{"id":502644,"date":"2022-04-12T13:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=502644"},"modified":"2022-04-12T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T20:39:51","slug":"led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pieter Coetze<\/strong> earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha last week.<\/p>\n<p>Coetze and eight other swimmers grabbed 17 automatic qualifying times for Worlds in Budapest and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The group ran the gamut from Olympic champions like <strong>Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong> and <strong>Chad le Clos<\/strong> to fast-rising junior swimmers like <strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> and <strong>Lara van Niekerk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First Coetze, who stamped himself as a contender in backstroke events this summer. He won the 100 back on the meet\u2019s first day, with a quickest time of 53.96 seconds in prelims, to earn an auto cut. He set a time of 22.15 seconds off the front of Aquatics Gauteng Tshwane\u2019s 200 free relay, then won the event in 22.34 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>He added a 50 back cut, his best time a 24.94 from prelims. He eschewed the 200 back final to focus on the 50 free but he nevertheless attained the A cut in a time trial, going 1:56.92. His previous best from last summer was 1:58.33.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bit faster than I expected because building up to these trials I did more sprint training for the 100 and the 50, so to get the 200 and to get it that comfortably was very nice,\u201d Coetze <a href=\"http:\/\/swimsa.org\/news\/sates-wraps-up-sa-championships-with-fourth-national-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Swimming South Africa<\/a>. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t unexpected \u2013 I was going for it \u2013 but to go a 1:56 was crazy so I\u2019m really happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Sates continued to do his usual bit in dominant form. He started the meet by winning the 400 individual medley in 3:49.37, a B cut. He also won the 100 free in 48.97, a B cut. He was also second to Le Clos in the 100 fly in 52.06.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Georgia freshman threatened his personal best in the 200 free in 1:46.15 on the meet\u2019s second day to secure an A cut, just .04 off his best time. He added an auto cut in the 200 IM, going 1:58.37.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy with it,\u201d Sates said. \u201cComing back from America and getting back into long course, it\u2019s all a work in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Le Clos is guaranteed to swim the 100 and 200 fly in Budapest. He\u2019s a two-time world champ in both distances. Le Clos went from the third seed in prelims of the 100 fly tow in in 51.88, nipping Sates at the wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt is a superstar,&#8221; Le Clos said. &#8220;I was happy to get the win of course because it was quite a tight race. I was nervous, I knew he was coming at me because he\u2019s been finishing like a beast the last couple of races\u2026 but I\u2019m very happy with the win and hopefully both of us can move forward with this event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Le Clos blitzed the field in the 200 fly, winning in 1:55.75. He also won the 50 fly in 23.93, three tenths off the auto time.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 50 free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-african-olympic-finalist-brad-tandy-announces-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proved a valedictory swim<\/a> for Olympic finalist <strong>Brad Tandy<\/strong>, who finished third. In between was <strong>Michael Houlie<\/strong> in 23.01 seconds. That won\u2019t get him to Worlds, but his winning time in the 50 breaststroke of 27.22 will.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s competition, which will send five to Worlds, provided the most intrigue. It began on the days first meet with Lara van Niekerk upsetting Schoenmaker in the 50 breaststroke. Both times were under the FINA A standard, but the 18-year-old Van Niekerk got to the wall first in 30.60 seconds, with Schoenmaker .27 back.