2023 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, April 12th – Sunday, April 16th
- Newton Park Swimming Pool, Gqeberha, South Africa
- LCM (50m)
- World Championships Qualifier
- Selection Criteria
- SwimSwam Preview
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Psych Sheet
- Results – Meet Mobile: SA National Aquatic SNR-Champ-2023-PE
- Livestream
Day two of the 2023 South African National Championships concluded from Gqebrha with a second national record biting the dust.
After Pieter Coetze‘s 100m back national record last night, 20-year-old Rebecca Meder followed suit with a new South African standard in the women’s 200m IM.
Meder posted a final time of 2:11.39 to reap the gold, beating out runners-up Aimee Canny and Dakota Tucker. Canny settled for silver in 2:13.35 while Tucker rounded out the top 3 with a bronze medal-worthy 2:16.06.
As for Meder, her time tonight overtook her own previous lifetime best and national record of 2:12.01 logged at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The outing rendered her the 4th place finisher there in Birmingham.
Meder’s splits for this evening’s performance included 27.64/33.32 (1:00.96)/38.53/31.90 to get under the 2:12 threshold for the first time in her career. Her outing also dipped under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 2:12.98 needed to qualify for this summer’s World Championships.
Meder’s time now checks the South African in as the 13th-fastest performer on the season.
2022-2023 LCM Women 200 IM
McIntosh
2:06.89 WJR
2 | Kate Douglass | USA | 2:07.09 | 07/01 |
3 | Kaylee McKeown | AUS | 2:07.19 | 05/12 |
4 | Alex Walsh | USA | 2:07.89 | 07/01 |
5 | Yu Yiting | CHN | 2:08.34 | 05/02 |
6 | Regan Smith | USA | 2:08.48 | 06/02 |
7 | Sydney Pickrem | CAN | 2:08.61 | 03/30 |
8 | Jenna Forrester | AUS | 2:08.98 | 07/24 |
9 | Marrit Steenbergen | NED | 2:09.16 | 04/08 |
10 | Anastasya Gorbenko | ISR | 2:09.28 | 05/21 |
11 | Sara Franceschi | ITA | 2:09.30 | 06/25 |
12 | Katie Shanahan | GBR | 2:09.40 | 04/08 |
13 | Abbie Wood | GBR | 2:09.47 | 04/08 |
14 | Mary-Sophie Harvey | CAN | 2:09.65 | 07/23 |
15 | Torri Huske | USA | 2:09.75 | 07/01 |
An awesome swim from Rebecca!!