Tehl-Cadi flies to victory at Beaver swim

The young swimmer earned seven medals at the meet.

The South Coast is blessed with a number of excellent swimmers. One of these is Tehl-Cadi Day-Garden (14) from Margate Swimming Club, who won seven medals at the recent Beavers Short Course Championship at Werda School.

Tehl-Cadi Day-Garden with her medal haul.

She won her age group and clocked a number of personal bests, excelling particularly in butterfly, where she won two gold medals.

Tehl-Cadi was joined by a number of other swimmers from MSC, namely Ethan Cole, Micah Underwood, Kelsey Windvogel, Mia Janse van Rensburg, Alex-Zandré Labuschagne, Keagan Ramos and Kaitlyn Ramos.

Micah Underwood gets into the zone.

Results:
Tehl-Cadi Day-Garden: 200m butterfly – gold (2:51:50), 100m butterfly – gold (1:15:03), 200m freestyle – silver (2:25:48), 50m butterfly – silver (33:26), 200m IM – silver (2:38:63), 50m freestyle – bronze (30:43), 100m freestyle – bronze (1:07:67).

Alex-Zandré Labuschagne: 50m freestyle – gold, 200m freestyle – silver, 200m IM – silver, 100m breaststroke – silver, 100m freestyle – silver, 100m butterfly – silver.

Keagan Ramos: 50m backstroke – gold, 100m backstroke – bronze, 50m butterfly – silver, 200m IM – bronze, 100m breaststroke – bronze, 50m breaststroke – silver.

Kaitlyn Ramos: 100m backstroke – bronze, 100m breaststroke – bronze, 50m backstroke – silver, 200m breaststroke – silver, 50m breaststroke – silver, 200m backstroke – silver.

Kaitlyn Ramos displays steely focus.

* Margate Swimming Club is hosting the Margate Sprints at Southcity Christian Schools in Ramsgate on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1 this year. MSC invites all interested club/school swimmers and coaches to take part in the champs.

It’s open to eligible swimmers of all levels and school swimmers. Closing date for entry is Tuesday, September 26.
The age of the swimmers shall be determined as of September 30. Only registered swimmers results will be submitted to KZN and SSA.

All results will be captured and recorded on the KZN and SSA database, swimmers that are registered had to be registered by September 14. Events are timed finals.

Any queries about the gala and/or entries can be directed to Gerhard Labuschagne on 079 8787252 or email secretary@maragteswimmingclub.co.za.

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