South Africa Announces Roster For 2016 Cana African Swimming Championships

Swimming South Africa (SSA) recently announced their 43-member team of swimmers for the 2016 Cana African Swimming Championships, which will be held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in just two shy weeks.

The twelfth installment of the African Swimming Championships will be held at the Stadium Swimming Pool in Bloemfontein and will see a walloping 23 countries represented at the meet.

SSA released their roster of 24 males and 19 females, along with five coaches: Mark Edge, Cedric Finch, Graham Hill, Bianca Marais, and Igor Omeltchenko.

Representing the men will be:

Alaric Basson
Alard Basson
Jarryd Baxter
Martin Binedell
Myles Brown
Jarred Crous
Joshua Dannhauser
Neil De Villiers
Douglas Erasmus
Neil Fair
Chad Ho
Michael Houlie
Clayton Jimmie
Edward Johannisen
Calvyn Justus
Chad le Clos
Daniel Marais
Keanu Silent
Ayrton Sweeney
Brent Szurdoki
Bradley Tandy
Cameron van der Burgh
Jacques Van Wyk
Eben Vorster

Representing the women will be:

Hanim Abrahams
Kiyana Bartleson
Kirsten Bellingan
Jessica Beukes
Lesley Blignaut
Kaylen Corbett
Khwezi Duma
Gabriella Grobler
Marli Jacobs
Caitlin Kat
Samantha Labuschagne
Carmen Le Roux
Rebecca Meder
Charlise Oberholzer
Nathania Van Niekere
Carissa Van Rooyen
Marielle Venter
Michelle Weber
Jessica Whelan

The meet will dive into action with swimming on October 16th before concluding with the open water races on October 23rd. Be sure and check our meet landing page for more information.

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