The EPA Swim Challenge Series for 2010/11 finished over the weekend at Marina Martinique with Round 5. Kouga swim club coach, Brenton Williams, had an exceptionally great weekend, winning the 10km Insight Properties swim and the Men’s 5km Jeffreys Bay News swim and placing 3rd overall in the 1km swim. Caro de Jager, 16, had an equally successful weekend, winning both the 3km and 5km swims in near perfect weather.
In Saturday’s well supported 10km swim, Williams won in a time of 2hrs 51min 22sec from Jeffreys Bay’s JC Van Wyk and PE’s Kevin Grey with Denise Bosman winning the ladies race in 3:13:44 from Glenda lee Thomas who completed her first 10km swim in 4:07:15.
East London’s Jacqui Phayre enjoyed a comfortable win in the 5km swim in a time of 1hr 17min with Williams’ crossing some 3 minutes later ahead of 2nd place lady, Tammy Geyer with Jonathan Mandell finishing 2nd in the men’s race with Andrew Stewart in 3rd place. Mary-anne Stott placed 3rd in the ladies 5km race.
The next open water swim at Marina Martinique will be the South African open water swimming nationals on Sunday 17th and Monday 18th April where South Africa’s top open water swimmers including Olympians Chad Ho and Natalie Du Toit will be see in action.
Results: EPA Swim Challenge Series at Marina Martinique, 26 March 2011
10km Insight Properties Swim
Men: 1 Brenton Williams 2:51:22; 2 JC Van Wyk 2:51:24; 3 Kevin Grey 2:58:01; 4 Ralph West 3:00:06; 5 Mark Cooper 3:39:36;
Ladies: 1 Denise Bosman 3:13:44; 2 Glenda lee Thomas 4:07:15;
5km Jeffreys Bay Swim
Men: 1 Brenton Williams 1:21:34; 2 Jonathan Mandell 1:29:47; 3 Andrew Stewart 1:34:35; 4 Stanford Slabbert 1:36:34;
Ladies: 1 Jacqui Phayre 1:17:04; 2 Tammy Geyer 1:21:41; 3 Mary-anne Stott 1:31:07;
40-49 Men: 1 Brenton Williams 1:21:34; 2 Jonathan Mandell 1:29:47; 3 Andrew Stewart 1:34:35;
50-59 Men: 1 Stanford Slabbert 1:36:34;
3km Cirrus Swim
Men: 1 Alan Searle 50:57; 2 Francis Searle 52:41; 3 Chris Viljoen 58:43; 4 Rudi Van tonder 1:08:16; 5 Reon Van rensburg 1:09:04;
Ladies: 1 Caro De jager 43:20; 2 Anze Zeelie 46:09; 3 Tiemke Rijpstra 48:10; 4 Adele Hunter-smith 52:14; 5 Melanie Gertenbach 52:21; 6 Elsa Craig 54:37; 7 Maria Stott 1:16:27;
40-49 Ladies: 1 Adele Hunter-smith 52:14; 2 Melanie Gertenbach 52:21;
50-59 Men: 1 Francis Searle 52:41; 2 Chris Viljoen 58:43;
50-59 Ladies: 1 Elsa Craig 54:37; 2 Maria Stott 1:16:27;
1km Swim
Men: 1 JC Van Wyk 14:50; 2 Nick Reen 15:02; 3 Brenton Williams 16:23; 4 Ben Genis 18:13; 5 Garth Wooding 21:44;
Ladies: 1 Caro De jager 13:54; 2 Chantelle O’kennedy 18:21; 3 Sally Waterworth 21:40; 4 Michelle Richmond 22:27;
40-49 Men: 1 JC Van Wyk 14:50; 2 Brenton Williams 16:23;
50-59 Men: 1 Nick Reen 15:02; 2 Garth Wooding 21:44;
500m Swim
Boys: 1 Pieter Ellis 07:24; 2 Danie Ellis 07:35; 3 Andre Saunders 08:11; 4 Dillon Wooding 09:26; 5 Luke Calitz 10:55;
Girls: 1 Rebecca Baard 07:47; 2 Kaylyn Wooding 11:04;
Kids Bank-Bank Swim
Boys: 1 Murray Hunter-smith 00:20; 2 Tristan Zoetmulder 00:25; 3 Roland Van Wyk 00:27; 4 Ferdinand Roth 00:32; 5 Christian Van wyk 00:46;
Girls: 1 Tegan Hunter-smith 00:34; 2 Claudia Zoetmulder 00:43; 3 Leah Saunders 00:48.
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