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Her time of 2:10.39 is an automatic qualifying time for the 2025 World Championships. It lowers the South African mark she has set four times, trimming the 2:10.67 she swam at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Second was <strong>Aimee Canny<\/strong> in 2:16.05, a Worlds B cut.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimsa.org\/disciplines\/swimming\/events-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimsa.org\/disciplines\/swimming\/events-1\/2025\/sa-national-swimming-championships-newton-park-swimming-pool-gqeberha-9-13-april-2025\/sanat-2025_psych-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/matt-sates-starts-south-african-championships-with-200-free-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South African Swimming Night 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The women\u2019s 50 backstroke delivered an outstanding race, a fitting way to celebrate its inclusion in the Olympic program this week. de Villiers went 28.25 to win. Second was <strong>Jessica Thompson<\/strong> in 28.29, with <strong>Olivia Nel<\/strong> third in 28.42. All three times, plus fourth-place <strong>Milla Drakopoulos<\/strong> in 29.01, hit the Worlds consideration standard. De Villiers and Thompson were under the South African record of 28.37 set by <strong>Tayla Jonker<\/strong> at Worlds last year. Jonker was fifth on Thursday in 29.24.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Sates<\/strong> added another pair of wins, doing the 200 IM\/200 fly double. The 21-year-old got under the A standard in the IM with a time of 1:58.83. His time was 5.5 seconds quicker than <strong>Kian Keylock<\/strong> in second. Sates booked a Worlds B cut in the 200 fly in 1:57.71, edging <strong>Kris Mihaylov<\/strong> by just under a half second.<\/p>\n<p>Mihaylov, a 17-year-old who is a Class of 2026 commit to the University of Virginia, dropped a massive best time, going 2:03.28 in prelims, then 1:58.18 in finals. He had entered with a 2:13 seed time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pieter Coetzee<\/strong> stated his case for an Olympic spot in the men\u2019s 50 back, with a time of 24.78 to win the final. He was quicker in the morning at 24.58. Both are Worlds A cuts. Coetzee is still chasing the super-suited African record of 24.34 set in 2009 by <strong>Gerhard Zandberg<\/strong> that stands as the national mark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonah Pool-Jones<\/strong> was second in 25.70, while <strong>Ruard van Renen<\/strong> finished third. He had been 25.52 in prelims but was fourth tenths slower at night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dune Coetzee<\/strong> went 2:14.74 to win the women\u2019s 200 fly, three tenths up on <strong>Jaime Mote<\/strong> but shy of the Worlds B standard. The 1,500 freestyle were also contested, with <strong>Catherine van Rensburg<\/strong> winning the women\u2019s race in 16:39.99, a Worlds consideration cut, and <strong>Matthew Caldwell<\/strong> taking the men\u2019s in 15:37.17.<\/p>\n<p>In paraswimming events, <strong>Naseerah du Toit<\/strong> lowered her S8 100 fly record for the second time to 1:47.38. <strong>Christian Sadie<\/strong> improved his S7 national mark in the 50 free from the Paris Paralympics, while <strong>James Willers<\/strong> claimed an S10 200 fly mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Meder, Michaela de Villiers Set Records at South African Championships Rebecca Meder and Michaela de Villiers set national records in the second day of the South African National 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