This past Sunday’s swimming action at Marina Martinique saw lots of SA qualifying times with swimmers from around the country in attendance at Round 2 of the Swimming SA sanctioned EC Swim Series.
The 10km swim was won by Cape Town swimmers Rudolf Visser (1:58:04) and Amy Barnes (2:19:02) whilst in the 5km swim was won by St Francis Bay swimmer Amica De Jager (1:03:01) and Port Elizabeth swimmer Credence Pattinson (1:03:09). In the Men’s 5km division, Cole Craig (1:06:46) placed 2nd and JC Van Wik (1:16:01) third whilst in the ladies it was Cape Town swimmer Kiara Barnes (1:06:06) who finished 2nd ahead of Knysna’s Tiemke Rijpstra (1:18:47). In a very competitive 3km Swim Ian Venter managed to stay ahead to claim the gold medal in 38 min 04 secs ahead of Slater Black and Daniel Jones whilst Jessica Beukes took the ladies title in 38:14 ahead of Jessica Canter and Payton Horton.
In the 1km swim Wietske Van Der Westhuizen got gold ahead of Connor Craig and Alan Searle with Tayla-Pagie Lacey wining the ladies gold from Melanie Black and Astrid Pye.
This Sunday morning sees action return to Hobie Beach for Round 3 of the aQuellé Ocean Racing Series with 7 events on offer including a 5km Beach Run, 5km Beach Walk, Kids (12u) 1km Beach Run and a 400m, 1km, 2km & 3km Ocean Swim. See www.zsports.co.za for full results from Sunday’s EC Swim and to register for the aQuellé Ocean Racing Series.
SUMMARY RESULTS – Sunday 6th November, Round 2
10km Swim
Men: 1 Rudolf Visser (1:58:04);
Ladies: 1 Amy Barnes (2:19:02);
5km Swim
Men: 1 Credence Pattinson (1:03:09); 2 Cole Craig (1:06:46); 3 Jc Van Wik (1:16:01); 4 Gerhard Wilsnach (1:44:47);
Ladies: 1 Amica De Jager (1:03:01); 2 Kiara Barnes (1:06:06); 3 Tiemke Rijpstra (1:18:47); 4 Nina Petra Bodisch (1:44:49);
3km Swim
Men: 1 Venter Ian (38:04.5); 2 Slater Black (38:06.7); 3 Daniel Jones (38:13.2); 4 Jaden Delport (38:18.3); 5 Fliippie Van Der Spuy (38:40.5); 6 Josh Tucker (39:38.0); 7 Brandon Chapman (39:51.2); 8 Pj Duffy (43:13.1); 9 Heinrich Vorster (44:47.0); 10 Vilem Horak (44:54.3);
Ladies: 1 Jessica Beukes (38:14.3); 2 Jessica Canter (38:40.2); 3 Payton Horton (41:33.3); 4 Kiara Barnes (41:47.3); 5 Jessica Booth (42:47.1); 6 Paige Black (42:48.5); 7 Tasneen Ebrahim (42:57.2); 8 Tayla-Jade Van Huyssteen (44:36.8); 9 Denise Bosman (44:56.3); 10 Michell Strydom (44:57.2);
3km Wetsuit Swim:
Men: 1 Kenneth Pattinson (49:35.7);
1km Swim
Men: 1 Wietske Van Der Westhuizen (16:15.1); 2 Connor Craig (17:01.1); 3 Alan Searle (17:04.6); 4 Noah De Swardt (17:28.6); 5 Rolf Kickhofel (17:48.5); 6 Garth Perry (18:11.7); 7 John Wilson (20:03.1); 8 Karel Otto Marais (20:14.1); 9 Brenton Williams (21:02.0); 10 Patrick Seddon (22:38.2);
Ladies: 1 Tayla-Pagie Lacey (16:03.1); 2 Melanie Black (17:18.9); 3 Astrid Pye (17:31.1); 4 Carol Hampshire (17:31.4); 5 Emma Kelly Lacey (17:40.4); 6 Anne De Swardt (21:41.1); 7 Nadia Janse Van Rensburg (24:17.1); 8 Laura Best (24:42.1);
1km Wetsuit Swim
Men: 1 Vojta Horak (15:52.1); 2 Pierre Jacobs (17:00.0); 3 Tim Briscoe (18:41.1);
Ladies: 1 Talitha Seddon (24:30.8);
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