SWIMMING NEWS - The battle for fast times has begun as South Africa's youth and elite swimmers kicked off the 2017 SA National Aquatic Championships at the Kings Park Swimming Pool in Durban on Monday.
This year’s event doubles as the official 17th Fina World Championships and 6th Fina Junior World Championships Trials, which are due to take place in Hungary from 14-30 July and the USA from 23-28 August, respectively.
Olympian Cameron van der Burgh did not disappoint the Durban crowd as he swam to a Fina World Championship qualification time of 1:00.07 in the 100m breaststroke semifinals to take the lead in Tuesday evening’s final, while Michael Houlie (16), Daniel Swanepoel (18), Bryce Skea (17), Duncan Rudolph (17) and Bailey Musgrave (18) all dipped under the Fina Junior qualification time of 1:03.74.
