South African Masters Swimming
21st ("Coming of Age") Long Course Championships

held at the Delville Swimming Complex
in Germiston in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng Province
from the 17th to the 19th of March 2005

464 Swimmers (237 women and 227 men) entered, of whom 17 were foreign swimmers from Zimbabwe (12), Swaziland (3), Great Britain (1) & Australia (1).
426 Swimmers eventually competed.
There were 9 swimmers entered who were 80 years and older.
The oldest female swimmer was Nerina McAll (88).
The oldest male swimmer was Jack Brink (85).

326 Relay teams were entered.
The oldest relay team was a 320-359 age group mixed relay team from Coelacanth consisting of Pieter Verhoef (73), Paul Mulder (81), Greig Kothe (83) & Nerina McAll (88).

RECORDS

Overall:

• 1 WORLD RECORD in the 200m Freestyle Relay for Women in the 200-239 age group was broken by the Cape Town team of Judy Brewis, Diane Coetzee, Cecilia Stanford and Sanderina Kruger. This record is subject to ratification by FINA.

• South African Records were bettered 49 times in Individual events and 18 times in Relay events.

• 2 foreign swimmers swam faster than the SA Record in 7 events.
   

Women:

• 1 World record was broken (subject to ratification by FINA).

• 25 South African Individual Records were broken
  plus
  3 Inaugural South African Records were established.

• In addition
  1 second place place finisher also bettered the previous SA Record
  and
  1 foreign swimmer swam faster than the SA Record in 3 events.
   

• Edith Ottermann missed her own World Record in the 50m Freestyle (35-39) by 0.23 sec.

• Sanderina Kruger missed her own World Record in the 100m Freestyle (55-59) by 0.83 sec.

• Bev McCarney missed her own World Record in the 50m Backstroke (40-44) by 0.54 sec.
   

MEN:

• 19 South African Individual Records were broken
  plus
  1 South African Individual Record was broken in the Dash-for-Cash event.

• In addition
  1 foreign swimmer swam faster than the SA Record in 4 events.
   

• Tyrone Tozer missed Terry Downes' World Record in the 200m Freestyle (55-59) by 1.09 sec. with Terry in second place missing it by 1.23 sec.

• Terry Downes missed the World Record in the 100m Freestyle (55-59) by 0.63 sec.
   

Relays:

• 13 South African Records were broken
  plus
  2 Inaugural South African Records were established.

• In addition
  2 second place teams and 1 third place team also bettered the previous SA Record.

COLOURS

South African Masters Swimming Colours qualifying times were bettered 82 times (51 times by women & 31 times by men) during the championships.

40 Swimmers (22 women & 18 men) who qualified throughout the 2004/2005 season were awarded their Colours.

There were also 3 qualifiers from previous seasons who were awarded their Colours because either they had now fulfilled the remaining requirement of having participated in 3 national championships or they had qualified too late in the 2003/2004 season to be awarded their Colours at the 2004 Nationals.

A further 4 swimmers qualified on time in the 2004/2005 season but have yet to participate in 3 national championships.
 

LISTS

Sessions and events
Clubs
Competitors by Name
Competitors by Age
Competitors & Relays by Club
 

RESULTS

IN EVENT ORDER:

Individual events:
Session 1 (800m Freestyle): Women, Men
Session 2 (200m IM, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke): Women, Men
Session 3 (200m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle): Women, Men
Session 4 (400m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke): Men, Women
Session 5 (200m Breaststroke, 200m Freestyle): Men, Women
Session 6 (400m IM, 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly): Women, Men
Session 7 (200m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke): Women, Men

Reley events:
Mixed, Women, Men
 

All events (BEWARE - big file - 599KB)
 

BY AGE GROUP:

Individual events:
Women, Men

Reley events:
Mixed, Women, Men
 

Dash-for-Cash

POINTS

Individuals:
Individual events

Clubs:
All events (Combined, Women & Men)
Individual events (Combined, Women & Men)
Relay events (Combined, Women & Men)

Regions:
All events (Combined, Women & Men)
 

SUMMARY

What are LEN points?

Top individual performances (LEN points) measured against the World records
Top individual performances (LEN points) measured against the South African records

Medal count

Championship summary

RECORDS

South African Women's & Men's individual records broken or equalled.
South African Relay records broken or equalled.

AWARDS

See what Awards were presented.

This page last updated: JWP 25 February 2011