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A Feast of Medals for Local Swimmer, Ashton Volkwyn

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Ashton Volkwyn
Ashton Volkwyn – Breaststroke CANA Champ 2018. Photo: Courtesy Yazeed Le Roux

Pearson High Schol pupil, Ashton Volkwyn, returned to Port Elizabeth on Sunday with a feast of four medals.

Volkwyn recently took part in the CANA (Confederation Africaine de Natation Amateur) Zone 4 Invitational Swimming Championships held in Lilongwe, Malawi 21 to 24 March 2018. Amongst the 17 South African swimmers accompanying Volkwyn were fellow Eastern Cape representatives; Swimmer Keagon Mnyaka and Team Manager, JD van der Walt.

CANA Zone 4 country members include: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

SwimSA announced the team on 15 February 2018. Participation in the event was self funded by the athletes in the amount of R20 000.00 each.

At the event Ashton Volkwyn made short shrift of her opponents swimming to Gold in three events – 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke. And to top it off Ashton garnered Silver in the 4x100m Mixed Medley.

A fine result for local swimming.

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