{"id":250223,"date":"2017-04-05T11:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=250223"},"modified":"2017-04-05T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:44:24","slug":"chad-le-clos-claims-200-free-victory-at-sa-nationals-qualifies-for-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chad-le-clos-claims-200-free-victory-at-sa-nationals-qualifies-for-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad le Clos Claims 200 Free Victory at SA Nationals, Qualifies for World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chad le Clos<\/strong> and Myles Brown<\/strong> led the way as the FINA World Championships Qualification short list continued to grow on the third night of swimming action at the 2017 SA National Aquatic Championships taking place in Durban.<\/p>\n

Le Clos turned on the power and cruised ahead of Brown to an impressive qualification time of 1:46.84 in the final of the 200m freestyle. Brown ended in 1:47.55, also a FINA World Championships qualification time, while Jarryd Baxter<\/strong> clocked a Junior qualification time of 1:50.45 to claim the bronze.<\/p>\n

Le Clos and Brown also finished on top of the 200m butterfly semi-final in 2:00.88 and 2:02.19 respectively, ahead of tomorrow\u2019s<\/span> final.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Meder<\/strong> (14) raced to her second and third FINA Junior World Championships qualification times in the 1500m freestyle when she grabbed the gold medal in 16:49.77 and the 200m freestyle semi-finals in 2:05.66, while Abi Meder<\/strong> (16) made the list with a qualification time of 17:08.15 to take home the bronze in the long distance event.<\/p>\n

Dune Coetzee<\/strong> (14), Kate Beavon<\/strong> (16), Gabi Grobler<\/strong> (17) and Jenna Pearse<\/strong> (16) also made the cut in the 200m freestyle in FINA Junior World Championships qualification times of 2:03.69, 2:04.48, 2:05.64 and 2:05.89 respectively.<\/p>\n

Mariella Venter<\/strong> (17) was over the moon as she confirmed her FINA Junior World Championships qualification time in the 100m backstroke, clocking a golden 1:01.53 ahead of Seychelles\u2019 Felicity Passon<\/strong> and Alexus Laird<\/strong> in 1:03.11 and 1:04.54, respectively.<\/p>\n

The semi-final of the 50m breaststroke saw Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> in the lead with a time of 27.06, followed by Brad Tandy<\/strong> (28.00) and Jared Pike<\/strong> (28.41), while on the ladies side, Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong> touched the wall first in 31.68 ahead of Tara-Lynn Nicholas<\/strong> in 32.20 and Kaylene Corbett<\/strong> in 32.27, with the finals set to take place tomorrow<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Corbett was back in the water for the 100m breaststroke final, winning the silver and confirming her FINA Junior World Championships qualification in a time of 1:09.46, alongside Hanim Abrahams<\/strong> who finished in 1:11.18 to the required 1:11.79. Schoenmaker claimed the gold in the event in 1:08.36.<\/p>\n

In the 100m backstroke final, Jacques van Wyk<\/strong> was victorious with a time of 56.52, while the silver and bronze went to Martin Bindell<\/strong> and Neil Fair<\/strong> in 56.58 and 57.42, respectively.<\/p>\n

The multi-disability races, saw Cornell Loubser<\/strong> and Mark Roach<\/strong> top the medal podium in the S14-15\u00a0100m butterfly events in 1:05.50 and 1:00.38, respectively, while Kaleb<\/strong> van der Merwe<\/strong> won the S1-13 category in 1:13.44.<\/p>\n

The day 04 heats will start at 10h00<\/span> while the finals will begin at 18h00<\/span> daily.<\/p>\n

The staging of this event has been made possible through the support provided by Swimming SA partners, Sport and Recreation South Africa, SASCOC, National Lotteries Commission, Arena and Rand Water.<\/p>\n

Qualifying Times following Day 03 \u2013 17th<\/sup> FINA World Championships:<\/strong><\/p>\n