Swimming South Africa Road to London 2012 Squad Announced

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 29. THE inclusion of top SA swimmers in Roland Schoeman, Darian Townsend, Jean Basson and Cameron van der Burgh in the premier tier of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee's Operation Excellence Road to London 2012 provisional squad, illustrates the important role that aquatics plays as far as bringing sports glory to SA is concerned.

In welcoming the support set to be given to Schoeman (50 metres freestyle), Townsend (200 metres individual medley), Basson (200 metres freestyle) and Van der Burgh (100 metres breaststroke) Swimming SA CEO Shaun Adriaanse expressed his gratitude to SASCOC for their continued support in helping SA swimmers' preparations in a bid to medal at the greatest multi-sport event in the world.

"As Swimming SA, we will work closely with SASCOC to ensure that our athletes receive the necessary support in order to prepare in a positive frame of mind for the 2012 Olympic Games in London," said Adriaanse.

"There are several swimmers on the fringe of selection to the support programme and I trust that they will continue to work hard towards improving their performances in a bid to be considered for inclusion in the months ahead on SASCOC's Road to London 2012 programme."

Other swimmers to be included on the provisional list are:

Tier 2 (athletes whom with the given support will be able to improve their ranking and medal at London 2012):

Men:
• William Diering (200 metres breaststroke)
• Lyndon Ferns (100 metres freestyle)
• Gideon Louw (50 metres freestyle)
• Riaan Schoeman (400 metres individual medley)
• Neil Versfeld (200 metres breaststroke)
• Gerhard Zandberg (100 metres backstroke)

Women:
• Kathryn Meaklim (400 metres individual medley)
• Wendy Trott (800 metres freestyle)

Swimming potential medallists in the SA Paralympic squad:

Men:
• Charl Bouwer (400m S13)
• Kevin Paul (100m SB9)
• Tadgh Slattery (100m SB5)

Women:
• Natalie du Toit (S9)
• Shireen Sapiro (100m S10)
• Sarah Shannon (50m S3)

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