Alaric Basson

17-Year-Old South African Matt Sates Swims 1:57.60 IM/51.83 FL In Durban

17-year-old Matt Sates dropped 1.48s in the 2IM to hit 1:57.60 in Durban, cracking the top 15 times in the world this season. Sates also hit 51.83 in the 1FL.

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Chad le Clos Just Misses Automatic Olympic Qualification In 100 Fly – 52.13

The two-time silver medalist in the event was just over the required 51.96 that it would have taken to automatically qualify for the Games.

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Schoenmaker Sole Addition To South African Olympic Roster On Day 3 Of Nationals

Schoenmaker’s 2:20.17 200 breaststroke was the only swim of the night to get under the South African Olympic selection criteria.

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T. Schoenmaker Breaks Own 50 BR National Record (30.32) at 2021 RSA Nationals

Tatjana Schoenmaker broke her own 50 BR national record twice in the same day at the 2021 South African Nationals, going 30.42 to 30.32 just hours apart.

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Farida Osman Takes Down African Games 100 Fly Record

World Championships medalist Farida Osman of Egypt is making her presence known at the 2019 African Games taking place in Morrocco.

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Farida Osman, Oussama Sahnoune, Michael Houlie Get It Done In Africa

Egyptian World Championships medalist Farida Osman collected hardware through 2 days of swimming competition at the 2019 Africa Games in Morrocco.

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Le Clos ajoute un 4ème titre avec le 100 papillon en 51.39

Chad Le Clos s’est emparé de son quatrième titre national de champion d’Afrique du Sud 2019 avec sa victoire dans le 100 papillon.

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Schoenmaker Scores 3rd Fastest 100 Breast In The World

Commonwealth Games double gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker made some magic happen tonight in Durban by clocking the 3rd fastest women’s 100m breaststroke time this season.

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Le Clos Takes 4th South African Title, 51.39 100 Fly

Chad Le Clos threw down the 4th fastest 100m fly time of the season to log another event win here in Durban.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Chad Le Clos Misses 200 Free Worlds Cut

Although Chad Le Clos notched a World Championships-worthy time last night in the men’s 200m fly finals, the 26-year-old South African icon was unable to make the same magic happen in tonight’s 200m freestyle final.

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