Final Day of the CANA Zone IV Swimming Championships in Windhoek
Windhoek, Wednesday, 20th February 2019 - The CANA Zone IV Championships came to a close in Namibia today and the South African team topped the medal table with an overall total of 102 medals across three disciplines (Swimming, Open Water and Water Polo), followed closely by the host nation with 90 medals, Mauritius with 47 medals and Zimbabwe with 39 medals.
South Africa’s Kelly-Ann Brown (14) won two gold medals and one silver medal, posting a new Championship Record time of 1:01.42 in the 100m freestyle, winning the 200m butterfly title in 2:36.16 and finishing second in the 200m individual medley in 2:35.28.
SA’s Lise Coetzee and Mauritius’ Alicia Kok Shun finished second and third in the 100m freestyle in 1:01.80 and 1:02.92, respectively, the silver and bronze in the 200m butterfly went to Mauritius’ Ines Gebert (14) in 2:38.25 and Zimbabwe’s Mkhuseli Mahobele (13) in 2:49.18, while SA’s Emma Kuhn claimed the gold in the medley with a new Championship Record time of 2:30.46 to Gebert’s bronze time of 2:37.73.
Namibia’s Jose Canjulo (13) concluded the Championships with a gold medal in the 100m freestyle, touching the wall in 57.46 ahead of SA’s Leshen Pillay (14) in 57.69 and Zimbabwe’s Cory Werrett (14) in 59.42, while also adding a silver medal in the 200m butterfly in 2:23.56 to Mauritius’ Victor AH Yong’s new Championship Record time of 2:19.83 and Pillay’s 2:23.78 and a bronze in the 200m individual medley in 2:23.50 behind SA’s Kian Keylock in 2:20.47 and team-mate Mikah Burger in 2:23.49.
Uganda’s Avice Meya (24) claimed a silver in the 200m butterfly in 3:06.88 and later on added the bronze in the 100m freestyle in 1:05.31, while the gold in the butterfly went to Angola’s Lia Ana Lima (17) in 2:33.20 with Namibia’s Zune Weber (17) finishing first in the freestyle in 1:02.31 and Mauritius’ Tessa IP Hen Cheung (17) second in 1:02.37.
Lima also won the 200m individual medley in 2:31.34 to IP Hen Cheung’s 2:34.69 and Namibia’s Vicky Botha’s 2:42.48, while the 200m butterfly 15-16 men’s medals went to Namibia’s Corne Le Roux (16) in 2:13.83, Angola’s Salvador Gordo (16) in 2:17.68 and SA’s Jivall Bodlall (16) in 2:19.78.
Zimbabwe’s Vhenekai Dhemba (12) continued to impress, adding another two gold medals to her tally, the 100m freestyle in 1:06.62 and the 200m individual medley in 2:48.83, while the medal podium in the freestyle was completed by Namibia’s Danielle Mostert (12) in 1:06.69 and Zambia’s Jade Phiri (12) in 1:09.24 and the individual medley by Namibia’s Ariana Naukosho in 2:49.72 and Mozambique’s Melyssa Rocha in 2:52.81.
12 year old Ivan Hart from Kenya made his way to the top of the medal podium in the 100m freestyle in 1:01.50 and the 200m individual medley in 2:36.19, while Namibia’s Quinn Ellis (12) won the silver in the freestyle in 1:03.38 and the bronze in the medley in 2:42.11. Mauritius’ Hugo L’Arrogant in 1:03.85 was third in the freestyle and Namibia’s Oliver Durand was second in the medley in 2:37.63.
In the 200m butterfly, Namibia’s Heleni Stergiadis (16) won in a new Championship Record time of 2:30.12, ahead of Kenya’s Riva Karia in 2:44.71 and Mauritius’ Celia Glover (15) in 3:00.65 and followed that performance with another gold in the 200m individual medley in 2:25.34 to SA’s Megan Shepherd’s 2:25.51 and Zimbabwe’s Paige van der Westhuizen in 2:32.50.
Van der Westhuizen also won the silver in the 100m freestyle in 1:01.21 behind of SA’s Kelsea Munro (16) in a new Championship Record time of 59.82 and ahead of Zambia’s Mia Phiri (15) in 1:03.05.
In the 15-16 age group 200m individual medley, SA’s Cameron Casali (16) posted a new Championship Record time of 2:15.77, followed by Mauritius’ Ryan Kok Shun (16) in 2:19.36 and Namibia’s Martin Oosthuizen (16) in 2:20.81.
