Junior Worlds – 4th to 9th September
Vineyard swimmers and coach, World Juniors 2023:
Rhys Hugo (coach), Cass Burgess, Tai Pearson, Taylor Luck
Results: 9th World Aquatics Junior Championships
- Full results on SwimCloud (online)
- Team SA results (online)
- Vineyard swimmers
SwimCloud results with active links
- Click on the Event or Time to see more information
Vineyard swimmers in Relays
Event #7: Men 4 x 100m Free Relay
Event #14: Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Event #21: Mixed 4 x 100m Free Relay
Event #40: Men 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Menu
Schedule, Program and Results
- Schedule by Day and Event (#schedule)
- Event List -Psych Sheet- pdf (#events)
- Gallery – pics (#gallery)
More Background and History
- SA Team Announcement (#announce)
- Swim SA Letter (#letter)
- Vineyard swimmers & Coach (#vine)
- SA Team Statistics (#team)
- Background (#background)
- Criteria (#criteria)
- FINA 700+ Points (#700)
- Official Website (#official)
- History: Vineyard at Junior Worlds (#history)
Schedule by Day
Event List – Psych Sheet
- Event List – Psych Sheets – by Event (pdf) <<– this is HUGE
Results: Day #1 – Heats
Results: Day #2 – Heats
Results: Day #2 – SA Record for Tai (with VIDEO)
Results: Day #3 – Heats
Gallery
Gallery – from Vineyard Facebook
SA Team Announcement – 20th June 2023
Well done to the Vineyard swimmers who have been selected for the upcoming 9th World Aquatic Junior Swimming Championships which will be held in Netanya, Israel from 4-9 September.
Rhys Hugo has also been selected as one of the coaches to accompany the team. Well done all!
- Tai Pearson (@tai_pearson_ ) has qualified in the 50 Fly (LCM) (SCM), 100 Fly (LCM) (SCM)
- Taylor Luck (@amphibiank1ng ) has qualified in the 50 Free (LCM), 100 Free (LCM) (SCM), 100 Back (LCM)
- Cassidy Burgess (@cassidyburgess__ ) has qualified in the 50 Back (LCM), 100 Back (LCM)
- The minimum qualifying standard is 700 World Points
- Congratulations and good luck to all swimmers, parents and coaches who have qualified
- #GoTeam #SwimVineyard
Announcement Letter
Vineyard swimmers
Cass Burgess (15) – 2008/04/21
- Cass on SwimCloud (online)
- Cass – Fastest Times (PBs) – online and see below
Tai Pearson (16) – 2007/06/03
- Tai on WorldAquatics (FINA) – online
- Tai on SwimCloud (online)
- Tai – Fastest Times (PBs) – online and see below
Taylor Luck (18) – 2005/04/26
- Taylor on WorldAquatics (FINA) – online
- Taylor on SwimCloud (online)
- Taylor – Fastest Times (PBs) – online and see below
Rondebosch Boys’ High School
Coach: Rhys Hugo
SA Team – Women
SA Team – Men
Background
The World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships (or “Junior Worlds”) is an international swimming championship event organized biennially by World Aquatics for girls and boys who are aged 14–18 on the 31st December of the year of the competition.
It is usually held on odd years. Prior to 2023, the event was known as the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships and was open to girls who were aged 14–17 and boys who were aged 15–18 on the 31st of December of the year of the competition.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FINA_World_Junior_Swimming_Championships
Swimming South Africa announcements
- 29th May 2023: Selection Criteria (pdf) 2 pages, dated March 2023
Vineyard: 700+ FINA (World Points)
| # | Swimmer | Event | Round | Place | Time | FINA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tai Pearson | 100 L Fly | Finals | 1st | 54.70 | 739 |
| 2 | Tai Pearson | 100 L Fly | Prelims | 1st | 55.01 | 726 |
| 3 | Emma de Wet | 50 L Back | Finals | 2nd | 30.23 | 711 |
| 4 | Emma de Wet | 100 L Back | Finals | 2nd | 1:04.41 | 710 |
| 5 | Emma de Wet | 50 L Back | Prelims | 2nd | 30.26 | 709 |
| 6 | Tai Pearson | 50 L Fly | Prelims | 1st | 24.99 | 708 |
| 7 | Cass Burgess | 100 L Back | Finals | 1st | 1:04.55 | 705 |
| 8 | Cass Burgess | 50 L Back | Finals | 1st | 30.31 | 705 |
| 9 | Emma de Wet | 100 L Back | Prelims | 2nd | 1:04.54 | 705 |
| 10 | Emma de Wet | 200 L Back | Finals | 1st | 2:19.06 | 698 |
| # | Swimmer | Event | Round | Place | Time | FINA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Luck | 100 L Free | Prelims | 6th | 51.59 | 752 |
| 2 | Taylor Luck | 100 L Free | Finals | 6th | 51.61 | 751 |
| 3 | Tai Pearson | 100 L Fly | Prelims | 5th | 54.63 | 742 |
| 4 | Tai Pearson | 100 L Fly | Finals | 8th | 55.00 | 727 |
| 5 | Emma de Wet | 100 L Back | Prelims | 8th | 1:03.92 | 726 |
| 6 | Emma de Wet | 100 L Back | Finals | 7th | 1:04.03 | 722 |
| 7 | Taylor Luck | 50 L Back | Prelims | 5th | 26.54 | 721 |
| 8 | Emma de Wet | 50 L Back | Finals | 11th | 30.12 | 719 |
| 9 | Taylor Luck | 100 L Back | Prelims | 6th | 57.88 | 719 |
| 10 | Peter Etzold | 200 L Breast | Finals | 7th | 2:21.07 | 715 |
| 11 | Taylor Luck | 50 L Back | Finals | 6th | 26.64 | 713 |
| 12 | Taylor Luck | 100 L Back | Finals | 6th | 58.14 | 709 |
| 13 | Tai Pearson | 50 L Fly | Prelims | 7th | 25.01 | 706 |
| 14 | Tai Pearson | 50 L Fly | Finals | 8th | 25.06 | 702 |
| 15 | Peter Etzold | 200 L IM | Finals | 11th | 2:08.85 | 693 |
| 16 | Emma de Wet | 50 L Back | Prelims | 11th | 30.50 | 692 |
| 17 | Taylor Luck | 50 L Free | Prelims | 10th | 23.64 | 692 |
Official website and documents
Reference Times: 700 FINA Points
https://www.worldaquatics.com/swimming/points
