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Sport
Things go swimmingly well for UWC
Jessica Ashley-Cooper and teammate Tashreeq Davids celebrated their medals at the recent national championships.
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aking swimming one of UWC’s priority sporting codes has paid dividends over the years. That became clear again recently when a handful of University swimmers, competing in the colours of Western Province Aquatics, took podium spots over several races at the South African National Championships in Oudtshoorn in March. More than just picking up plenty of shiny medals, the swimmers also earned berths in various South African squads to compete at major continental and global events over coming months.
Making up the UWC contingent in the Western Province team were Tezna Abrahams, Jessica Ashley-Cooper, Shannon Austin, Tashreeq Davids, Joshua Finch, Janneke Malan and Rudolf Visser. Abrahams won the 50m breast stroke in the disabled swimming event, and took silver in the 50m backstroke, the 100m freestyle and the 50m freestyle. Ashley-Cooper, who has qualified for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, won the 50m backstroke, and finished second in the 100m backstroke, the 50m freestyle race, and the 50m butterfly, all in the
senior category. In the youth nationals, Finch won both the 50m backstroke and breaststroke races, and came third in the 100m backstroke. Davids finished second and third in the 50m and 100m breaststrokes, respectively. Malan won the 100m backstroke and was the runner-up in both the 200m individual medley and 200m backstroke events. Glen Bentley, UWC sports administrator responsible for swimming, congratulated the UWC swimmers for flying the University flag high.
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