Virginia-Commit Aimee Canny Hits New South African Record In 200 Freestyle

2021 SWIM ENGLAND NATIONAL WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Friday, December 3rd – Sunday, December 5th
• Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England
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While competing on the final day of action at the 2021 Swim England National Winter Championships, South Africa’s Aimee Canny put up a new national record in the women’s 200m freestyle.

En route to topping the podium here at Ponds Forge, 18-year-old Canny logged a winning effort of 1:54.48 representing Plymouth Leander. The next closest competitor was that of silver medalist Tamryn Van Selm of Millfield who touched in a mark of 1:56.67.

Opening in 56.13 and closing in 58.35, Canny’s time at these Championships overwrote the previous longstanding South African national record of 1:55.89 Leone Vorster put on the books in 2010.

Entering this meet, Canny’s personal best in this SCM 200 free event rested at the 1:56.78 she logged at the 2020 South African Short Course National Championships. As such, her result here hacked nearly 1 second off of her previous career-best.

Canny’s mark also represents a new African continental record in this women’s 20o free event.