South African
Masters Swimming
26th Long Course Championships
held at the Hillcrest Swimming
Pool in Pretoria, Gauteng
from the 17th to the 20th of March 2010
450 Swimmers (220 women and 230 men) from 21 Clubs entered, of whom 18 were foreign swimmers from Russia, UK, Swaziland and Germany.
417 Swimmers eventually competed.
388 Swimmers scored points for their club in individual races.
291 Relay teams were entered.
There were 7 swimmers entered who were 80 years and older.
The oldest female competitor was
Rae Smit (90).
The oldest male competitor was Paul Mulder (86).
RECORDS
37 South African Records were broken by 19 swimmers in the individual events.
6 South African Records were broken by 1 club in the relay events.
1 South African Record was broken in the Dash-for-Cash events.
In addition 2 second place finishers (1 individual and 1 relay) also bettered the old South African Record.
COLOURS
South African Masters Swimming Colours qualifying times were bettered 51 times by 19 different South African Swimmers during the championships.
22 Swimmers (14 women & 8 men) who qualified throughout the 2009/2010 season were awarded their Colours.
In addition there were 3 swimmers who qualified on time in the 2009/2010 season but have yet to participate in 3 national long course championships.
ENTRY LISTS:
Team list
Competitors by Name
Competitors by Age
Competitors & Relays by Club
AWARDS:
See what Awards were presented.
RESULTS:
BY AGE GROUP:
Individual events:
Women: (50m Butterfly 50-54 corrected)
19-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 Men:
19-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 Relay events:
Women Men Mixed IN EVENT ORDER:
Individual events:
Session 1 (800m Freestyle): Women, Men
Session 2 (100m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly): Men, Women
Session 3 (200m IM, 100m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke): Men, Women
Session 4 (200m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly): Women, Men
Session 5 (200m Backstroke, 400m Freestyle): Women, Men
Session 6 (50m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke): Men, Women (50m Butterfly 50-54 corrected)
Session 7 (400m IM): Men, Women
Reley events:
Mixed, Women, Men
All events (BEWARE - big file - 530KB)
RECORDS:
Edith Ottermann (Cape Town MSC) bettered her own 40-44 50m Freestyle World Record (26.56) as published in the FINA Nov 2009 publication in the Dash-for-Cash event with a time of 26.48. However she has a faster time (26.44) awaiting publishing in the FINA May 2010 publication.
South African Records broken or equalled. (All by event)
South African Individual records broken or equalled. (By Club)
South African Relay records broken or equalled. (By Club)
South African Masters Swimming Colours Qualifying Times achieved at the Championships.
SCORES:
Clubs:
All events (Women, Men & Combined)
Individual events (Women, Men & Combined)
Relay events (Women, Men & Combined)Regions:
All events (Combined)Individuals:
Individual events
SUMMARY:
DASH-for-CASH:
OPEN WATER SWIM:
The 3Km Open Water Swim was held on Sunday 21st in the Canals at The Islands Estate Hartbeespoort dam.
Results
This page last updated: JWP 30 April 2010