7 PNG swimmers qualify for finals

Seven PNG swimmers have qualified for the finals which are to be held this evening.

They're “Super Fish’’  Ryan Pini, Sam Seghers, Britney Murray, Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane, Savannah Tkatchenko, Ryan Maskelyne and Ashley Seeto.

Pini finished with the fastest time, clocking in first in 26.22 sec in the 50m freestyle.

Also in the men’s 200m freestyle, Seghers finished the fastest, recording 1:54:58 sec.

In the 100m men’s breaststroke, Maskelyne finished 4th in a time of 1:06:17 sec and Seeto finished 5th after clocking in at 1:07:87 sec.

In the women’s 100m freestyle, Mopio-Jane finished 5th in 1:00:87 sec and Tkatchenko was 7th after clocking in at 1:02:84 sec.

 In the women’s 400m medley, Murray qualified after finishing 6th in 6:04:21 sec. Only the top 8 swimmers in each heat have qualified for the final at 6pm today.

Author: 
Quintina Naime