Jacey claims first swim series of the 2018 season
LowMed Health and Sport Performance Centre held its first SA Swim sanctioned open-water swim series of the year.
Jacey Bekker (open-male category) won the 3 000-metre event in a time of 43:42 with Andries Pretorius in second (first veteran male) in 51:30. Michelle Esterhuizen (veteran women) was the first woman to finish the circuit, and second overall, in just 45:34. Natia van Heerden came in second in a time of 51:20.
The winners of the 1 500-metre category were Dian de Klerk (junior male) in 25:22, Mikyle Holzhausen (open men) in 33:05, Ernest Davis (veteran men) in 23:56, Marni Swart (open women) in 29:30 and Donne Green (veteran women) in 28:32. In the 750-metre swim, Jean-Arno Cilliers (junior men) won in a time of 14:42, Brendan Fowler (veteran men) in 12:37, Cayden Fowler (junior women) in 15:52, Naomi van der Nest (open women) in 14:44 and Karen Tod (veteran women) in 16:18.
In the 400-metre event Edrick Potgieter won the junior-male category with a time of 7:48, Nico van Zyl (open men) 11:07, Chris Hobkirk (veteran men) 11:54, Tyla van Zyl (junior women) 07:59, Jesse van der Linde (open women) 07:59 and Lauren Joubert (veteran women) 09:52.
