According to the Championship Coordinator, Babatunde Fatai-Williams. Secondary schools in Lagos would start their events with the winners in each event determine after the conclusion of the event based on their finishing time.
Fatai-Williams, who is also the President of the Nigeria Swimming Federation (NSF) said that over 65 swimmers were registered for the open category with most of the national champions as well as athletes from Ghana, Senegal and Benin taking part in the heat events yesterday, while winners in each event would be decided in the evening of each day.
“We are excited with the turnout of athletes for this tournament and we are also hoping that records will be shattered while new talents would also be discovered. In the schools event, the winners in each will be determined based on their finishing time and we are expecting secondary schools students to be part of the event,” the NSF boss said.
Over 52 events would be competed in the open category of the N5.8 million prize money tournament, which ends on Sunday November 10.
Chairman of the Main Organising Committee (MOC), Wahid Oshodi, charges the swimmers to give their best, as athletes unearthed at the tournament would be nurtured to stardom.
The four-day tournament has been sanctioned by the African Swimming Confederation (CANA).
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