Durand and Humphrey stars of the show

Oliver Durand and Jessica Humphrey were the individual stars of the show at last weekend’s Bank Windhoek national long-course swimming championships presented by the Namibian Aquatics Sports Federation (Nasfed) at the Olympia municipal pool.

The pair were named senior victor and victrix ludorum, shortly after their return from recently representing the country at the FINA world championship in Qatar, followed by the African Games in Ghana where Humphrey won a bronze medal in the 200 backstroke.

While 16-year-old Durand left his mark by improving four national age group records for boys 15-16, it was Humphrey (15) who delivered the top two individual performances of the four-day championship.

Thirteen-year-old Rodney Feris (Aqua Swimming Club) took the junior victor ludorum trophy, while Sandra Schnebel (12, Dolphin) was awarded the junior victrix ludorum prize.

In the combined team scores of the male and female events, Dolphins (3615 points) was unmatched even when combining the efforts of Aqua (2182), third-placed Flippers (219), Marlins (193), Oranjemund Sand Sharks (142) and Swakopmund Swimming Club (25).

A number of Paralympic swimmers including Namasiku van der Linden and Caitlin Botha also competed at the championship.



NATIONAL AGE RECORDS

Oliver Durand (age 16, Dolphins), boys 15-16, 50 butterfly – 25.89 (previous record 26.21)

Oliver Durand (Dolphins), boys 15-16, 100 freestyle – 53.03 (previous record 53.52)

Oliver Durand (Dolphins), boys 15-16 100 butterfly – 57.63 (previous record 57.80)

Oliver Durand (Dolphins), boys 15-16, 50 freestyle – 24.28 (previous record 24.48)

Xinyue Huang (age 10, Dolphins), girls 9-10, 50 butterfly – 33.84 (previous record 33.96)

Jessica Humphrey (age 15, Aqua), girls 15-16 50 backstroke – 29.95 (previous record 30.09)

Dolphins ‘A’ (Dirk Badenhorst 10, Jasper Coetzee 10, Aiden Diehl 10, Patrick Durand 10), boys 9-10, 200 freestyle relay – 2:16.70 (previous record 2:16.92)

Dolphins ‘A’ (Aiden Diehl 10, Dirk Badenhorst 10, Patrick Durand 10, Harry Kibble 10), boys 9-10, 200 medley relay – 2:34.49 (previous record 2:37.38)



HIGHEST FINA POINTS

1 Jessica Humphrey (Aqua), girls 15-16, 50 backstroke, 29.95, 737 points.

2 Jessica Humphrey (Aqua), girls 15-16, 100 backstroke, 1:05.37, 702 points.

3 Oliver Durand, (Dolphins), boys 15-16, 100 freestyle, 53.03, 692 points.

4 Oliver Durand (Dolphins), boys 15-16, 100 backstroke, 59.18, 672 points.

5 Oliver Durand (Dolphins), boys 15-16, 50 butterfly, 25.89, 650 points.



LUDORUM CONTENDERS

Junior victrix ludorum: 1 Sandra Schnebel (Dolphins) 124 points. 2 Emma Brinkmann (Dolphins) 119. 3 Xinyue Huang (Dolphins) 91.

Junior victor ludorum: 1 Rodney Feris (Aqua) 121 points. 2 Naan Jiao (Dolphins) 99. 3 Riley Bergh (Aqua) 87.

Senior victrix ludorum: 1 Jessica Humphrey (Aqua) 3931 points. 2 Molina Smalley (Dolphins) 3583. 3 Roselinda Matyayi (Aqua) 3279. 4 Madison Bergh (Aqua) 3090. 5 Ainoa Naukosho (Dolphins) 3077.

Senior victor ludorum: 1 Oliver Durand (Dolphins) 4025 points. 2 Nico Esslinger (Dolphins) 3381. 3 Luke Beukes (Aqua) 3304. 4 Arkell Wellmann (Dolphins) 3281. 5 Robin Engelhard (Dolphins) 3279.