirabo Namutebi (14) walked away with the silver in 32.87.
Coetzee made it two gold medals by winning the 200m freestyle in a new championship record time of 2:10.21, ahead of teammate Kelly-Ann Brown (14) in 2:11.22 and Botswana's Maxine Egner (14) in 2:20.34.
Namutebi also won the bronze in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 3:07.30, behind Mauritius' Alicia Kok Shun (14) in 2:51.29 and Mauritius' Ines Gebert (14) in 2:58.87.
She bettered her performance by winning gold in the 50m butterfly in 30.50, ahead of South Africa's Kuhn (30.53) and Brown (31.41).
South Africa'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 teammate Jakobus Terblanche (16) won 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, respectively.
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 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 teammate 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 gold in the 200m freestyle in 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 gold and silver in the 200m breaststroke in 2:49.91 and 2:52.72, respectively, while the bronze went to SA's Ashton Volkwyn (16) in 2:54.26. Shepherd won 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 in a new championship record time of 31.94, ahead of Phiri's 32.05 and teammate Lwethu Mbatha's 32.06.
In the 13 to 14 age group's 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 won 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.
Yong returned to the water in the 50m butterfly, winning gold in a time of 27.78, ahead of Canjulo in 27.80 and Burger in 27.91, while the 13 to 14 age group's 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' u-14 4x100m freestyle relay, South Africa claimed gold in 4:14.62, ahead of Botswana in 4:26.90 and Namibia in 4:32.16, while the South African girls also won the over-15 age group relay race in 4:11.71, followed by Mauritius in 4:14.72 and Namibia in 4:16.21.
Namibia's u-14 boys' team won gold in their relay race, 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 women's breaststroke 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 also claimed a silver medal in the 50m butterfly in 41.24, behind Namibia's Jane Samson (52) in 37.18. The 25 to 44 age group's 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) were on the podium for the 50m backstroke, after clocking times of 30.63, 32.40 and 35.12, respectively, while Zambia's Guy Phiri (49) and Angola's Jorge Lima (50) won gold and silver in their masters' race in 33.94 and 45.05. Louw also took to the water in the 200m freestyle event, winning the race in 2:45.06. Namibia's Gabor Salamon (62) won his masters' freestyle event in 2:47.86, while Alberto, Zambia's Mmbalo Sililo (29) and Louw rounded off the medal podium in the 50m butterfly in 28.33, 31.80 and 33.18, respectively.
Phiri also won 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 boys' u-16 team won their game against newcomers Namibia by 19 goals to 1, while the Zimbabwe's u-18 team also defeated Namibia 19-7.
In the ladies' championship match, the Zimbabwe u-18 team edged South Africa's u-16 team 7-4.
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South Africa remained top of the medals table, followed by Namibia and Mauritius in third.
In the girls' under-12 200m breaststroke, Zimbabwe's Vhenekai Dhemba (12) claimed the gold in a time of 3:12.94, ahead of Namibia's Arian Naukosho (11) in 3:13.20 and Mozambique's Melyssa Rocha (12) in 3:14.20.
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) scooped the silver in a time of 35.97.
Dhemba won her second and third gold in the 200m freestyle in 2:29.83 and 50m butterfly in 32.77.
She was followed home in the 200m freestyle by Phiri in 2:31.95 and Botswana's Amaru Ditlhogo (12) in 2:32.19 and in the butterfly race by Namibia's Danielle Mostert (33.09) and Rocha (33.12).
The boys' u-12 200m breaststroke podium consisted of Namibia's Oliver Durand (11), who finished the race in a time of 2:59.00, Namibia's Quinn Ellis (12) in 3:07.10 and Mauritius' Hugo L'Arrogant (12) in 3:08.49. L'Arrogant went two better to bag 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 u-12 200m freestyle, Hart won gold in 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 50m backstroke race in 32.36 and 33.07, respectively, while Uganda's Kirabo Namutebi (14) walked away with the silver in 32.87.
Coetzee made it two gold medals by winning the 200m freestyle in a new championship record time of 2:10.21, ahead of teammate Kelly-Ann Brown (14) in 2:11.22 and Botswana's Maxine Egner (14) in 2:20.34.
Namutebi also won the bronze in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 3:07.30, behind Mauritius' Alicia Kok Shun (14) in 2:51.29 and Mauritius' Ines Gebert (14) in 2:58.87.
She bettered her performance by winning gold in the 50m butterfly in 30.50, ahead of South Africa's Kuhn (30.53) and Brown (31.41).
South Africa'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 teammate Jakobus Terblanche (16) won 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, respectively.
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 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 teammate 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 gold in the 200m freestyle in 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 gold and silver in the 200m breaststroke in 2:49.91 and 2:52.72, respectively, while the bronze went to SA's Ashton Volkwyn (16) in 2:54.26. Shepherd won 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 in a new championship record time of 31.94, ahead of Phiri's 32.05 and teammate Lwethu Mbatha's 32.06.
In the 13 to 14 age group's 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 won 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.
Yong returned to the water in the 50m butterfly, winning gold in a time of 27.78, ahead of Canjulo in 27.80 and Burger in 27.91, while the 13 to 14 age group's 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' u-14 4x100m freestyle relay, South Africa claimed gold in 4:14.62, ahead of Botswana in 4:26.90 and Namibia in 4:32.16, while the South African girls also won the over-15 age group relay race in 4:11.71, followed by Mauritius in 4:14.72 and Namibia in 4:16.21.
Namibia's u-14 boys' team won gold in their relay race, 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 women's breaststroke 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 also claimed a silver medal in the 50m butterfly in 41.24, behind Namibia's Jane Samson (52) in 37.18. The 25 to 44 age group's 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) were on the podium for the 50m backstroke, after clocking times of 30.63, 32.40 and 35.12, respectively, while Zambia's Guy Phiri (49) and Angola's Jorge Lima (50) won gold and silver in their masters' race in 33.94 and 45.05. Louw also took to the water in the 200m freestyle event, winning the race in 2:45.06. Namibia's Gabor Salamon (62) won his masters' freestyle event in 2:47.86, while Alberto, Zambia's Mmbalo Sililo (29) and Louw rounded off the medal podium in the 50m butterfly in 28.33, 31.80 and 33.18, respectively.
Phiri also won 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 boys' u-16 team won their game against newcomers Namibia by 19 goals to 1, while the Zimbabwe's u-18 team also defeated Namibia 19-7.
In the ladies' championship match, the Zimbabwe u-18 team edged South Africa's u-16 team 7-4.
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