Great performances at swimming championships

Dolphins Swimming Club won the overall club competition at the National Swimming Championships over the weekend, although the Namibia Swimming Academy won the most gold medals.

Dolphins won a total of 163 medals, followed by NSA with 92 and Marlins Swimming Club with 52 medals. NSA however came first in the gold medals tally, winning 48, just ahead of Dolphins who won 47 and Marlins who won 17 golds.Swakopmund Swimming Team came fourth with eight gold medals and a total of 29 medals, and Oranjemund Sand Sharks came fifth with eight gold medals and 16 medals overall.Dolphins came first in the points classification with a total of 2 448 points, followed by NSA on 1 311, Marlins on 783, Swakopmund on 641 and Oranjemund on 239 points.A BIG TURNOUT The championships, which were sponsored by Alexander Forbes and Hollard Insurance, were highly successful, taking place over four days and involving more than 1 000 swimmers from Windhoek, Swakopmund and Oranjemund.Seven new Namibian records were established and the competition was extremely tough as swimmers in all the age groups provided some excellent races which had the fans on the edge of their seats.In the boys’ 15-16 year age group, Tristan McDonald of NSA established two records, Quinton Delie of Dolphins one and Byron Briedenhann of NSA one.McDonald broke Stefan van Zijl’s 800m freestyle record by nearly 10 seconds with a new time of 9:26:11, while he also shaved more than a second off his 200m backstroke record with a new time of 2:19,67.This was also a new open record.Delie broke his own 200m freestyle record of 2:03,78 with a new time of 2:03,08.Briedenhann set a new 50m butterfly record for Boys 15-16.Swakopmund Swimming Team set a new record of 1:56,71 in the Boys’ 13-14 200m freestyle relay event, breaking one of the oldest records in Namibia in the process.The previous record of 1:57,20 was established by the South West Africa team in 1976.The Dolphins team set a new record in the Girls’ 13-14 200m freestyle relay event with a new time of 2:01,94, which broke another long-standing record, set by the SWA team in 1989.DELIE, BRIEDENHANN Delie won the Senior Victor Ludorum trophy, while Jonay Briedenhann of NSA won the Senior Victrix Ludorum trophy.JP Engelbrecht of Swakopmund took home the Junior Victor Ludorum trophy while Vera Adrian of Dolphins won the Junior Victrix Ludorum trophy.Rory Buck of the NSA was also a star performer, winning trophies in seven events, but as a South African, he didn’t qualify for the overall Victor Ludorum award.Buck was the senior male champion in the 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly and 200m individual medley events, while Delie was the senior male champion in the 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly events.Tristan McDonald was the senior male champion in the 400m and 800m freestyle and 200m backstroke events, while Byron Briedenhann of NSA was the senior male champion in the 50m and 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly events.In the senior female category, Jonay Briedenhann won eight trophies, winning the 50m and 200m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m and 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley events.Christine Minders of Dolphins won trophies in the 100m, 400m and 800m freestyle events, while Daniela Lindemeier of Marlins won trophies in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events.The top performances in terms of the international FINA points system were established by Buck and Jonay Briedenhann.Buck obtained 680 FINA points for winning the 50m freestyle in a time of 31,29 seconds and 655 points for winning the 200m breaststroke in 2:29:99.Briedenhann obtained 653 FINA points for winning the 200m freestyle in 2:15:19.namibiasportNSA however came first in the gold medals tally, winning 48, just ahead of Dolphins who won 47 and Marlins who won 17 golds.Swakopmund Swimming Team came fourth with eight gold medals and a total of 29 medals, and Oranjemund Sand Sharks came fifth with eight gold medals and 16 medals overall.Dolphins came first in the points classification with a total of 2 448 points, followed by NSA on 1 311, Marlins on 783, Swakopmund on 641 and Oranjemund on 239 points.A BIG TURNOUT The championships, which were sponsored by Alexander Forbes and Hollard Insurance, were highly successful, taking place over four days and involving more than 1 000 swimmers from Windhoek, Swakopmund and Oranjemund.Seven new Namibian records were established and the competition was extremely tough as swimmers in all the age groups provided some excellent races which had the fans on the edge of their seats.In the boys’ 15-16 year age group, Tristan McDonald of NSA established two records, Quinton Delie of Dolphins one and Byron Briedenhann of NSA one.McDonald broke Stefan van Zijl’s 800m freestyle record by nearly 10 seconds with a new time of 9:26:11, while he also shaved more than a second off his 200m backstroke record with a new time of 2:19,67.This was also a new open record.Delie broke his own 200m freestyle record of 2:03,78 with a new time of 2:03,08.Briedenhann set a new 50m butterfly record for Boys 15-16.Swakopmund Swimming Team set a new record of 1:56,71 in the Boys’ 13-14 200m freestyle relay event, breaking one of the oldest records in Namibia in the process.The previous record of 1:57,20 was established by the South West Africa team in 1976.The Dolphins team set a new record in the Girls’ 13-14 200m freestyle relay event with a new time of 2:01,94, which broke another long-standing record, set by the SWA team in 1989.DELIE, BRIEDENHANN Delie won the Senior Victor Ludorum trophy, while Jonay Briedenhann of NSA won the Senior Victrix Ludorum trophy.JP Engelbrecht of Swakopmund took home the Junior Victor Ludorum trophy while Vera Adrian of Dolphins won the Junior Victrix Ludorum trophy.Rory Buck of the NSA was also a star performer, winning trophies in seven events, but as a South African, he didn’t qualify for the overall Victor Ludorum award.Buck was the senior male champion in the 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly and 200m individual medley events, while Delie was the senior male champion in the 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly events.Tristan McDonald was the senior male champion in the 400m and 800m freestyle and 200m backstroke events, while Byron Briedenhann of NSA was the senior male champion in the 50m and 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly events.In the senior female category, Jonay Briedenhann won eight trophies, winning the 50m and 200m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m and 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley events.Christine Minders of Dolphins won trophies in the 100m, 400m and 800m freestyle events, while Daniela Lindemeier of Marlins won trophies in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events.The top performances in terms of the international FINA points system were established by Buck and Jonay Briedenhann.Buck obtained 680 FINA points for winning the 50m freestyle in a time of 31,29 seconds and 655 points for winning the 200m breaststroke in 2:29:99.Briedenhann obtained 653 FINA points for winning the 200m freestyle in 2:15:19.namibiasport