adminZimbabwe finished fourth behind South Africa who came first, the hosts Mozambique who came second and Botswana who claimed third.
Burnett won 10 gold medals, a solitary silver medal and two bronze.
He clinched gold in the 15-16 years men’s 100 metre backstroke in 1 minute 03.36 seconds, the 50 metre breaststroke he swam in 29.36 seconds, the 200 metre freestroke he raced in 58.17 seconds and the 400 metre freestroke he won in 4 minutes 19.93 seconds.
The other big contributor was Andresious Cyprianos who contributed seven medals, two gold, a single silver and four bronze.
He clinched gold in 15-16 years men’s 200 metre butterfly stroke in 2 minutes 17.89 seconds and the 15 years and over 400m freestroke relay with Frank Lang, Trevor Price and Nicholas Burnett 3 minutes 44.05 seconds.
Liam Davis also did well as he contributed three medals, all of them gold, courtesy of wins in the 12 years and under 200 metre breaststroke in 2 minutes 57.08 seconds 100 metre breast stroke in a minute and 21.12 seconds and the 12 and under 100 metre breaststroke in a minute 21.12 seconds.
Zimbabwe swimming Board of Control chairperson Lorna Riley said she was not satisfied with clinching the fourth spot as the nation could do better than that but she however said the 21-member team had done the nation proud although their small number handicapped them.
“Fourth spot is not good enough for me but the team did well considering the small team we sent to compete against 14 other teams.”
Riley said there was need to encourage swimmers to prioritise the Cana championships as their strongest competition since the standard is high.
“The swimming standard in the Cana competitions has tremendously improved and I think we should mobilise more of our top swimmers to go and participate because of the good competition there,” she said.
She singled out Nicholas Burnett and Andresious Cyprianos who starred for Zimbabwe for praise.
Zimbabwe medals
Men 12&U 50 Metre Breaststroke
Liam Davis (gold) 37.56 seconds
Men 15-16 100 Metre Backstroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 1 minute 03.36secs
Men 17&O 100 Metre Backstroke
Trevor Price (silver) 1min 05.07secs
Men 13-14 200 Metre Breaststroke
Rhyder Quinlan (silver) 2mins 57.11secs
Men 12&U 200 Metre Breaststroke
Liam Davis (gold) 2min 57.08secs
Men 15-16 50 Metre Backstroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 29.36secs, Andresious Cyprianos (silver) 29.65secs
Men 12&U 200 Metre Freeststroke
Luke Van Breda (silver) 2min 25.95secs
Men 15-16 200 Metre Freestroke
Nicholas Burnett, (gold) 1 min 58.17secs
Men 15-16 50 Metre Butterflyststroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 26.90secs, Andresious Cyprianos (bronze)
Men 15&O 400 Metre Freestroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 4:19.93
Women 13-14 100 Metre Butterflystroke
Cerise Dingiswayo (bronze) 1min 18.79secs
Men 15-16 100 Metre Butterflystroke
Nicholas Burnett, (silver) 1min 02.49secs
Men 15-16 200 Metre Backstroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 2mins 19.00secs
Andresious Cyprianos (bronze) 2mins 25.36secs
Men 17&O 200 Metre Backstroke
Trevor Price (silver) 2mins 20.68secs
Men 12&U 100 Meter Breaststroke
Liam Davis (gold) 1min 21.12secs
Men 12&U 50 Metre Freestroke
Takudzwa Nyamutsamba (silver) 29.33secs
Men 15-16 50 Metre Freestroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 24.03secs
Men 15-16 200 Metre Butterflystroke
Andresious Cyprianos (gold) 2mins 17.89secs
Men 15-16 100 Metre Freestroke
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 53.09secs
Men 15-16 200 Meter Individual Medley
Nicholas Burnett (gold) 2min 20.59secs
Women 15&O 400 Metre Freestroke Relay
Natalie De Chassart, Holly Brown, Natasha Lawson, Kim Bellringer (silver) 4mins 23.84secs
Men 15&O 400 Metre Freestroke Relay
Frank Lang, Andresious Cyprianos, Trevor Price, Nicholas Burnett (gold) 3mins 44.05secs
Men 15&O 200 Meter Freestroke Relay
Frank Lang, Trevor Price, Andresious Cyprianos, Nicholas Burnett (bronze) 1min 41.30secs
Men 15&O 200 Metre Medley Relay
Trevor Price, Frank Lang, Andresious Cyprianos, Nicholas Burnett (bronze) 1min 54.78secs
Combined Team Scores
1. South Africa 2066 points
2. Mozambique 1903 points
3. Botswana 1529 points
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