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Records and medals go SA’s way in swim action in Mauritius

Jessica Liss, Murray McDougall and Heinrich Alberts clocked African records on a night of action-packed swimming on the second day of the 8th African Junior Championships in Mauritius on Friday.

The evening session was worth 9 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze to SA, to take the national team's total to 24 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze after two days of the four-day championships.

In the 12 to 14 years age group Port Elizabeth-based Liss bettered her 100 metres breaststroke time of 1 min 13.04 set in the morning heats session, to take gold in the final in a continental best of 1:12.72. She also set an African best in the 200 metres individual medley, finishing in 2:22.52.

"In competing in international events in 2009, SA swimming has once again shown its depth in quality across all age groups and at senior level," said Swimming SA CEO Shaun Adriaanse.

Gamiet hits the 7 gold mark as SA swimmers continue to shine in Mauritius

Zaahir Gamiet, Brett Walsh, Neil de Villiers and Heinrich Alberts were in record-breaking form as SA's junior swim team continued to dominate the medal standings on the fourth day of the 8th African Junior Championships in Mauritius on Saturday. By the end of the third day's swim action, SA were leading the medals standings with 36 gold, 21 silver and 17 bronze, with Egypt next best with 6 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze. Competing in the 12 to 14 years age group, Gamiet, a grade 8 pupil at SACS in Cape Town, took his gold medal haul at the African junior showpiece event to a total of seven, in clocking a Championship best of 58.35 secs in the 100 metres butterfly and 25.00 in the 50 metres freestyle.

He then joined provincial team-mate Matthew Bowers, North West's Hardus Louw, and Eastern Province's Akeem Langford, in producing a Championship record time of 3:47.40 in the 4 x 100 freestyle metres relay in the 12 to 14 years category.