CANA Zone 3 & 4 Championships: 24-27 April 2014
At Green Hill Academy.
Katrina Sangalyambogo, Buganda’s Royal Daughter was one of the star performers at the National Swimming Trials held at Green Hill Academy over the weekend.
“I feel very fit and more willing to participate in more races”, said the Seals Swimming Club Member, shortly after her 100 M heats race where she clocked 1 minute, 21 Seconds and 9 micro seconds.
These trials were organised by the Uganda Swimming Federation to help the best performers to represent Uganda in the CANA meet which will be held in at Kampala Parents School in April next year.
“The purpose of these trials was to sieve the best talents as well as unearth the fresh ones in preparation for the main CANA ZONE 3 and 4 meet in Kampala next year”, revealed Ronald Rukale, the Uganda swimming federation president, in an exclusive interview with Kawowo Sports.
The CANA Zones 3 and 4 has 21 nations all together They are Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzani (Zone 3) plus Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles,South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Zone 4).
Uganda’s top seed, the 16 year old Jamilia Lunkuse, who is the 2012/13 USPA swimmer missed the half day event because she is currently out of the country.
Over 120 swimmers from 7 swimming clubs participated. The clubs were Dolphins, Supra, Jacaranda, Green Hill Academy, Ndejje, International School of Uganda (ISU) and Seals.
Other star attractions at the trials were Ronald Kisulo, Daudi Ochieng, Gloria Muzito, Anna Mudanye, Nuwa Sserunjogi and Darren Ssamula.
Selected Results:
Males:
400 M Free style: Nuwa Sserunjogi 05:09:32 (Seals Swimming Club)
100 M Breast Stroke: Darren Ssamula 01: 40:54 (Supra Swimming Club)
200 M Intermedley: Tendo Mukalazi 03: 15 : 70 (Dolphins Swimming Club)
200 M Free Style: Amos Baka 03 : 14 : 36 (Jacaranda Swimming Club)
Females:
100 M Breast Stroke: Gloria Muzito 01:31: 16 (Dolphins Swimming Club)
100 M Free Style: Gloria Muzito 01: 15: 20 (Dolphins Swimming Club)
Katrina Ssangalyambogo 01 : 21 : 09 (Seals Swimming Club)
50 Butterfly: Plaxida Nakabanda 00:58: 22 (Jacaranda Swimming Club)
400 M Open: Anna Mudanye 05 : 29 : 70 (Seals Swimming Club)
