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Coetze clocked 52.78 to win the 100 back, beating his previous best time of 52.99 as well as the previous African record. Coetze&#8217;s progression could quickly help him become a senior-level backstroke medal contender. Already, Coetze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pieter-coetze-tops-field-as-swimming-world-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was named the African Male Swimmer of the Year for 2022<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pieter-coetze-commits-to-swimming-in-college-at-cal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he has committed to a college swimming career at Cal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the current star of South African swimming looks set to return to the World Championships after missing last year&#8217;s edition of the meet.\u00a0<strong>Tatjana Schoenmaker<\/strong>, the Olympic champion and world-record holder in the 200 breaststroke and the Olympic silver medalist in the 100 breast, won the shorter distance Monday in 1:05.89, more than a second shy of her continental record of 1:04.82 but actually quicker than the winning time from last year&#8217;s World Championships, the 1:05.93 posted by Italy&#8217;s <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lara Van Niekerk<\/strong>, who was the Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the 100 breast last year (with Schoenmaker taking silver) placed second here in 1:06.74, well short of her 2022 best of 1:05.47, while\u00a0<strong>Kaylene Corbett<\/strong>, the fifth-place finisher in the 200 breast at the Tokyo Olympics, took third in 1:08.57.<\/p>\n<p>In other events.\u00a0<strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> opened up his competition with a win in the 200 free, although his time of 1:47.92 was a second-and-a-half off his lifetime best(1:46.42). The women&#8217;s equivalent race went to <strong>Aimee Canny<\/strong>, who is fresh off helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/virginia-dominates-ncaa-womens-championships-wins-third-consecutive-team-title-in-mind-blowing-fashion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the University of Virginia women clinch an NCAA team title<\/a>. Canny, who swam on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-virginia-wins-800-free-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two winning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-virginia-cruises-to-victory-in-400-medley-relay-closing-in-on-relay-sweep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA relays<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-championships-taylor-ruck-repeats-as-200-free-champ-with-swim-that-added-fuel-to-the-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finished second in the individual 200-yard free at the NCAA Championships<\/a>, swam a time of 1:58.20 in prelims to beat her seed time by a whopping six seconds, and she returned to win the final in 1:57.82, with <strong>Dune Coetzee<\/strong> (1:59.05) and <strong>Erin Gallagher\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.50) rounding out the top three.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners on the first night included\u00a0<strong>Matthew Randle<\/strong> in the men&#8217;s 100 breast (1:01.54, with\u00a0<strong>Michael Houlie<\/strong> second in 1:01.49) and\u00a0<strong>Olivia Nel<\/strong> in the women&#8217;s 100 back (1:02.22). Action in <a href=\"http:\/\/swimsa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gqeberha<\/a> continues through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pieter Coetze, Tatjana Schoenmaker Post Quick 100s on Opening Day of South African Championships As South Africa&#8217;s national championships got underway Wednesday in Gqeberha, a pair of the country&#8217;s 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