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The South African Open Water swimming team added 22 medals (12 gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze) to the country\u2019s tally during the second day of the CANA Zone IV Championships in Namibia today.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 14-15 age group 5km event, Dennis de Villiers, Connor Albertyn<\/strong> and Alex Wehmeyer<\/strong> walked away with the gold, silver and bronze in 01:04:28, 01:04:29 and 01:15.52 respectively, while on the ladies\u2019 side Leigh McMorran<\/strong> (01:04:23) and Catherine van Rensburg<\/strong> (01:05:20) were the gold and silver duo, while the bronze was claimed by Kenya\u2019s Nurayn Bagha<\/strong> in 01:28:43.<\/p>\n

Albertyn went one better and won the gold in the 3km race in 00:40:38 ahead of De Villiers in 00:41:33, with the bronze going to the Seychelles\u2019 Alain Vidot<\/strong> in 00:44:12, while on the ladies\u2019 side, Van Rensburg grabbed the gold in 00:41:39 ahead of McMorran in 00:41:55 and Zimbabwe\u2019s Ella Allardice<\/strong> managed the bronze in 00:47:13.<\/p>\n

The South Africans continued to dominate as Flippie van der Spuy, Zac Ellis<\/strong> and Muhammad Adam<\/strong> scooped the top three spots in the 16-18 age group 5km race in 01:02:53, 01:04:24 and 01:04:26, respectively, while Stephanie Houtman<\/strong> (01:04:41) and Tasneem Ebrahim<\/strong> (01:11:12) won the gold and silver in the ladies\u2019 event, with the bronze going to Namibia\u2019s Joanne Liebenberg<\/strong> in 01:13:20.<\/p>\n

Van der Spuy (00:40:57) and Ellis (00:41:34) also won the gold and silver in their respective 3km race with Namibia\u2019s Matthew Gertze<\/strong> finishing off the medal podium in 00:46:07, while Houtman (00:40:40) and Ebrahim (00:44:55) also made it double in the 3km, with Zimbabwe\u2019s Gemma Schonken<\/strong> winning the bronze in 00:48:26.<\/p>\n

Refiloe Masha<\/strong>o won the gold in the 19 and over 5km race in 01:04:25 with Namibia\u2019s Paddy Murphy a close second in 01:20:26, while Mashao also claimed the gold in the 3km event in 00:40:42, ahead of Namibia\u2019s Jureck Johannesson<\/strong> in 00:48:23.<\/p>\n

In the 12-13 age group 3km, Connor Jay<\/strong> was victorious in 00:46:17 with team-mate Tiara Finnis<\/strong> winning the ladies\u2019 race in 00:49:02.<\/p>\n

Check out more open water news here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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