Day four second session of the 2011 Telkom South Africa National Championship - Women’s events
Evening session of day four of the 2011 Telkom South Africa National Championship confronted dynamic swims of various national swimmers trying to secure their spots for the 2011 Shanghai World Championships, in July.
The championship is an open invitation to all South African swimmers, who seek their selection in the national team to compete at Shanghai. Those swimmers who will clock a time under the FINA A-Time Qualification Standard will be provided with a chance to
represent their country at the World Championships.
The session included the events of 100m butterfly, 50m back-stroke, 100m breast-stroke, 50m freestyle and the 800m freestyle in the Women’s category.
The session instigated with the Women’s 100m butterfly final, where 16-year-old Vanessa Mohr, earned the title for the event in a FINA Qualified Time of 58.93 seconds. Mohr was the only swimmer to clock a time under the 1:00.00 minutes, while Mandy Loots
of CGA-CG occupied the podium for the silver medal in a time of 1:00.15 minutes. Marne Erasmus secured the third spot on the podium, clocking a time of 1:02.00 minutes.
In the Women’s 50m back-stroke semi-final, Karin Prinsloo demonstrated a brilliant swim of 29.03 seconds that earned her the fastest qualification spot. Chanelle Van Wyk and Ashley Cooper followed her as the second and third fastest swimmers in a time of
29.29 and 29.85 seconds, respectively.
Moments later, Suzaan Van Biljon expounded her talented swimming in the Women’s 100m breast-stroke semi-final to occupy the fastest qualification spot in the finals with a timing of 1:10.27 minutes. She was followed by KZNA-KZ’s Ronwyn Roper and NTS-NT’s
Franko Jonker, who touched the wall in 1:11.67 and 1:11.83 seconds for the second and third fastest qualification, respectively.
After a few minutes, Karin Prinsloo once again made her way to the finals as the fastest swimmer by clocking a time of 25.97 seconds. Her time was 0.54 seconds above the FINA A-Time Qualification Standard of 25.43 seconds. Prinsloo was followed by KZNA-KZ’s
Natalie Elphick and WPA-WP’s Trudi Maree, who reported in 26.42 and 26.59 seconds, respectively.
The last event of the session was the Women’s 800m freestyle final, where the WPA-WP’s Wendy Trott earned the gold medal in an unmatchable FINA qualified timing. She touched the wall in 8:30.66 minutes and confirmed her berth for the World Championships.
She was followed by KZNA-KZ’s Roxanne Tammadge, who tried to engage her in a close combat but failed to sustain her speed after the fourth lap and posted a time of 8:44.89 minutes. Jessica Pengelly managed her podium finish for the bronze medal by completing
her swim in 8:46.16 minutes.
The championship will continue for two more days, as South Africa Swimming will announce the national team after the conclusion of the event.
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