Butterfly specialist Erin Gallagher took the 100m Fly title in a time of 59.16 seconds ahead of Rebecca Meder second on Day 3 at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, on Saturday, 12 April, 2025.
Just missing out on a World Champs qualifying time in the race, the two-time Olympian is hopeful of a better result in the 50m event.
“I definitely should be under the qualifying time regardless of where I’m at in my training, but I told rmyself before this meet that I wasn’t going to let my time define my happiness and my worth at this gala.
2025 SA 100m Butterfly Champion, Erin Gallagher
“I think my 50s are better at the moment than my hundreds, so fingers crossed that I can do the time in the 50 [butterfly],” said Gallagher.
Earlier in the evening, Simoné Moll raced to her first ever national title, winning the 50m breaststroke in a time of 31.33 seconds.
Her thoughts immediately turned to her training partner Lara van Niekerk, who holds the African record in the event, but is missing out on the national championships as she continues to make her way back from injury.
“It feels amazing. I will say I miss swimming with Tatjana and Lara here. It felt a little bit empty in the pool without them, but I mean I’m super happy, it feels amazing to finally get this.”
2025 SA 50m Breaststroke Champion, Simoné Moll
Caitlin de Lange took the 50m freestyle title in 25.02 seconds, the same time as her morning heat, while Duné Coetzee took the win in the women’s 800m freestyle, winning in 8:38.08.
Meanwhile, in the Para-swimming events, there were new national records for both Danika Vyncke and Alani Ferreira. Ferreira set the new mark for the S12 100m freestyle at 1:07.90 while Vyncke set the S13 record at 1:05.04.
National Championship action concludes on Sunday at the Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha.
Original Copy: Karien Jonckheere for Swimming South Africa, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Butterfly specialist Erin Gallagher took the 100m Fly title in a time of 59.16 seconds ahead of Rebecca Meder second on Day 3 at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, on Saturday, 12 April, 2025. All Photos: Roger Sedres / Swimming SA
Photo 2 Caption: Simoné Moll raced to her first ever national title, winning the 50m breaststroke in a time of 31.33 seconds, only to immediately think to her training partner Lara van Niekerk, who missed out on the national champs while recovering from injury.
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