On Saturday, 12 March, seven Union High School swimmers participated in a Level 1 Intra District Gala at the Newton Park indoor swimming pool in Gqeberha.
Many of the events had up to 10 heats of 8 swimmers each participating, but, despite some tough competition, a lot of our swimmers did well to place in the Top 3 positions in their respective age groups.
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐.
โข Miley Burger came second in the 50m Backstroke Girls 10 & Under;
โข Gerda Clarke came second in the 100m Backstroke Girls 11 Years;
โข Zoรซ Mills came third in the 50m Breaststroke Girls 11 Years and;
โข Daniel Marais came first In the 50m Backstroke Boys 14 Years, second in the 50m Freestyle Boys 14 Years and second in the 100m Freestyle Boys 14 Years.
Our mixed relay team, consisting of Miley Burger, Zoรซ Mills, Connor Horn and Daniel Marais, placed second in the 200m Freestyle relay which made for an exciting finish to the day.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 1๐ด๐ต, 2๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ 3๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด: Miley Burger, Zoรซ Mills, Gerda Clarke, Brogan Koeberg, Jourdon Koeberg, Connor Horn and Daniel Marais.