Rebecca Meder Cracks 2:11.39 200 IM South African Record

2023 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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

SummerCAN
McIntosh
03/30
2:06.89 WJR
2Kate
Douglass
USA2:07.0907/01
3Kaylee
McKeown
AUS2:07.1905/12
4Alex
Walsh
USA2:07.8907/01
5Yu
Yiting
CHN2:08.3405/02
6Regan
Smith
USA2:08.4806/02
7Sydney
Pickrem
CAN2:08.6103/30
8Jenna
Forrester
AUS2:08.9807/24
9Marrit
Steenbergen
NED2:09.1604/08
10Anastasya
Gorbenko
ISR2:09.2805/21
11Sara
Franceschi
ITA2:09.3006/25
12Katie
Shanahan
GBR2:09.4004/08
13Abbie
Wood
GBR2:09.4704/08
14Mary-Sophie
Harvey
CAN2:09.6507/23
15Torri
Huske
USA2:09.7507/01
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SwemSA
1 year ago

An awesome swim from Rebecca!!

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