Union High School learner ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ made a splash at her first gala of the registered swimming season this past weekend, competing at the prestigious 4-day PEA Winter Gala in Gqeberha.
๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ – which featured between 28 to 32 swimmers per race – Catie delivered an outstanding performance, placing within the top 15 in every event.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข 6.67-๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 50๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข 4.42-๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 100๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ.
With this strong start to the season, Catie is now just 0.41 seconds away from qualifying for an SSA Level 2 time – ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐.