Skinner, Wantenaar excel at World Champs

Skinner, Wantenaar excel at World Champs Young swimming sensation Xander Skinner excelled at the recently ended Fina world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Skinner achieved the highest Fina points with 778 with his swim of 51.00 seconds in the 100m freestyle for men. He also came first in his heat with this swim.

The 100m competition attracted 113 swimmers.

Ronan Wantenaar performed brilliantly by breaking three Namibian records with his swim of 58.91 seconds and 681 Fina points in the 100m backstroke. He broke the men's 15-16 age group record as well as the men's open record, both of which were previously held by Lushano Lamprecht in a time of 58.94 seconds.

Wantenaar also broke the men's 15-16 50m breaststroke record with a time of 30.27 seconds, which amounted to 664 Fina points.

Kiah Borg, the only female swimmer on the team, took part in the women's 200m breaststroke and finished in a time of 2:48, amounting to 562 Fina points.

The Namibian Swimming Union (Nasu) recently held their course gala where 15 individual records were broken, with 156 swimmers taking part in the 704 individual events.

Another short-course gala took place last weekend at the Dolphins Swimming Club's indoor pool at Windhoek High School.

Nasu also elected new members at the annual general meeting for the year.



They are: Wilfried Pose (president), Joachim von Alvensleben (vice-president), Imme Hucke-McFarlan (treasurer), Angelika Diekmann (general secretary), Ingo Buchert (national recorder), Petrina Mwetulundil (member), Cobus Oberholzer (member), Ron Weber (member), Jurie Badenhorst (member), Jurgen Johannessen (member) and Ju-Ane Oberholzer (member).

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