Stergiadis breaks national swimming records
Two Namibian junior swimmers performed extremely well at the FINA World Swimming Championships in the United States.
Local swimmer Heleni Stergiadis broke five national records at the sixth annual FINA World Swimming Championships which took place in Indianapolis, United States, from 23 to 28 August.
She qualified for eight swimming events and swam personal best times in all her events. She broke five Namibian records in the women's 13-14 age group, setting new records for the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle medley, 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley, and scored the highest FINA points in the 200m backstroke with 652 points.
Zune Weber swam in three events and set two personal best times. She scored her highest FINA points in the 100m freestyle with 635 points.
There were 640 swimmers from 93 countries participating.
Team manager Phinelia Stergiadis said the competition was a very successful one for the two Namibian swimmers as they performed extremely well.
Weber said their focus was to improve their times ahead of the competition.
Results
The 13-14 age group 200m freestyle relay record was held by Kiara Schatz when she took part in the 10th Africa Junior Swimming Championships in 2013 and swam a time of 2:12.90. Stergiadis broke her record with 2:11:23 this year at the FINA Championships.
In the 400m freestyle relay Sonja Adelaar swam a time of 4:42. 82 at the 10th Africa Junior Swimming Championships in 2013; however Stergiadis set a new record of 4:37.61.
In the 100m butterfly event Kiara Schatz's record of 1:07.60 was broken by Stergiadis with a time of 1:06.23.
At the South African National Junior Age Group Championships in March, Stergiadis set a record of 2:29.81 in the 200m individual medley. She improved this with a time of 2:27.41 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
She qualified for eight swimming events and swam personal best times in all her events. She broke five Namibian records in the women's 13-14 age group, setting new records for the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle medley, 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley, and scored the highest FINA points in the 200m backstroke with 652 points.
Zune Weber swam in three events and set two personal best times. She scored her highest FINA points in the 100m freestyle with 635 points.
There were 640 swimmers from 93 countries participating.
Team manager Phinelia Stergiadis said the competition was a very successful one for the two Namibian swimmers as they performed extremely well.
Weber said their focus was to improve their times ahead of the competition.
Results
The 13-14 age group 200m freestyle relay record was held by Kiara Schatz when she took part in the 10th Africa Junior Swimming Championships in 2013 and swam a time of 2:12.90. Stergiadis broke her record with 2:11:23 this year at the FINA Championships.
In the 400m freestyle relay Sonja Adelaar swam a time of 4:42. 82 at the 10th Africa Junior Swimming Championships in 2013; however Stergiadis set a new record of 4:37.61.
In the 100m butterfly event Kiara Schatz's record of 1:07.60 was broken by Stergiadis with a time of 1:06.23.
At the South African National Junior Age Group Championships in March, Stergiadis set a record of 2:29.81 in the 200m individual medley. She improved this with a time of 2:27.41 at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
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