African Junior Swimming Championship |29 October 2015

No medals for Seychelles

Two of Seychelles’ young promising female swimmers got in the water against the best in their age groups on the African continent and showed what they had to offer despite not achieving any medals.

The experience gained at the African Junior Swimming Championship in Cairo, Egypt, which took place from October 17-20, will surely have an impact towards their future progress.

Amy Andre and Nicole Grasselli Barni are the two young swimmers who represented Seychelles at the championship and they swam in the 13-14 year-old category.

They competed in a number of events and the following are their results:

Amy Andre

13th in 50m breaststroke heats – 41.78 seconds

14th in 200m freestyle heats – 2 minutes 35.26 seconds (2:35.26)

16th in 50m butterfly heats – 37.93 seconds
14th in 50m freestyle heats – 32.24 seconds

13th in 100m breaststroke heats – 1:34.94

15th in 100m freestyle heats – 1:09.48

13th in 100m backstroke heats – 1:24.85

11th in 50m backstroke heats – 39.10 seconds

Nicole Grasselli Barni

14th in 50m breaststroke heats – 42.02 seconds

12th in 200m freestyle heats – 2:21.76 seconds

13th in 50m butterfly heats – 32.87 seconds

12th in 50m freestyle heats – 30.35 seconds

7th in 50m backstroke heats – 33.97 seconds

6th in 50m backstroke final – 33.61 seconds

8th in 100m freestyle heats – 1:03.89

8th in 100m freestyle final – 1:04.63

10th in 100m backstroke heats – 1:13.72

S. N.