Delie, Briedenhann win Aquapentahlon top prizes

Quinton Delie of Dolphins and Jonay Briedenhann of the Namibian Swimming Academy were the outstanding senior swimmers at the Coca-Cola Aquapentathlon in Windhoek and Swakopmund on Saturday, February 16.

Delie won the Senior Victor Ludorum trophy, while Briedenhann won the Senior Victrix Ludorum trophy. The Aquapentathlon tested swimmers’ versatility as they had to complete all four swimming strokes as well as the 200m Individual Medley.The winners in the various age groups were then adjudged according to their overall times for all the strokes combined.Delie won the senior male category with an overall time of 6:49:25, but he received strong competition from Rory Buck of NSA (6:53:11), Byron Briedenhann of NSA (7:07:14), Maximilian Siedentopf of NSA (7:15:22) and Tristan McDonald of NSA (7:19:28), who all finished within 30 seconds of Delie.Jonay Briedenhann won the senior female category in an excellent time of 7:26:53, followed by Daniela Lindemeier of Marlins (7:43:29), Christine Minders of Dolphins (7:53:91) and Vera Adrian of Dolphins (7:57:29).JUNIOR WINNERS JP Engelbrecht of Swakopmund and Christine Briedenhann of NSA won the Junior Victor and Victrix Ludorum trophies respectively.Engelbrecht won the Junior Male category in a combined time of 7:29:66, followed by Jean Michael Leitner of NSA (7:42:87) and David Deane Spall of NSA (7:51:97).Briedenhann won the Junior Female category after collecting the most points and winning all the events that she entered in the 11-12 year category.Vera Adrian of Dolphins also put in a good performance in the Girls 13-14 year category, wining in a combined time of 7:57:29, followed by Edith Wasserfall of Dolphins (8:03:25) and Nadine Arlove of Dolphins 8:03:93).The Coca-Cola Aquapentahlon was well attended with more than 100 swimmers from Under-9 level through to senior level participating in Windhoek and in Swakopmund.SPECIAL EVENTS GALA Christine Briedenhann set the best performance at a Special Events Gala at Windhoek’s Municipal Pool on Friday.She on the Girls 12 and Under 400m Individual Medley in an excellent time of 5:56:01, which was just outside Daniela Lindemeier’s national record of 5:54:32.Christine’s sister Jonay also set a good time in the Girls 17-18 400m Individual Medley.She won in a time of 5:28:68, which was about seven seconds off her national record.Christine Minders of Dolphins won the Girls 15-16 200m freestyle in 2:20:49, coming close to Anita Kruger’s national record of 2:12:65, while Byron Briedenhann won the Boys 15-16 200m backstroke in 2:26:91, coming within seven seconds of Tristan McDonald’s national record.- www.namibiasport.com.naThe Aquapentathlon tested swimmers’ versatility as they had to complete all four swimming strokes as well as the 200m Individual Medley.The winners in the various age groups were then adjudged according to their overall times for all the strokes combined.Delie won the senior male category with an overall time of 6:49:25, but he received strong competition from Rory Buck of NSA (6:53:11), Byron Briedenhann of NSA (7:07:14), Maximilian Siedentopf of NSA (7:15:22) and Tristan McDonald of NSA (7:19:28), who all finished within 30 seconds of Delie.Jonay Briedenhann won the senior female category in an excellent time of 7:26:53, followed by Daniela Lindemeier of Marlins (7:43:29), Christine Minders of Dolphins (7:53:91) and Vera Adrian of Dolphins (7:57:29).JUNIOR WINNERS JP Engelbrecht of Swakopmund and Christine Briedenhann of NSA won the Junior Victor and Victrix Ludorum trophies respectively.Engelbrecht won the Junior Male category in a combined time of 7:29:66, followed by Jean Michael Leitner of NSA (7:42:87) and David Deane Spall of NSA (7:51:97).Briedenhann won the Junior Female category after collecting the most points and winning all the events that she entered in the 11-12 year category.Vera Adrian of Dolphins also put in a good performance in the Girls 13-14 year category, wining in a combined time of 7:57:29, followed by Edith Wasserfall of Dolphins (8:03:25) and Nadine Arlove of Dolphins 8:03:93).The Coca-Cola Aquapentahlon was well attended with more than 100 swimmers from Under-9 level through to senior level participating in Windhoek and in Swakopmund.SPECIAL EVENTS GALA Christine Briedenhann set the best performance at a Special Events Gala at Windhoek’s Municipal Pool on Friday.She on the Girls 12 and Under 400m Individual Medley in an excellent time of 5:56:01, which was just outside Daniela Lindemeier’s national record of 5:54:32.Christine’s sister Jonay also set a good time in the Girls 17-18 400m Individual Medley.She won in a time of 5:28:68, which was about seven seconds off her national record.Christine Minders of Dolphins won the Girls 15-16 200m freestyle in 2:20:49, coming close to Anita Kruger’s national record of 2:12:65, while Byron Briedenhann won the Boys 15-16 200m backstroke in 2:26:91, coming within seven seconds of Tristan McDonald’s national record.- www.namibiasport.com.na