Results from 14th CANA Swimming Championship held in Accra, Ghana

The podium looked as follows...
Junior women’s 4 X 200m freestyle relay

• 1. South Africa 8:46.88
• 2. Egypt 8:48.86
• 3. Morocco 9:19.09

Junior 4 x 100m mixed freestyle

• 1. South Africa 3:38.35
• 2. Egypt 3:41.56
• 3. Morocco 3:56.27

Junior women’s 400m freestyle

• 1. Hannah Robertson 4:26.93
• 2. Loijine Hamed 4:29.90
• 3. Sara Hassanin 4:32.86

Junior men’s 100m freestyle

• 1. Guy Brooks 50.80
• 2. Mohamed Mohamady 51.16
• 3. Sohib Khodry 51.54

Women’s 400m freestyle

• 1 Christin Mundell 4:40.02
• 2 Stephanie Houtman 4:40.17

Men’s 100m freestyle

• 1. Mohamed Samy 50.23
• 2. Guy Brooks 50.34
• 3. Clayton Jimmy 50.79

Junior women’s 100m backstroke

• 1. Sara Elsammany 1:04.62
• 2. Raghd Mohamed 1:06.34
• 3. Bernelee Doster 1:07.72

The competition saw great competition between Egypt’s Mohany and South Africa’s Guy Brooks. It was at an ultimate high level, congrats to all.

• 1. Mohamed Mohamady 2:02.16
• 2. Guy Brooks 2:07.07
• 3. Liam Vehbi 2:07.25

Junior women’s 50m breaststroke

• 1. Caitlin de Lange 33.28
• 2. Sara Solimon 34.16
• 3. Jayla Pina 34.60

Junior men’s 50m butterfly

• 1. Sohib Khodry 24.19
• 2. Matthew Lawrence 25.09
• 3. Guy Brooks 25.14

The quartet from Egypt took the 4 x 100 freestyle relay

4 x 200m freestyle relay

• 1. Team Egypt 7:41.55
• 2. Team South Africa 7:48.78
• 3. Team Mozambique 8:28.98

South African Rebecca Meder won 100m backstroke

• 1. Rebecca Meder 1:02.90
• 2. Samiha Mohsen 1:04.73
• 3. Samantha Randle 1:06.01

New African Championship record holder by Martin Binedell (South Africa)

• 1. Martin Binedell 2:00.54
• 2. Mohamed Mohamady 2:03.07
• 3. Ruan Ras 2:03.98

Senior 50m breaststroke

• 1. Christin Mundell 32.64
• 2. Sara Soliman 33.83
• 3. Jayla Pina 34.65

Ali and Abeiku shared a moment of bromance after a tie in the 50m fly. Nonetheless, the silent bomb Clayton Jimmy took home the gold and bragging rights as African champion. Swipe for bromance

• 1. Clayton Jimmy 24.13
• 2. Abeiku Jackson 24.18
• 2. Ali Khalafalla 24.18

4 x 100 Freestyle relay team consisting of 2 juniors and 2 senior swimmers South Africa’s women set New Championship Record

• 1. Team South Africa 3:49.91
• 2. Team Egypt 3:59.71
• 3. Team Senegal 4:11.35

Egypt won the 4 x 200 freestyle relay

• 1. Team Egypt 7.29.60
• 2. Team South Africa 7:34.09
• 3. Team Senegal 7:58.64

A new 50m backstroke Egyptian record was set by Samiha Mohsen in a time of 29.17

Junior women’s 100m fly

• 1. Nour Diana Elgendy 1:02.16
• 2. Rawan Eldamaty 1:02.67
• 3. Sawsane Elgamah 1:07.24

Junior men’s 400m Freestyle

• 1. Khalil Ajmia 4:02.12
• 2. Omar Rayan 4:03.35
• 3. Ahmed Abdelsalam 4:03.66

Junior women’s 100 breaststroke

• 1. Catherine van Rensburg 1:12.76
• 2. Nour Elgendy 1:13.71
• 3. Caitlin de Lange 1:14.90

Juniors 200m breaststroke

• 1. Matthew Randle 2:16.97
• 2. Jaiden Staines 2:23.14
• 3. Ahmed Ibrahim 2:23.50

Junior 800m freestyle

• 1. Leigh McMorran 9:01.61
• 2. Lojine Hamed 9:15.66
• 3. Jamila Boulakbeche 9:17.95

