Team Margate kicks off in great form

TEAM Margate kicked off the new season in great form achieving fantastic results at the Arena Prestige Meet held in Durban from July 5 to 9. Margate Swimming Club’s Shebjorn Axelson (23), progressed through to the finals in all 12 of her events, with an outstanding performance in the 100m freestyle where she went under the 1 minute mark to finish third on the podium in a time of 59.26secs.

Danielle Smith (15) qualified for six finals with an impressive time improvement of 13 seconds in the 800m freestyle event and an exciting swim in the 200m backstroke event that saw her finish third overall and claim the bronze medal in a personal best time of 2:22.67.

Charles Thompson (14) improved his overall times by 34.71 seconds, qualifying for Level 2 (short course) in the 200m individual medley, 100m and 400m freestyle events, while Jeandre Joubert (12) produced solid swims with an impressive 6.17 second improvement in the 100m breaststroke event.

Clarissa le Hanie (12) produced personal best times in the 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle events and tackled the ‘gruelling’ 200m butterfly event for the first time, placing eighth in the final. Newcomer Joanelle Herman (12) added to the team’s success by producing personal best times in all of her events and showed great technique in her first attempt at racing the 200m individual medley event.