Dolphins retain junior swimming championship

Apr 10, 2019

Dolphins Jordan Samula was among the standouts en route to his team’s 529 points in the boys ‘category.

 

Dolphins Junior Championship

 

Boys

 

Top Three

 

Dolphins 529pts

 

Silverfin Academy 292 pts

 

Seals  198

 

Girls

 

Top Three

 

Dolphins 543pts

Silverfin Academy 267 pts

 

Seals 176pts

 

The annual Dolphins Junior Championship has always kept the expectations high. Year in year out, it remains highly engaging and full of surprising acts.

 

 The different category winners pose with their trophies after the Dolphins Junior Swimming Championships at Gems, April 6, 2019. PHOTO: Michael Nsubuga

This year, the catch was that individual meet records were broken as Dolphins successfully defended the contest Sunday in Kololo.

 

Dolphins Jordan Samula was among the standouts en route to his team's 529 points in the boys ‘category.

 

The 10-year-old clocked 31.61 in the 50m freestyle and 34.6 in the 50m butterfly in what were some of his best races.

 

11-year-old Pendo Kaumi was exceptional clocking  33.9 and 50m butterfly and 30.7 in the 50 m freestyle.

 

Conversely, Vine Grace Swim Club's  Zara Mbanga was a star attraction in the girls' category. She was unstoppable especially in three major races including 25m backstroke, 100m IM and 25m breaststroke.

 

She indeed impressed inspite of her side finishing a distant sixth and eleventh in the girls and boys categories respectively.

 

Meanwhile, usual suspects Silverfin Academy and Seals finished second and third in both categories.

 

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