We are incredibly proud of the Union High School contingent that participated in this past Sundayโs sea mile in Gqeberha.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, with swimmers navigating the waters from Kings Beach to Hobie Beach.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ!
โ Among the standout performances, Grade 7 learner ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ shone brightly, participating in the u/16 female half mile. Angelique won her category with an impressive time of 15:37.
โ Union swim coach ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ also participated in the full Ladies Mile, finishing 20th overall with a time of 30:43.
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ had a fantastic outing, completing the Ladies Mile in 26:41, which earned her a commendable 13th place overall.
โ ๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ also made her mark, finishing in 11th place with a time of 26:28.
โ In the Menโs Mile, ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ swam to a time of 24:25, finishing 18th overall, while Union educators ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ completed the race in 37:20 and 35:47, securing 55th and 54th places respectively. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ also participated, finishing in 35:46 and coming in 53rd overall.
โ Not to be overlooked, Union mom ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ participated in the Ladies Mile, finishing strong with a time of 25:40, earning her 8th overall position.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ!