Amanda and Natalie Take SA to the Top
SA Olympic swim star Amanda Loots set a championship record and Natalie du Toit won the 5km Open Swim on the final day of swimming pool action at the 9th African Swimming Championships held at Ellis Park Aquatics Centre yesterday.
Roe’s Record as Jessica Bags Three
Port Elizabeth-based teenage swim star Jessica Liss on her way to a 50 metres breaststroke heats win, at the Telkom SA National Group 3 Championships at the Joan Harrison Swimming Pool in East London on Wednesday. Port Elizabeth’s teenage swim sensation Jessica Liss declared her biggest weakness, but not before bagging gold in the 50 […]
Victorious Jessicas Heat up the Pool
Dominique Dryding powers her way to victory in the 15 years category 400 metres freestyle in the Telkom SA National Level 3 Championships, at the Joan Harrison Swimming Pool in East London on Tuesday evening. SA 200 and 400 metres individual medley record-holder Jessica Pengelly cruised to victory in the ladies 16 years category 400 […]
Jessica Smashes Own SA Record
Jessica Pengelly looks at the clock in disbelief after smashing her own SA 400 metres IM record at the University of the Western Cape. Picture: Barry Lamprecht Western Province teenage swim sensation Jessica Pengelly battled to contain her surprise after smashing her national 400 metres individual medley record, in front of a vocal crowd at […]
Top Swimmers Aim for Fast Times
Fifteen-year-old freestyle swim star Dominique Dryding will be among the who’s who of local swimmers at the Samsung Swimming Grand Prix, at the University of the Western Cape on Saturday and Sunday. The Cape Town-based teenage pair of Chanelle van Wyk and Dominique Dryding will be among a wave of top black swimmers out to […]
Louise Chases Natalie in Open Water
South African swimming sensation Natalie du Toit on her way to another comfortable win, but 17-year old challenger Louise Smythe is not content to remain a runner-up for long. Picture courtesy Forever Marketing The inaugural Telkom SA National Open Water Championships was held at the picturesque Mofam River Lodge near Elgin in the Western Cape […]
Swim SA Announce Egypt Squad
Chanelle van Wyk, photographed recently at the Telkom SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg, has been included in the SA national swimming squad hoping to represent South Africa at the African Junior Championships in Cairo, Egypt. Swimming SA today announced its Junior National Squads in Johannesburg on Tuesday, as the race for places in the […]