Aqua Athlete Swimming

🏊🇿🇦 Congratulations to Aqua Athletes swimmers Taylor Kassebaum and Jayden Allott!

This past weekend, Taylor and Jaydon proudly represented South Africa at the African Aquatics Zone IV Open Water Championships in Mauritius.

Both athletes delivered outstanding performances in the open water, demonstrating determination, resilience, and the spirit of excellence that we value at Aqua Athlete. We are incredibly proud of the way they competed and represented not only their country but also the Aqua Athletes family on the international stage.

Well done on your fantastic swims and achievements. We look forward to seeing what comes next in your swimming journey!

Huge congratulations to our Aqua Athlete swimmers who proudly represented us at the SA Schools competition! 🇿🇦🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

A special shoutout to our medal winners:
🥇 Gemma Walters
🥇 Zach April
🥇 Tatenda Mujati
🥇 Taylia Smith

An incredible performance all around — you’ve set the standard and made the whole team proud. Here’s to many more big moments ahead! 💙

A huge week for Eva at the Mauritian Winter Championships! 🏊‍♀️💙

Eva delivered an outstanding performance in the 15–16 age group:
🥇 Gold – 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 IM, 200 Free, 800 Free
🥈 Silver – 200 IM Final, 100 Free
🥉 Bronze – 50 Back, 200 Free Final

And to make it even more special, she achieved a new PB in the 200 Free!💥

An incredible display of hard work, focus, and determination. We are so proud to have Eva represent Aqua Athlete with such excellence and passion. The future is bright! ✨💪

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LEVEL 2 REGIONALS 💙🌊

What an incredible weekend for our Aqua Athlete swimmers! We had so many swimmers racing their hearts out, loads of finalists, and plenty of medal winners bringing home hardware. Most importantly, every single swimmer showed determination, team spirit, and pride in wearing our colours.

We are so proud of this team and the way you represented Aqua Athlete!

🏊‍♂️ SSA Level 3 Regionals 🏊‍♀️

What an incredible championship for our Level 3 swimmers! 💥

Our combined team effort secured an amazing 10th place overall in a fiercely contested competition — a result we are extremely proud of! 👏
Between our swimmers, we brought home a phenomenal 13 medals, countless PBs, and outstanding performances across the board.

A special shoutout to 🌟 Luca Kneubuhler 🌟 for achieving his SANJ qualifying times in both the 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke — an incredible achievement!

We are so proud of every swimmer. Your dedication, discipline, and hard work continue to shine.

🥇🥈🥉 Medal Winners:

Bella 🥇🥉
Emma 🥈🥉🥉
Kenzie 🥈🥉
Jorja 🥈🥉
Elle 🥈🥉

Luca 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈
Josh 🥈🥈🥈
Nate 🥈🥈
Xavier 🥈🥈

Well done, team — onward and upward! 🚀💙

Last week, our Aqua Athlete team competed in the South African Junior National Championships.

What a successful meet it was!

A huge congrats to our medal winners:
- Taylia Smith
- Gemma Walters
- Taylor Kassebaum
- Ethan Hambloch
- Riley Hemphill
- Zach April

A massive well done and congrats to all our swimmers who participated. PBs were achieved and Medals were won, a huge achievement for you all!

What an amazing time at SA YOUTH Nationals in Gqeberha, Port Elizabeth.

Our athletes had outstanding performances. With only 8 athletes, Aqua Athlete still managed to place 5th overall, and our women’s team placing 4th in the women’s team scores.

Check out some highlights of the event:

- Leigh Mcmorran securing three first place finishes on her respective events: 800 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly 🥇
- Caelyn White securing a third place finish after going into finals seeded 6th. Caelyn put up a serious fight!
- Kaylin de Almeida securing a second place finish in her 200IM

Our athletes had many PBs, som outstanding races and they brought such a good energy to this gala. Well done to all our athletes. You inspire us every single day!

What a weekend at Open Water Nationals! 🌊🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

We’re so proud of the team that represented Aqua Athlete and CGA: Kirsty Hyslop, Madisyn Elliott, Clayton Kassebaum, Taylor Kassebaum, Taylia Smith, along with Head Coach Adrian Goate.

A huge congratulations to Talia Smith for an outstanding 2nd place finish in the 13–14 girls 3K race 🥈 and to Taylor Casserbaum for earning 3rd place in the 14–16 girls 5K race 🥉! Competing at that level takes grit, focus, and serious determination — and they delivered.

We’re proud of the hard work, toughness, and team spirit shown all weekend. Way to represent Aqua Athlete!

What a weekend at the CGA Challenge Gala on 28 February! 💦🔥

Huge congratulations to Caelyn White for being crowned Queen of the 50m races 👑🏊‍♀️ — what an incredible achievement!

We’re so proud of our entire team for their outstanding performances and the fantastic racing at the University of the Witwatersrand pool. The hard work is showing and the energy on deck was next level!

Well done, swimmers — onwards and upwards! 💙💪

HUGE congratulations to our very own Taylia Smith on an absolutely phenomenal achievement! 🏆🌊
Taylia WON her entire event at the Midmar Mile — taking first place in the Girls 13 & Under category! 💪🔥

What an incredible performance and a true testament to your hard work, dedication, and determination. We are beyond proud of you, Taylia — you swam your heart out and made us all proud! 💙👏

Champion mindset. Champion performance. 🥇