Ballito’s Megan Matthews is a swimming star for the future, already rubbing shoulders with some of South Africa’s best at just 15.

Matthews was part of the Seals Swimming North Coast team that participated in the South African short course nationals in Pietermaritzburg last weekend, winning a bronze medal in the process.

This competition was not simply one pitting the best school-aged swimmers against each other, but also included adults, among them some of our recent Commonwealth Games medalists.

Megan won her medal in the 4×50 women’s medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg in a team made up of her and three Seals Pietermaritzburg members.

They faced off against a team that included double Commonwealth Games breaststroke gold medalist Lara van Niekerk, among other national champions.

Their time of 2:02.82 for bronze was a respectable effort from the four young swimmers, all of whom are under 16.

Van Niekerk and her squad won in a blistering time of 1:55.56.

Megan also made it to the final of the women’s 200m butterfly, finishing in 7th position in the ‘A’ category against the country’s best.

The Umhlali Prep alumnus now attends Our Lady of Fatima and will be raring to go at next year’s nationals.

She trains with the Seals Swimming North Coast team under the tutelage of coach Dominique Donner-Rodd.

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