Junior men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle relay

• 1. Team Egypt 3:26.40
• 2. Team South Africa 3:27:49
• 3. Team Mozambique 3:39.83

100m fly

• 1. Oumy Diop 1:03.13
• 2. Inge Weidemann 1:04.09
• 3. Lizanne Viljoen 1:04.19

400m freestyle, African champion Marwan Elkamash retained the position

• 1. Marwan Elkamash 3:55.93
• 2. Khalil Ajmia 3:59.97
• 3. Roberto Gomes 4:03.72

NEW African Championship Record holder Emily Visagie in the 100m breaststroke

• 1. Emily Visagie 1:10.81 CR
• 2. Christin Mundell 1:11.09
• 3. Nour Elgendy 1:12.74

200m butterfly

• 1. Ross Hartigan 2:00.10CR
• 2. Ruan Ras 2:01.67
• 3. Ramzi Chouchar 2:06.88

Women’s 200m individual medley

• 1. Rebecca Meder 2:15.45CR
• 2. Emily Visagie 2:24.45
• 3. Jayla Pina 2:27.06

100m backstroke final

• 1. Mohamed Samy 56.23
• 2. Martin Binedell 56.57
• 3. Abdellah Ardjoune 56.67

50m freestyle

• 1. Inge Weidemann 25.83
• 2. Caitlin de Lange 26.18
• 3. Amel Melih 26.23

1500m freestyle

• 1. Marwan Elkamash 15:40.65
• 2. Mohamed Moselhy 15:51.80
• 3. Roberto Gomes 16:24.33

South African team managed a new championship record in the 4 x 100m mixed medley relay

• 1. Team South Africa 3:56.74CR
• 2. Team Egypt 3:58.28
• 3. Team Angola 4:14.58

Junior men’s 200m butterfly

• 1. Ahmed Mohamed 2:03.28
• 2. Liam Vehbi 2:08.94
• 3. Salvador Gordo 2:10.20

Nour Elgendy supports a frail Rawan Eldamaty after a hard-fought 200IM, whilst South African Sarah McLaren fends off a teammate to make her first individual podium

• 1. Nour Elgendy 2:21.29
• 2. Rawan Eldamaty 2:21.51
• 3. Sarah McLaren 2:31.83

Juniors 100m backstroke

• 1. Mohamed Mohamady 57.32
• 2. Liam Vehbi 58.72
• 3. Yassin Hossam 58.81

Junior 50m free speedies

• 1. Caitlin de Lange 26.18
• 2. Kirabo Namutebi 26.26
• 3. Carine Abdelmalak 26.73

30 laps in Bukom Arena produced the following results

• 1. Khalil Ajmia 16:01.29
• 2. Omar Rayan 16:19.61
• 3. Youssef Salem 16:44.47

Versatility (medley) relay

• 1. Team South Africa 4:00.83
• 2. Team Egypt 4:05.72
• 3. Team Namibia 4:22.88

Juniors 200m fly

• 1. Leigh McMorran 2:20.76
• 2. Meyrem Bahajoub 2:33.76
• 3. Nicole Redecker 2:36.15

50m freestyle

• 1. Guy Brooks 22.65
• 2. Yassin Hossam 22.78
• 3. Sohib Khodry 23.42

Junior women’s 200m backstroke

• 1. Bernelee Doster 2:23.26
• 2. Fareeda Morsy 2:23.69
• 3. Raghd Mohamed 2:23.71

Junior men’s 200IM

• 1. Matthew Randle 2:08.29
• 2. Mohamed Mohamady 2:10.52
• 3. Hamza Benhlima 2:10.89

Junior women’s 1500m

• 1. Catherine van Rensburg 17:08.04
• 2. Leigh McMorran 17.10.68
• 3. Lojine Hamed 17:53.82

Girls 17 & under 4 x 100m medley relay results were as follows

• 1. Team Egypt 4:20.80
• 2. Team South Africa 4:21.79
• 3. Team Morocco 4:43.69

Junior men’s 4 x 100 Medley relay

• 1. Team South Africa 3:46.52
• 2. Team Egypt 3:46.60
• 3. Team Mozambique 4:04.45

SPECIAL MENTION
Congratulate Jayla Pina from Cape Verde on achieving the first-ever medal for Cape Verde at an African championship.

Jayla took home 3 bronze medals and Jayla competed with her siblings at the competition, Troy & Latroya.