Four records broken at National Swimming Champs

THIS past weekend saw one individual and three relay records being broken at the Bank Windhoek National Swimming Championships held in Windhoek. The much anticipated swimming tournament saw 164 swimmers participate in 1 423 events over four days and concluded with the prize-giving at the Olympia Swimming Pool on Sunday.

In the Boys 11-12 50m backstroke, Jose Canjulo of Dolphins broke the previous record of 33,61 seconds with a new time of 33,50.

In the Boys 11-12 200m freestyle relay, the Dolphins A team of Quinn Ellis, Nico Esslinger, Oliver Ohm and Jose Canjulo broke the previous record of 2:07,32 with a new time of 2:03,92.

In the same age group the Dolphins A team of Ellis, Canjulo, Ohm and Daniel Drews broke the 200m Medley relay of 2:27,77 with a new time of 2:23,24.

In the Boys 13-14 200m Medley Relay, the Dolphins A team of Friedrich Setzkorn, Mikah Burger, Christopher de Jager and Hendrik Oosthuizen broke the previous record of 2:11,16 with a new time of 2:10,42.

Victoria Ellmies and Heleni Stergiadis, shared the Single Best Performance Trophy. Ellmies was awarded the trophy for her 200m freestyle and Stergiadis for the 200m Medley with each swimmer having accrued 589 International Swimming Federation (Fina) points.

“It is an honour to win this award. I would like to thank my coach, parents and all my team mates for encouraging and supporting me all the way,” said Ellmies.

Stergiadis was thankful and could not hide her excitement. “I am so proud of myself. We have been practicing really hard for the past few weeks and it paid off. Thanks to my dad and coach for motivating me to keep on swimming and thank God for keeping the light in my life,” said Stergiadis.

“Thank you Bank Windhoek for your continued support. This has allowed us to have our yearly National Long Course Championships. We are very happy with the results achieved by the swimmers considering the fact that they are not fully tapered. They are in the midst of the preparing for the upcoming international meets including the African Swimming Confederation (CANA) Zone 4 in Malawi and the South African Junior Nationals slated to take place next month,” said Namibia Swimming Union’s (NASU) spokesperson, Jurie Badenhorst.

“What we have seen over the past few days, makes us very proud,” concluded Badenhorst.

Victor and Victrix Ludorum Awards were also presented to the best swimmers at the tournament. They are:

Junior Victor Ludorum  

First Prize: Jose Canjulo – 168 points

Second Prize: Mikah Burger – 153 points

Third Prize: Oliver Durand – 109 points

Senior Victor Ludorum

First Prize: Ronan Wantenaar – 2848 Fina points

Second Prize: Corne Le Roux – 2559 Fina points

Third Prize: Jorn Diekmann – 2463 Fina points

Junior Victrix Ludorum

First Prize: Viktoria Ellmies – 155 points

Second Prize: Tiana Esslinger – 133 points

Third Prize: Danielle Mostert – 96 points

Senior Victrix Ludorum

First Prize: Heleni Stergiadis – 2922 Fina points

 

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