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2022 SA National Swimming Championships

The 2022 SA National Swimming Championships was held from 6 to 11 April 2022 in Gqeberha, South Africa at the Newton Park Swimming Pool.[1][2] Events were competed in a long course (50 metres long) swimming pool.[2] It served as a selection meet for determining the swimmers to represent South Africa at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3] It was held concurrently with the 2022 SA National Junior Swimming Championships as part of the multi-sport 2022 Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships.[1] The meet was open to international competition and included multi-class para swimming events.[4]

2022 SA National Swimming Championships
Host cityGqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Date(s)6–11 April 2022
Venue(s)Newton Park Swimming Pool
Nations participating9
Events44 (men: 21; women: 21; mixed: 2)
18 para swimming (men: 9; women: 9)

Event schedule edit

A total of 62 events were competed over six days, including 18 para swimming events. For para swimming events, men and women had the same schedule. Heats started at 07:30 on days one and four, and started at 08:30 on days two, three, five, and six. Senior finals started at 18:00 each day.[5]

 H  Heats     Finals
M = Morning session (starting at 07:30 - days 1, 4; 08:30 - days 2, 3, 5, 6), E = Evening session (starting at 18:00 - all days)
Men
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H  
100 m freestyle H  
200 m freestyle H  
400 m freestyle H  
800 m freestyle  
1500 m freestyle  
50 m backstroke H  
100 m backstroke H  
200 m backstroke H  
50 m breaststroke H  
100 m breaststroke H  
200 m breaststroke H  
50 m butterfly H  
100 m butterfly H  
200 m butterfly H  
200 m individual medley H  
400 m individual medley H  
4×50 m freestyle relay  
4×100 m freestyle relay  
4×200 m freestyle relay  
4×100 m medley relay  
Women
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H  
100 m freestyle H  
200 m freestyle H  
400 m freestyle H  
800 m freestyle  
1500 m freestyle  
50 m backstroke H  
100 m backstroke H  
200 m backstroke H  
50 m breaststroke H  
100 m breaststroke H  
200 m breaststroke H  
50 m butterfly H  
100 m butterfly H  
200 m butterfly H  
200 m individual medley H  
400 m individual medley H  
4×50 m freestyle relay  
4×100 m freestyle relay  
4×200 m freestyle relay  
4×100 m medley relay  
Mixed
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
4×100 m freestyle relay  
4×100 m medley relay  
Para swimming (multi-class, men and women)
Date → Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11
Event ↓ M E M E M E M E M E M E
50 m freestyle H  
100 m freestyle H  
50 m backstroke H  
100 m backstroke H  
50 m breaststroke H  
100 m breaststroke H  
50 m butterfly H  
100 m butterfly H  
200 m individual medley H  

Overall results edit

Key:   Highlighted swimmers achieved the "A" qualifying time for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the event.[6][7]   Highlighted swimmers achieved a "B" qualifying time and were named to the 2022 World Aquatics Championships roster for South Africa in the event.[6][8]

Men edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[9]   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 22.34   Brad Tandy (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 22.49   Clayton Jimmie (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 22.82
100 m freestyle[10]   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 48.97   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 50.17   Alexander Skinner (NAM)
Namibia		 50.43
200 m freestyle[11]   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 1:46.15   Max Litchfield (GBR)
Great Britain		 1:49.49   Andrew Ross (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:49.59
400 m freestyle[12]   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 3:49.37   Max Litchfield (GBR)
Great Britain		 3:51.37   Andrew Ross (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 3:56.92
800 m freestyle[13]   Aneesh Gowda (IND)
India		 8:14.45   Roberto Gomes (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 8:19.10   Ruan Breytenbach (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 8:20.30
1500 m freestyle[14]   Righardt Muller (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 15.36.70   Aneesh Gowda (IND)
India		 15:48.89   Ruan Breytenbach (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 16:03.42
50 m backstroke[10]   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 24.74   Jonah Pool-Jones (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 26.32   Ruard van Renen (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 26.56
100 m backstroke[12]   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 54.08[a]   Ruard van Renen (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 57.04   Liam Vehbi (RSA)
Eastern Cape Aquatics		 58.03
200 m backstroke[9]   Ruan Ras (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:05.03   Guy Brooks (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 2:05.33   Utkarsh Santosh Patil (IND)
India		 2:07.21
50 m breaststroke[13]   Michael Houlie (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 27.22[b]   Brenden Crawford (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 28.12   Joshua Emslie (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 28.98
100 m breaststroke[11]   Brenden Crawford (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 1:01.00   Michael Houlie (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 1:01.56   Matthew Randle (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:02.96
200 m breaststroke[12]   Kian Keylock (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 2:14.47   Matthew Randle (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:14.49   Ruan Breytenbach (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:16.50
50 m butterfly[12]   Chad le Clos (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 23.93   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 24.14   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 24.28
100 m butterfly[13]   Chad le Clos (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 51.88   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 52.06   Pieter Coetze (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 53.52
200 m butterfly[10]   Chad le Clos (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 1:55.75   Max Litchfield (GBR)
Great Britain		 1:57.66   Ethan du Preez (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 1:59.57
200 m individual medley[14]   Matthew Sates (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 1:58.37   Max Litchfield (GBR)
Great Britain		 1:59.96   Kian Keylock (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 2:04.52
400 m individual medley[11]   Max Litchfield (GBR)
Great Britain		 4:15.39   Ruan Breytenbach (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 4:27.14   Ruan Ras (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 4:27.34
4×50 m freestyle relay[13] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane
Pieter Coetze (22.15)[c]		 1:30.75 KwaZulu-Natal 1:31.05 Western Cape Aquatics 1:31.42
4×100 m freestyle relay[11] KwaZulu-Natal 3:22.68 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:23.05 Western Cape Aquatics 3:24.55
4×200 m freestyle relay[10] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 7:36.53 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 7:36.75 KwaZulu-Natal 7:41.27
4×100 m medley relay[14] Western Cape Aquatics 3:47.97 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 3:50.49 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 3:53.75
a Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 53.96 seconds in the heats.[15][16]
b Houlie swam a FINA "A" cut time, though was not automatically qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team as he did not qualify in an Olympic event.[17]
c Coetze swam a FINA "A" cut time of 22.15 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle for the lead-off leg of the relay.[17]

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[11]   Emma Chelius (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 25.08   Erin Gallagher (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 25.39   Aimee Canny (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics
  Olivia Nel (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 25.62
100 m freestyle[13]   Aimee Canny (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 54.71   Erin Gallagher (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 54.73   Emma Chelius (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 55.70
200 m freestyle[12]   Aimee Canny (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 1:58.34   Duné Coetzee (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:00.60   Erin Gallagher (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:00.72
400 m freestyle[14]   Duné Coetzee (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 4:12.35   Michaela Pulford (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 4:15.93   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 4:20.47
800 m freestyle[9]   Michaela Pulford (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni		 8:46.33   Catherine van Rensburg (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 8:53.55   Leigh McMorran (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg		 8:58.50
1500 m freestyle[10]   Stephanie Houtman (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 16:55.55   Catherine van Rensburg (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 17:04.28   Leigh McMorran (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg		 17:08.30
50 m backstroke[9]   Olivia Nel (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 28.81   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 28.86   Kerryn Herbst (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 29.43
100 m backstroke[11]   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 1:02.55   Kerryn Herbst (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:02.98   Olivia Nel (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 1:03.00
200 m backstroke[13]   Hannah Pearse (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:15.78   Samantha Randle (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		   Bernelee Doster (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg
50 m breaststroke[12]   Lara van Niekerk (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 30.60   Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 30.87   Kaylene Corbett (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 31.94
100 m breaststroke[13]   Lara van Niekerk (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:05.67   Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:06.06   Kaylene Corbett (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:08.63
200 m breaststroke[10]   Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:24.01   Kaylene Corbett (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:24.66   Emily Visagie (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 2:32.57
50 m butterfly[10]   Erin Gallagher (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 26.39   Inge Weidemann (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 27.24   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 27.35
100 m butterfly[12]   Erin Gallagher (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 59.78   Duné Coetzee (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 1:00.82   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 1:01.50
200 m butterfly[9]   Duné Coetzee (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 2:11.88   Trinity Hearne (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 2:15.46   Leigh McMorran (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg		 2:17.88
200 m individual medley[13]   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 2:15.01   Dakota Tucker (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg		 2:18.26   Aimee Canny (RSA)
Western Cape Aquatics		 2:18.98
400 m individual medley[12]   Rebecca Meder (RSA)
KwaZulu-Natal		 4:49.04   Samantha Randle (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 4:55.81   Marlies Ross (RSA)
Aquatics Guateng Tshwane		 4:56.26
4×50 m freestyle relay[10] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 1:43.45 Western Cape Aquatics 1:44.06 KwaZulu-Natal 1:44.08
4×100 m freestyle relay[11] Western Cape Aquatics 3:46.42 KwaZulu-Natal 3:50.11 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:54.05
4×200 m freestyle relay[13] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 8:23.15 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 8:33.80 Western Cape Aquatics 8:37.74
4×100 m medley relay[14] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) Western Cape Aquatics Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay)

Mixed edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay[12] Western Cape Aquatics 3:33.52 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane 3:35.57 KwaZulu-Natal 3:41.69
4×100 m medley relay[9] Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (a-relay) 3:54.34 Western Cape Aquatics 3:57.22 Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (b-relay) 4:02.73

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Eastern Cape Aquatics)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Aquatics Guateng Tshwane (RSA)19231759
2  Western Cape Aquatics (RSA)1171028
3  KwaZulu-Natal (RSA)961025
4  Aquatics Guateng Ekurhuleni (RSA)3216
5  Great Britain (GBR)1405
6  India (IND)1113
7  Aquatics Guateng Johannesburg (RSA)0145
8  Eastern Cape Aquatics (RSA)*0011
  Namibia (NAM)0011
Totals (9 entries)444445133

Qualification via time trial edit

The following qualifying time was achieved during a time trial conducted as part of the Championships.

Event Name Time Date Day Qualification meet Ref
200 m backstroke   Pieter Coetze (RSA) 1:56.92 11 April 2022 6 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games [7]

Records set edit

Men edit

Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record Ref
200 m freestyle Heats   Alexander Skinner (NAM) 1:52.11 7 April 2022 2 Namibian record [11]
100 m freestyle Final   Alexander Skinner (NAM) 50.43 8 April 2022 3 Namibian record [10]

Women edit

Event Stage Name Time Date Day Record Ref
50 m breaststroke Heats   Lara van Niekerk (RSA) 29.72 6 April 2022 1 Commonwealth record, African record, South African record [18][19][20][21]

Broadcast edit

A live broadcast of day one was aired on YouTube by Swimming South Africa.[22][12] Days two, three, four, five, and six were streamed live as well.[11][10][13][9][14] Aired broadcasts were continuous stream format, meaning they covered heats through finals, and were segmented into two videos if exceeding 12 hours in length.[22][12][11]

Participating nations edit

Athletes from countries including the following participated at the Championships.[4]

South Africa regional representation edit

Athletes from South Africa competed on teams by province/region, including the following.[4]

Incidents edit

On the morning of the last day of competition, Monday 11 April 2022, 45-year-old security guard Monde Qheru was found dead in the Newton Park Swimming Pool.[23][24]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b Race, Retta (2 April 2022). "NCAA Champion Matt Sates Entered In Nine Events For South African Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Schoenmaker Leads The Charge For World Champs, Commonwealth Qualification At National Championships". Swimming South Africa. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "2022 SA National Aquatic Championships - Swimming: Psych Sheet". Swimming South Africa. 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 SA National Swimming Championships Daily Schedule". Swimming South Africa. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b "FINA World Championships 2022: Qualification System". FINA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b Isaacson, David (11 April 2022). "King Matt gathers the crowns, speedy Pieter the qualifying times". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships". Swimming South Africa. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (7 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2". YouTube. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 after women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4". YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d e f SwimSA TV (11 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 6". YouTube. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  15. ^ Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Coetzé and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SuperSport. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  17. ^ a b Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  18. ^ Hamann, Michael (6 April 2022). "South African Champs Day 1 Prelims: Van Niekerk Blasts World-Leading 50 Breast". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Lara van Niekerk smashes records at swimming championships". Independent Online. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  20. ^ Chetty, Amir (7 April 2022). "Van Niekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Van Niekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships". Swimming South Africa. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  22. ^ a b SwimSA TV (5 April 2022). "SA National Swimming Championships 2022" (Day 1 women 400 individual medley heats). YouTube. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  23. ^ Loubser, Doreen (12 April 2022). "Guard found floating in Newton Park swimming Pool identified". Algoa FM. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  24. ^ Marais, Riaan (12 April 2022). "Guard's body found floating in pool at SA Swimming Championships". The Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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