Kok Shun went one better in the 100m freestyle, winning the gold in 54.20, ahead of the Seychelles’ Tyler Fred (16) in 55.19 and SA’s Felix Maseko (16) in 55.51, while the gold and silver in the 200m butterfly went to the Seychelles’ Mathieu Bachmann (22) in 2:20.88 and Zimbabwe’s Quintin Tayali (17) in 2:26.02.
Bachmann managed a silver medal later in the day in the 200m individual medley in 2:18.54, with the gold going to Namibia’s Ronan Wantenaar (18) in 2:12.75 and the bronze to Botswana’s James Freeman (18) in 2:19.04.
The three winners in the Over 17 men’s 100m freestyle were Mauritius’ Gregory Anodin (19) in 53.53, Malawi’s Filipe Gomes (21) in 53.89 and Mauritius’ Ovesh Purahoo (17) in 54.66.
The boys’ U14 200m freestyle relay gold was claimed by Namibia in 1:48.23 followed by South Africa in 1:52.30 and Mozambique in 1:52.75, while the South African Over 15 ladies’ team grabbed the gold in their respective relay in 1:53.78 ahead of Mauritius in 1:54.43 and Zimbabwe in 1:57.72.
The gold in the men’s Over 15 200m freestyle relay was won by the Seychelles in 1:39.31 ahead of Botswana in 1:39.41 and Mauritius in 1:40.58, while South Africa scooped the girls’ U14 gold in a new Championship Record time of 1:55.27 to Botswana’s 2:01.13 and Namibia’s 2:02.70.
In the masters’ 100m freestyle race, the 25-44 age group medals went to Angola’s Carlos Alberto (26) in 57.23, Zambia’s Mulenga Kangololo (29) in 59.94 and Namibia’s Dentie Louw (35) in 1:08.29, with the gold and silver in the Over 45 section going to Namibia’s Gabor Salamon (62) in 1:11.51 and Angola’s Jorge Lima (50) in 1:21.29.
Namibia won all three masters gold medals in the 200m individual medley, with Sunel Badenhorst (36), Jane Samson (52) and Dantie Louw (35) clocking, 3:29.46, 3:22.13 and 3:06.05, respectively.
It was a hard-fought victory for Zimbabwe’s U18 Water Polo ladies team as they won the gold medal by defeating South Africa’s U16 team by 12 goals to 11. The game ended in a 7-7 draw after the full time whistle and after the penalties also ended at a 4-4 draw, Zimbabwe scored the golden goal to win them the title.
The South African U16 men’s team won the Championship title after they came out victorious against Zimbabwe’s U18 team by 12 goals to 5 and topped their log, followed by Zimbabwe and the Namibia Master.
The South African U15 men’s development team won their final match of the tournament, beating Zimbabwe’s U15 team by 12 goals to 3 and claiming the gold medal in the process. Zimbabwe finished second by overpowering Namibia
The South African U15 ladies’ development team also topped their log with a final win against Zimbabwe’s U15 by 9 goals to 1.
Final Water Polo Logs:
Team (Men – Section A) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U16 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
57 |
14 |
43 |
8 |
Zimbabwe U18 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
43 |
42 |
1 |
4 |
Namibia Masters |
4 |
0 |
4 |
19 |
63 |
-44 |
0 |
Team (Men - Development) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U15 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
50 |
6 |
44 |
8 |
Zimbabwe U15 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
27 |
-10 |
4 |
Namibia Opens |
4 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
41 |
-34 |
0 |
Team (Women) – Section A |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
Zimbabwe U18 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
28 |
27 |
1 |
4 |
South Africa U16 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
28 |
-1 |
2 |
Team (Women - Development) |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Goal Diff |
Points |
South Africa U15 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
33 |
2 |
31 |
6 |
Zimbabwe U15 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
33 |
-31 |
0 |
Final Swimming Medal rankings:
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
South Africa |
35 |
25 |
21 |
81 |
Namibia |
28 |
31 |
27 |
86 |
Mauritius |
15 |
14 |
18 |
47 |
Zimbabwe |
13 |
11 |
12 |
36 |
Seychelles |
7 |
7 |
5 |
19 |
Angola |
6 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
Kenya |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Botswana |
4 |
9 |
11 |
24 |
Zambia |
4 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
Mozambique |
2 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
Uganda |
2 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
Malawi |
1 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
Final Masters Medal Rankings:
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
Namibia |
23 |
4 |
3 |
30 |
Angola |
5 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Botswana |
2 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
Mozambique |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
Zambia |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Final Open Water Medal Rankings:
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
South Africa |
12 |
8 |
0 |
20 |
Namibia |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Seychelles |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Zimbabwe |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Kenya |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |