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Rebecca Meder Cracks 2:11.39 200 IM South African Record

April 13, 2023

2023 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday, April 12th – Sunday, April 16th
Newton Park Swimming Pool, Gqeberha, South Africa
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Day two of the 2023 South African National Championships concluded from Gqebrha with a second national record biting the dust.

After Pieter Coetze‘s 100m back national record last night, 20-year-old Rebecca Meder followed suit with a new South African standard in the women’s 200m IM.

Meder posted a final time of 2:11.39 to reap the gold, beating out runners-up Aimee Canny and Dakota Tucker. Canny settled for silver in 2:13.35 while Tucker rounded out the top 3 with a bronze medal-worthy 2:16.06.

As for Meder, her time tonight overtook her own previous lifetime best and national record of 2:12.01 logged at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The outing rendered her the 4th place finisher there in Birmingham.

Meder’s splits for this evening’s performance included 27.64/33.32 (1:00.96)/38.53/31.90 to get under the 2:12 threshold for the first time in her career. Her outing also dipped under the World Aquatics ‘A’ standard of 2:12.98 needed to qualify for this summer’s World Championships.

Meder’s time now checks the South African in as the 13th-fastest performer on the season.

2022-2023 LCM Women 200 IM

SummerCAN
McIntosh

03/30
2:06.89 WJR

2	Kaylee McKeown	AUS	2:08.27	03/12
3	Sydney Pickrem	CAN	2:08.61	03/30
4	Marrit Steenbergen	NED	2:09.16	04/08
5	Katie Shanahan	GBR	2:09.40	04/08
6	Abbie Wood	GBR	2:09.47	04/08
7	Yu Yiting	CHN	2:09.96	03/21
8	Regan Smith	USA	2:10.40	12/01
9	Leah Hayes	USA	2:10.67	12/01
10	Mary-Sophie Harvey	CAN	2:10.76	03/30
11	Mio Narita	JPN	2:10.91	04/04
12	Yui Ohashi	JPN	2:11.00	04/04
13	Shiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.41	04/04
14	Leah Schlosshan	GBR	2:11.72	04/08
15	Schiho Matsumoto	JPN	2:11.87	02/19