13 July 2011
Windhoek — Local swimmers achieved a significant number of excellent results at the NASU Short Course Gala 3 event in Windhoek last weekend.
A total of 94 swimmers participated in this event that saw six Namibian records tumbling while a good chunk of the swimmers set new personal best times.
Quinton Delie of Dolphins, who studies at the University of Pretoria and trains at the High Performance Centre, was the top performer in the competition.
The talented swimmer missed his own 100m freestyle record, which he set at the FINA World Championships in Dubai in December 2010, with 1/100 second.
Quinton and Christine Briedenhann dominated the FINA points list as they collected the top 7 FINA points – an indication that the pair is well prepared for the forthcoming 14th edition of the FINA World Championships, in Shanghai, China later this month.
The following records were set during the gala:
Christine Briedenhann (age 15) of Namib Swimming Academy set two records in the Girls 15-16 age group category. She broke the 50m freestyle record of 27.98 seconds with a new time of 27.58, while she also broke the 100m freestyle record of 1:00.90 with a new time of 59.57.
The 8-year old HeleniStergiadis of Dolphins broke Zune Weber’s 50m freestyle record of 40.33 seconds in the Girls 8 & under, in a new time of 40.00.
Kari van der Vaart (age 17) also from Dolphins, broke Christine Minders’ 400m IM record of 5:41.15 seconds, in a new time of 5:33.95.
In the Boys 15-16 age group 400m IM event, ChristiaanLamprecht of Namib Swimming Academy (NSA) broke the old record of 5:27.66 held by Forian Hentzen, in a new time of 5:23.54.
In the Girls 11-12age group 100m backstroke event, ZanreOberholzer of Namib Swimming Academy (NSA) broke the old record of 1:15.90held by Christine Briedenhann, with a new time of 1:13.73.
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