{"id":609851,"date":"2025-04-12T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=609851"},"modified":"2025-04-12T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:00:44","slug":"michael-houlie-chris-smith-headed-to-worlds-after-fast-south-african-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-houlie-chris-smith-headed-to-worlds-after-fast-south-african-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Houlie, Chris Smith Headed to Worlds after Fast South African Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Houlie, Chris Smith Headed to Worlds after Fast South African Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Houlie<\/strong> and Chris Smith<\/strong> are both headed to the World Aquatics Championships after putting down fast times at the South African Senior Championships Saturday.<\/p>\n

Both swimmers got their cuts in prelims, where Smith went 26.98 and Houlie 26.90 to get under the auto standard of 27.33. Houlie replicated his time at night to win the title, with Smith second in 27.11.<\/p>\n

Simone Moll<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 50 breaststroke at backstroke Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha. Her time of 31.33 was slower than the 31.15 from prelims, and she fell shy of the auto qualifying cut of 30.75. Kaylene Corbett<\/strong> was second in 31.62, while the event was missing Lara van Niekerk,<\/strong> who is missing the meet with an injury.<\/p>\n