Gold for Dean, silver for Megan

Bloemfontein is known as the City of Roses and the home of the Cheetahs, but during the past week, it was buzzing with high-level swimming action and extremely good swimmers.

April 4, 2019

Press Release 2 minutes read

MHS was represented by two first-team swimmers at the Swim South Africa Level 3 from the 28 – 31 March 2019. In spite of a few health hiccups, both swimmers made their school proud.

Dean Hannay (14) took part in seven events in his age group and started the first day on a high. He swam the 400m Freestyle event and took charge. He took 2.81 seconds off his personal best time and snatched the gold medal with a winning time of 4:53.70.

On day two he swam the 200m Freestyle event, qualified for the finals, and managed to take 1.60 seconds off his personal best, placing him 4th. He also swam the 50m Backstroke event, qualified for the finals, shaved off another 0.14s in the finals, where he was placed 9th.

On day three, Dean swam the 100m Backstroke event. He took 3.38 seconds off his personal best, qualifying for the finals, and when the finals came, took another 5.33 seconds off, ultimately placing him 4th.

On the last day, Dean swam the 50m Freestyle event where he was placed 13th overall and ended the gala on a high note with the 200m Backstroke event, where he qualified for the final, and walked away with the silver medal and a brand new personal best, taking off 3.30 seconds.

Dean collected a total of 41 points during the four-day gala.

• Megan de Wet (15) took part in seven events as well. She kicked off day one with the 400m Freestyle event and was placed 3rd. On day two, she swam the 200m Freestyle event and qualified for the finals, where she was placed 4th overall.

She also swam the 50m Backstroke event, also qualifying for the final and ultimately placed 7th overall.

On day three, Megan swam the 100m Freestyle event, where she qualified for the finals, also placing her 7th. She then tackled the 100m Backstroke event where she qualified for the finals too, and missed out on a podium position, placing her 4th. She was placed 7th in the 200m Individual Medley event on the same day.

On day four, she tackled the 200m Backstroke event, where she qualified for the final, and swam through the rain to place her 2nd, collecting the silver medal to end the season. Megan collected a total of 42 points during the four days in Bloemfontein, with a medal count of two as well.

Between Dean and Megan, MHS collected a total of 4 medals – on average, one a day, in the midst of high-level swimming events.