<\/p>\n<p>Schoenmaker got her win two days later in the 200 breast, the event in which she\u2019s the reigning champ. She went 2:24.01, and both she and fellow Olympic finalist <strong>Kaylene Corbett<\/strong> (2:24.66) are bound for Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>In the 100 breast showdown, though, Van Niekerk downed pulled another upset on the Tokyo silver medalist, clocking in at 1:05.67. Both she and Schoenmaker\u2019s 1:06.06 earned Worlds spots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was expecting a 1:05 but not that quick,&#8221; Van Niekerk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/239444916077713\/posts\/5165180526837436\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;I was expecting a 1:05.9 so I\u2019m super-happy. I surprised myself and I think a lot of people in the stands. I was really nervous before, just knowing she\u2019s an Olympic silver medalist in the 100 and she\u2019s always very strong coming back. I always go out fast, so I knew coming back I had to go into another gear and just try my best and keep holding on so I\u2019m really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aimee Canny<\/strong> started the meet by getting to Worlds in the 200 free her time of 1:58.34 under the A standard. The Tokyo Olympian and University of Virginia commit also won the 100 free in 54.71, just .46 off the auto cut.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019ll be joined by sprinter <strong>Emma Chelius,<\/strong> who took two chances to get her auto cut. The 25-year-old won the individual event in 25.08, .04 off the A standard, but led off the KwaZulu Natal 200 free relay in 24.95 to formally qualify.<\/p>\n<p>The meet presented a chance for a handful of international swimmers. British swimmer <strong>Max Litchfield<\/strong> was second in the 400 free, 200 free, 200 IM (all to Sates) and 200 fly (to Le Clos), all in solid consideration times for Worlds. Indian swimmer <strong>Anish Gowda<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 800 free.<\/p>\n<h4>South African Worlds\/Commonwealth Games qualifiers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Aimee Canny (women\u2019s 200 freestyle)<\/li>\n<li>Emma Chelius (women\u2019s 50 freestyle)<\/li>\n<li>Kaylene Corbett (women\u2019s 200 breaststroke)<\/li>\n<li>Tatjana Schoenmaker (women\u2019s 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke)<\/li>\n<li>Lara van Niekerk (women\u2019s 50 and 100 breaststroke)<\/li>\n<li>Pieter Coetze (men\u2019s 50, 100, and 200 backstroke, and 50 freestyle)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Houlie (men\u2019s 50 breaststroke)<\/li>\n<li>Chad le Clos (men\u2019s 100 and 200 butterfly)<\/li>\n<li>Matt Sates (men\u2019s 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":469403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[130625,67526,30518,25134,67532,52981,67528,124212,35382,61016,128092,130711,34958],"class_list":["post-502644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-2022-fina-world-championships-budapest","tag-aimee-canny","tag-brad-tandy","tag-chad-le-clos","tag-emma-chelius","tag-kaylene-corbett","tag-lara-van-niekerk","tag-matt-sates","tag-max-litchfield","tag-michael-houlie","tag-pieter-coetze","tag-south-africa-swimming-championships","tag-tatjana-schoenmaker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1957\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1201\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\"},\"wordCount\":911,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2022 FINA World Championships Budapest\",\"Aimee Canny\",\"Brad Tandy\",\"Chad Le Clos\",\"Emma Chelius\",\"Kaylene Corbett\",\"Lara van Niekerk\",\"Matt Sates\",\"Max Litchfield\",\"Michael Houlie\",\"Pieter Coetze\",\"South Africa Swimming Championships\",\"Tatjana Schoenmaker\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\",\"name\":\"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg\",\"width\":1957,\"height\":1201,\"caption\":\"Pieter Coetze. Photo Courtesy: Swimming South Africa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs","description":"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs","og_description":"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1957,"height":1201,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs","datePublished":"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/"},"wordCount":911,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","keywords":["2022 FINA World Championships Budapest","Aimee Canny","Brad Tandy","Chad Le Clos","Emma Chelius","Kaylene Corbett","Lara van Niekerk","Matt Sates","Max Litchfield","Michael Houlie","Pieter Coetze","South Africa Swimming Championships","Tatjana Schoenmaker"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/","name":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-12T20:39:51+00:00","description":"Pieter Coetze earned auto qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships in four events at the SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","width":1957,"height":1201,"caption":"Pieter Coetze. Photo Courtesy: Swimming South Africa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/led-by-pieter-coetze-nine-south-africans-book-worlds-spots-at-champs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Led by Pieter Coetze, Nine South Africans book Worlds Spots at Champs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Pieter Coetze. Photo Courtesy: Swimming South Africa","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pieter-Coetze.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-26La","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}