SWIMMING 2011

 

Captain: Marne Mostert

Vice-Captain: Cassie Lister

 

Teacher in Charge:  Mrs Czeredrecki-Schmidt

 

 

Mrs N. Czeredrecki-Schmidt

(Teacher-in-Charge)

                           

TERM 1 REPORT by Marné Mostert

This term we welcomed Mrs Van der Waal as our coach and we raised enough money for starting blocks with our Swim-a-thon.  We participated in the Inter-Districts gala at Graeme College where our girls swam their hearts out in a number of races.  Aimee Ferreira travelled to Port Elizabeth for the provincial trials and came first in her heat in the freestyle.

Aimee Ferreira swimming the 50m backstroke

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MARNE TAKES PART IN LONG DISTANCE SWIM

On the 21st of March Marné Mostert, who recently made headlines because of her marathon 18.5 km swim in the VG swimathon travelled to Cape Town to participate in the Human Rights Day Swim. She did this in order to qualify for the Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand on the 7/8th of May later this year.

Marne Mostert

Marné had to swim 2.5kms and regardless of when she finished had to stay in the 12°C water for a total of 1hour and 20minutes. It was her first open-water swim she said it was challenging but absolutely wonderful at the same time. Having qualified for the big swim in May, she will continue with strenuous training over the next month.

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2011 Swim-a-thon

Fifteen girls took to the pool on Friday 11 February at 18:00 to test their endurance in swimming as many laps as they were physically able.  The format of the swim involves the girls taking a 5 min snack break every hour. 

Marné Mostert, our star Swim-a-thoner” has doggedly outdone herself again by setting herself the target of swimming 700 laps (target in 2009 was 600, but swam 668), then decided that 712 was a special number and proceeded to achieved this in a time of 6hrs 35min. Her willpower knows no bounds.  Aimee Ferreira made a valiant effort to improve on her 2009 performance by swimming 450 laps (original target 200) by swimming her 450 laps in a time of 4hrs 45min.  A Saturday commitment prevented her from continuing for as long as Marné did as her personal mission to try to out-swim her. 

Tayla Solomon and Natasha Nel persevered and swam 350 laps at 3hrs 55min and 3hrs and 27min respectively. 

The girls who decided that they still had energy available turned their original targets into round figures, they are Monique Mclean (110 into 150) and Jessica Wentworth (150 into 200).

The girls who reached the target they set themselves are Nicole Wilson, 110 laps, and Samantha Meaton, 100 laps. 

Calf cramps prevented Bronwyn Smith (150-80) and Nicole Richards (500-172) from reaching their targets.

Newcomers to the pool – Deborah Mushwana (125 -130), Zimkhita Sani (125 – 130), Alex Stevens (200 – 142), Micaela Goliath (100 – 74) and Nicole Potgieter (50 -50) are to be commended for the effort that they put into their swim. 

Marné has left her legacy as well as a steep goal for the next girl who dares to take on the task.