The Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) 3km swim championships at Settlers Dam on Sunday morning saw the much anticipated dual between defending SPAR River Mile champion Daniel Jones and current undefeated aQuellé Ocean Racing Series 1km champion Ian Venter.
Held in near perfect conditions in this tranquil fresh water dam just outside Grahamstown, swimmers from Border and Eastern Province went head to head over 3 laps of the 1km course with EP Swimmers Jones, Venter and Nicolas Adam breaking away from the start. In the final lap Venter managed to break up the threesome and crossed the winning line in 36 minutes and 22 seconds to take the 3km Championship title, just under 20 seconds ahead of Adam with Jones in a distant 3rd place.
In the Ladies 3km open water championship race it was St Francis Bay swimmer Amica De Jager who took the honours in 38 min 16 sec with Jessica Canter in 2nd place and Kirsten Marriott in 3rd place.
“Today’s 3km swim was very exciting and great to see some of EP’s top open water swimmers in action. It’s great to see the swimmers performing so well despite their busy training programs at the moment.” said race director Mike Zoetmulder of Zsports Events NPC. “Given today’s result, I think the SPAR River Mile in two week’s time is going to be a massive tussle between today’s podium placings and some of the region’s top pool swimmers like the Basson twins.”
Next Sunday the NMBA 5km Championships will take place at the same venue. This will also be the last round of the EC Swim Series and will include a 1km and 3km race. See www.ecswim.co.za for further information
Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics Summary Results
3km Open Water Swim Championships:
MEN: 1 Ian Venter (36:22.2); 2 Nicolas Adam (36:41.4); 3 Daniel Jones (37:22.7); 4 Dylan Smith (38:53.2); 5 Flippie Van Der Spuy (41:09.0); 6 Cole Craig (41:13.0); 7 Seth De Swardt (41:14.0); 8 Teko Khetsi (41:53.2); 9 Peter-
John Duffy (42:14.7); 10 Heath Field (42:43.0); 11 Josh Tucker (43:07.7); 12 Rhys Poovan (43:19.2); 13 Dieter Marais (44:05.4); 14 Matthew Stainferth (44:14.0); 15 Andrew Masterton (44:57.9); 16 Kuno Boettiger (45:45.4); 17
Martin Wolmarans (47:27.2); 18 Jordan Ramoo (48:58.5); 19 Stainferth Chris (49:55.9); 20 Rolf Kickhofel (52:42.7); 21 Ralph West (57:08.5);
LADIES: 1 Amica De Jager (38:16.2); 2 Jessica Canter (38:35.5); 3 Kirsten Marriott (39:23.5); 4 Hannah Haswell (40:29.0); 5 Erika Scheepers (42:38.5); 6 Paige Black (42:47.4); 7 Erin Jarvis (42:52.5); 8 Amy Mardon (43:08.2); 9
Rebecca Newman (43:08.3); 10 Tayla-Jade Van Huyssteen (44:06.5); 11 Madison Malherbe (44:08.5); 12 Michell Strydom (44:09.7); 13 Denise Bosman (44:26.0); 14 Jade Grobbelaar (44:55.4); 15 Amy Keech (45:49.9); 16 Sanchia Poovan (49:21.0); 17 Amy Rose Swart (53:36.0); 18 Megan Hobson (55:54.2); 19 Elizabeth Craig (57:20.0);
3km Disabled Swim:
MEN: 1 Jared Burger (45:50.2); 2 Stanford Slabbert (57:16.7);
3km Wetsuit Swim:
1 Terri-Lynn Penney (1:01:49.7);
5km Swim:
MEN: 1 Seth De Swardt (1:09:41.5); 2 Jarryd Holmes (1:11:35.0); 3 Alex Goddard (1:20:15.7); 4 Wade Van Rensburg (1:31:18.8); 5 Gareth Bosman (1:40:33.0);
LADIES: 1 Caro De Jager (1:12:11.8); 2 Nina Petra Bodisch (1:56:36.0);
1km Swim:
1 Cole Craig (14:12.2); 2 Alexia Loizou (15:57.2); 3 Connor Craig (16:40.8);
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