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Meet / Championships Report Back |
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| Name & Surname | Ruan Breytenbach |
| Name of Meet / Champs & Dates | Sasol Winter Champs 29 June – 3 July 2015 |
| Name of Meet / Champs & dates | Speedo Prestige Gala Durban 7 – 11 July 2015 |
| Events participated in | Sasol: 800 Free, 200 Fly, 400 Free, 200 Breast, 100 Breast, 400 IM, 50 Free,Speedo Prestige:200 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast |
| Medals received for which events | Sasol: I received gold for all 7 eventsSpeedo Prestige: I received the following 100 Fly, 50 Fly and 200 Breast Gold, 100 Breast and 200 Free Bronze |
| Highlights of the event? | Sasol Winter Champs: I broke the 100 Breaststroke record that had been standing for 31 years. I also broke 4 NTS records during this meet. Most of my events at this meet were swum under 16.Speedo Prestige: I qualified for Youth with his 100 Fly time. I also managed to break another 3 NTS records at Speedo Prestige. All my events at Speedo Prestige were swum under 14 years |
| Lessons learned from the event | Swimming under 14 and 16 is very tough, some of the swimmers are quite a lot bigger than me BUT I just carried on believing in what you put in is what you get out and of course my motto BELIEVE AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE! |
| General impressions of the meets | Both the galas were awesome as I swam all my PB’s so early in the season after Level 3 in March of this year. |
| What/Who motivated you throughout the meet/champs | My coach Marcus Gloak and my mother Chantelle, who are always by my side to assist me in any which way they can. |
| Anything Else you want to mention | I was truly amazed that I managed to break the 1 min barrier on my 100 Free. I also realized that to swim under 14 years is really very tough BUT this is what makes you stronger and work harder. |
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I swam my 400 IM against Ude Fuchs (17 years) and Charl Crous (24 years) our 2012 Olympian. In the race I managed to come second overall against 2 of these top swimmers. I must admit this was a very exciting moment in my swimming life. At the end of the race Charl said to me, he knew I was going to come for him and when I past him he knew there was nothing he could do about it hee hee, thanks for that boost Charl.
