RIANCO Vermeulen (17), \u2019n leerder van die Ho\u00ebr Volkskool in Graaff-Reinet, het die afgelope swemseisoen \u2013 wat Augustus 2017 begin en Maart 2018 ge\u00ebindig het \u2013 weer gewys dat hy tot nog ho\u00ebr hoogtes in die swembad in staat is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By \u2019n interskole gala te Graaff-Reinet in Maart vanjaar het hy en sy spanmaats \u2019n nuwe rekord vir die 100m-aflos opgestel. Hy het ook die SA Swemspan op Vlak 3 verteenwoordig deur verskeie items te swem; onder andere vryslag, borsslag, rugslag en vlinderslag. Hy het gekwalifiseer vir die finaal in vryslag. Rianco en sy spanmaats het ook silwer en brons medaljes by die SA-swemgala in twee 100m-aflosse verower. Hier het hy ook twee nuwe rekords in die 50m-vryslag en 100m-vlinderslag losgeswem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy vertel dat die kompetisie sterk was met baie swemmers van ander Afrikalande wat deelgeneem het en dat die meeste van sy teenstanders oor die 2m lank was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Groot eer het hierdie kranige swemmer ook onlangs te beurt geval tydens die NMBA-prysuitdeling in Port Elizabeth waar hy as die beste 16-jarige swemmer in die Oostelike Pro-vinsie in alle A-liga swemgalas aangewys was en \u2019n wisseltrofee ontvang het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op 9 Junie, tydens \u2019n spoggeleentheid, het Rianco ook pryse van sy swemklub in Port Elizabeth vir sy goeie prestasies gedurende die afgelope swemseisoen ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie vis in die water se ma het hom al van die ouderdom van vyf maande in die water laat dryf en toe hy drie was, was die water sy lewe; en so het hy geleidelik op swem en die towerkrag van water versot geraak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rianco het baie swemrekords laat spat en mettertyd het hy gewys dat hy nie arms en bene het nie, maar vinnige vinne wat hom geleidelik na al ho\u00ebr hoogtes in sy ouderdomsgroep ge-neem het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die feit dat hy nie in \u2019n stad woon waar hy dwarsdeur die jaar afrigting kan kry nie, het hom nie ontmoedig nie. Inteendeel, dit het hom net aangespoor om n\u00f3g beter te presteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy droom is om eendag aan die Olimpiese Spele te kan deelneem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met elke klein oorwinning, raak hierdie begeerte net sterker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk sien al klaar uit na die volgende swemseisoen,\u201d is sy antwoord op die vraag of hy nie moeg raak van swem nie. Hy voeg by, \u201cEk sal nooit moeg raak van swem nie, want ek staan \u2019n uitstekende kans om n\u00e1 skool na die beste swemskool in Amerika vir afrigting te gaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rianco word tans deur Corli Ferreira, \u2019n oud-Gilliaan, in Graaff-Reinet afgerig en albei van hulle is trots op wat hy nou by SA Swem in Kaapstad bereik het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy is van mening dat hierdie plattelandse seun uit die dorre Karoo definitief dopgehou moet word aangesien hy nog vir vele verrassings in die swembad kan sorg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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