Kyle breaks 31-year-old swimming record
Aquatic Academy swimmers competed in 34 finals, won 14 medals and four trophies
Kyle McKenzie of Aquatics Academy broke a 31-year-old record at the Eastern Gauteng Aquatics (EGA) summer championships in December.
The Academy swimmers competed in 34 finals, won 14 medals and four trophies.
Bernelee Doster and Kyle Mckenzie led the points for ESP Piranhas. They both missed very few events and swam in most of the finals they competed in.
Bernelee was awarded the Victrix Ludorum for the girls 14/15 years. As a 14-year-old, this was a valiant effort, winning three gold, four silver and one bronze medal.
Kyle came second in his age group (17 and over). He won five gold, one silver and two bronze medals, breaking two EGA records.
The 200 individual medley gala record was set 31 years ago with Kyle swimming a new record time of 2:13.24. This is not his personal best time, but considering that the 200 individual medley is one of the last events explains why this record has stood so long.
Kyle also broke the Eastern Gauteng 400 individual medley time in the 18-year-old age group in a time of 4:47.36.
Clayton finished in a credible 9th place overall in the same age group. The Academy junior girls have set up a “Mighty Mice Squad” that worked well together, encouraging each other every day.
Mikayla Pon and Annebel van Wyk scored the bulk of the academy’s points in the 10/11 age group.
Mikayla finished fourth overall, swimming 11 finals and achieving 11 personal best times. Annebel attained sixth place overall, winning two silver and one bronze medal, as well as two trophies in this age group.
Oratile Matli placed eighth overall and Ethan Hooper ninth overall with a bronze medal too.
Other medal winners were Tambai Dutiro with two bronze medals and Morgan Corns with one gold.
