Championship of Swimming Associations of Central Serbia

By: Bojana Jankovic

Paracin, March, 05. 2010( Serbia Today) - On February 27, 2010 at the swimming pool “Three Dolphins” in Potocac,near Paracin, a winter Championship of Swimming Associations of Central Serbia was held. The participants came from 18 clubs, consisting of 241 swimmers, from towns of Leskovac, Nis, Krusevac, Paracin, Kraljevo, Vrnjacka Banja, Jagodina, Valjevo, Kragujevac and Uzice. The swimmers from Cigota on Zlatibor have won three medals (two gold, one silver). The participants from the club Cigota at this year’s championship were Predrag Citić, Danilo Milijanović, Marija Petrović, Bojana Knežević, Jana Anđić, Srtđana Vukajlović, Teodora Vujić, Jelena Stanić i Helena Aganović.
The youngest participant Predrag Citić, who is only 11 years old, has won two gold medals (100 meters breaststroke and 100 meters backstroke). He is one of the most talented young swimmers in Serbia.
In a category of younger girls (9 and 10 years old) a relay from Cigota (Bojana Knežević, Marija Petrović, Srđana Vukajlović i Teodora Vujić ) took a silver medal in a discipline 4x50m free style. On this winter Swimming Championship 2010, the youngsters have won 11 medals in total (4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze). The II round of Championship for youth will be held next weekend.