{"id":625142,"date":"2025-10-24T13:50:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=625142"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:59:05","slug":"milou-van-wijk-among-the-winners-as-dutch-s-c-championships-get-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/milou-van-wijk-among-the-winners-as-dutch-s-c-championships-get-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Milou van Wijk Among The Winners As Dutch s\/c Championships Get Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milou van Wijk Among The Winners As Dutch s\/c Championships Get Underway<\/h4>\n

Milou van Wijk<\/strong> won the women’s 100 free as 13 qualification times for the continental showcase in December were swum at the Dutch Short Course Championships in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

Van Wijk, who led off the Dutch 4×1 quartet who won bronze at the World Championships in Singapore, was the only woman inside 53secs in 52.52 to go well inside the 53.78 QT. Freya Anderson<\/strong> of Great Britain was next home in 53.05 with Yara van Kalmthout<\/strong> also staking her claim in 53.48.<\/p>\n

The short-course Europeans take place in Lublin, Poland, in December with\u00a0Tessa Giele<\/strong> booking two slots with a 30.17 effort in the 50 breaststroke and second in the 50 fly in 25.45 behind winner Maaike de Waard<\/strong> (25.22).<\/p>\n

Brandon van den Berg<\/strong> went 46.97 in the men’s 100 free followed by Sean Niewold<\/strong> (47.11) followed home by Duncan Scott<\/strong> (47.26) and Josha Salchow<\/strong> (47.64) with Merlin Belmon’s 47.94 enough to book a slot on the plane.<\/p>\n

Jason van den Berg<\/strong> made it a golden evening for the Van Den Berg siblings when he won the 50 breast in 26.12 – within the QT – followed by Koen de Groot<\/strong> (26.16) with Arno Kamminga<\/strong> – now based in Hong Kong – back in Dutch competition and inside the QT in 26.30.<\/p>\n

Tiago Gomes<\/strong> took the men’s 800 free in 7:48.09 with Marte Hieke van der Kamp<\/strong> inside the women’s QT in 8:26.83.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Katie Shanahan<\/strong> enjoyed double gold in the 200 back (2:04.56) and 200IM (2:07.77).<\/p>\n