Peerless Hart smashes two Kenya records
Ivan Hart takes part in the Coast Amateur Swimming Association Junior Sprints and Relays Swimming Championships at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa in on March 10, 2018. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT |
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- Hart was followed home by two schools mates Sathyam Gohil who returned 5:49.46 and Joshua Masakha who finished in 6:13.18.
Ivan Hart of Mombasa Aquatics SC starred during the first day of Coast Amateur Swimming Association (CASA) Inter-Clubs Swimming Championship when he set two national records at Aga Khan Academy on Saturday.
Eleven-year-old Hart, a student at Aga Khan Academy, utilised his school pool well to establish a new national mark in the boys 10-11 years 400 metres freestyle when he clocked four minutes 55.97 seconds to erase his own previous time of 5:08.25 he set on December 9 last year.
Hart was followed home by two schools mates Sathyam Gohil who returned 5:49.46 and Joshua Masakha who finished in 6:13.18.
An hour later, Hart broke the boys 110-11 years 200m individual medley record when he finished in a new time of 2:45.03, erasing the previous time of 2:49,81 held by Thomas Tabuka since May 30, 2015.
