SA swim team continues to shine on Day 2 at CANA Zonal Champs

6 January 2011: The South African swimming team continues to shine on the second day of the CANA Zone 3 & 4 Championships in Botswana tonight.

The ladies dominated the second day of the competition with another gold from Sharne Dicks, this time in the 200m breaststroke (15 & over age group) in 2:50.90 with Nakita Hodgson in third with a time of 3:01.22. Dicks bagged the gold in the 800m freestyle on the previous evening in a time of 9:48.17 while Nina Finch walked away with the bronze in the 14 & under age group clocking 10:43.62.

Medal Table – Day 02:

1. Mauritius - 18 gold, 16 silver, 12 bronze, 46 total

2. Botswana - 10 gold, 9 silver, 9 bronze, 28 total

3. South Africa - 9 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze, 25 total

4. Zambia - 8 gold, 1 silver, 7 bronze, 16 total

5. Zimbabwe - 5 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze, 25 total

6. Kenya - 5 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze, 17 total

7. Mozambique - 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze, 6 total

8. Uganda - 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 4 total

9. Malawi - 1 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze, 11 total

10. Angola - 0 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze, 2 total