Grade 11 pupil wins eight gold medals at SA swim champs
Teenager Matthew Sates adds 400m individual medley crown to his collection
27 October 2020 - 17:41
St Charles College grade 11 pupil Matthew Sates left the SA short-course championships with a total of eight gold medals on Tuesday‚ adding the 400m individual medley crown to his collection.
The 17-year-old clocked 4 min 11.51 sec in his home GC Joliffe pool in Pietermaritzburg to win the race by more than 8 sec‚ though he had to settle for third in the 50m freestyle in the final event of the gala‚ won by veteran Doug Erasmus in 22.17sec...
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