Jeppe Girls attended the sixth Midmar Mile open water swim in KwaZulu-Natal on February 9.
The team has grown from eight to 21 swimmers.
Two Old Jeppe Girls, Sydney McDougall and Flavia Palmeiro, a younger sister, Elaine van Aardt, and a parent, Linda Baigent, swam with the team.
All of the girls who had swum the race before improved on their previous times.
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First in for Jeppe Girls was Kristin van Aardt in a time of 27:29, second was Caitlynn Switala in 28:43 and third was Megan Briggs in 29:40.
“Congratulations to our first-time swimmers in the race, Caitlin de Beer, Emily Roelofsz, Victoria Baigent and Jessica Lazarou, who swam in times of 31:01, 31:04, 31:34 and 32:31 respectively,” said Jeppe Girls public relations officer Carole Heming.
