Meder, Gallagher, Coetzee to feature at SA Grand Prix
The fourth edition of the annual SA Grand Prix Invitational Swimming Meet will kick off in Nelspruit this weekend with some of the country’s top swimmers showcasing their talent on 5 and 6 January 2019.
Mpumalanga will play host to the 2019 season opener, which was launched in 2016 to provide local swimmers with top-class competition on home soil.
This year’s meet will consist of two legs, kicking off in Nelspruit before moving to Stellenbosch from 22 to 24 February.
The Nelspruit gala will attract some of the country’s top stars which include the likes of Dune Coetzee, Erin Gallagher and Rebecca Meder.
South African 50m and 100m freestyle record-holder Gallagher, who experienced a stellar 2018 season, will be among the top athletes featuring over the weekend, while 16-year-old Coetzee, who won the 200m butterfly silver at the 2018 Youth Olympics to became the first South African female to win a medal in the pool at the Games, will have a packed schedule in the 100m and 200m butterfly as well as the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle events.
Rising star Rebecca Meder, who made her senior debut at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), will be among the busiest swimmers over the weekend, taking to the water in the 200m and 400m Individual Medley, the 200m breaststroke and the 200m freestyle, with the freestyle event seeing Meder, Gallagher and Coetzee going headto-head.