JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 5. AFRICAN 50 meter breaststroke record-holder Cameron van der Burgh is on top of the world, after bettering his continental mark on the first evening of the four-day Telkom SA Short Course Championships held at the Delville Swimming Pool in Germiston.<\/p>\n
Pretoria-based Van der Burgh, whose previous mark stood at 26.65 seconds set at the FINA World Short Course Championships held in Manchester, England, in April this year, turned on the speed in the heats to clock 26.61 to erase the memories of last year's early exit from the national championships held in Pietermaritzburg.<\/p>\n
In the mixed disability section, Craig Groenewald set a new 100 meter individual medley world mark of 1:04.36, while in the same discipline in the under 17 category, Challis Wright set a world mark of 1:07.79.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year at the FINA World Short Course Championships held in Manchester, England, the SA team excelled with all of Suzaan van Biljon (gold in the 200 meter breaststroke and bronze in the 100 meter breaststroke) Gerhard Zandberg (bronze in the 50 meter freestyle), Cameron van der Burgh (silver in the 100 meter breaststroke and bronze in the 50 meter breaststroke) and William Diering (bronze in the 200 meter breaststroke) making it on to the medal podium.<\/p>\n
The Delville Swimming Pool is expected to be a hive of activity over the next three days as SA's top swimmers look to post qualifying performances that will see them short-listed for international swimming action at the FINA\/Arena Swimming World Cup in Durban next month.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Swimming South Africa for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n
Results – Finals<\/p>\n
MEN<\/p>\n
200m Freestyle (A-Final): 1 S Rousseau (Vineyard SC \u2013 WP) 1:47.49, 2 R Schoeman (Pisces A.S.C \u2013 KZ) 1:48.28, 3 J Venter (TUKS \u2013 NT) 1:51.66<\/p>\n
200m Freestyle (B-Final): 1 K Duckitt (Waterborn \u2013 CG) 1:56.79, 2 J Pike (Southern Dolphins Aquatics Club \u2013 CG) 1:57.30, 3 K Matulovich (Waterborn \u2013 CG) 1:57.62<\/p>\n
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: 1 Waterborn Swimming Club \u2013 CG 3:26.55, 2 Mr Price Seagulls S.C. \u2013 KZN 3:29.40, 3 Tuks Swimming Club \u2013 NT 3:31.75 <\/p>\n
400m Individual Medley: 1 J Thompson (Pisces A.S.C \u2013 KZN) 4:30.90, 2 J Hill (Mustangs \u2013 CG) 4:34.69, 3 N De Villiers (Vineyard SC \u2013 WP) 4:35.10<\/p>\n
WOMEN<\/p>\n
200m Butterfly: 1 K Meaklim (Pisces A.S.C \u2013 KZN) 2:11.74, 2 M Loots (Dolphins \u2013 CG) 2:14.79, 3 S Kay (Vineyard SC \u2013 WP) 2:25.40<\/p>\n
400 Individual Medley: 1 K Meaklim (Pisces A.S.C \u2013 KZN) 4:41.53, 2 K Van Heerden (Tuks \u2013 NT) 4:52.30, 3 J Liss (Karoly Swimming Academy \u2013 EP) 4:56.34<\/p>\n
1500m Freestyle: 1 A Logan (Pisces A.S.C.-KZN) 17:35.74, 2 B Hauzer (Dolphins-CG) 18:05.03, 3 V Zoe (Dolphins-Mpumalanga) 18:18.9<\/p>\n
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: 1 Tuks Swimming Club \u2013 NT 8:48.87, 2 Mustangs \u2013 CG (A) 9:05.10, 3 Mustangs \u2013 CG (B) 9:20.41<\/p>\n
MIXED MULTI DISABILITY<\/p>\n
MEN<\/p>\n
50m Breaststroke: 1 C Groenewald (BISH – CG) 33.03, 2 C Wright (MDOL \u2013 CG) 34.09, 3 M Groenewald (VINE-WP) 40.60<\/p>\n
50m Backstroke: 1 C Groenewald (BISH \u2013 CG) 0:31.37, 2 C Wright (MDOL \u2013 CG) 0:32.79, 3 M Groenewald (VINE \u2013 WP) 0:37.35<\/p>\n
100m Individual Medley: 1 C Groenewald (BISH \u2013 CG) 1:04.36, 2 C Wright (MDOL \u2013 CG) 1:07.79, 3 S O Neill (AFIN -CG) 1:38.82<\/p>\n
WOMEN<\/p>\n
50m Breaststroke: 1 D Makgakga (MDOL- CG) 38.60<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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