Success In The Eastern Provinces
Michael Marais and Jessica Roux ended the 2009-2010 season as the top swimmers in the Eastern Province Open Water Swim Series held at Marina Martinique, Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.The Eastern Province Open Water Swim Series, sanctioned by Swim South Africa, offered distances from 1K to 10K in the six-event series.
Michael won the last swim in 2:09:19 while Jessica won in 2:12:29 as they both qualified for the 2010 South African 10K Championships.
Michael also won the 5K race on day 2 with Tammy Geyer winning the women’s 5K over Mary Anne Stott.
Mike Zoetmulder, Series organizer, remarked, “In addition to our top competitive swimmers, six entrants in the 10K were over the age of 40 which shows the sport has appeal to the top master’s swimmers as well as the open age group,” in a reference to masters winners Brenton Williams and SanMarie Woithe.
Photo shows Dominic Greeff on his way to winning the 1K swim.
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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