Swimming: SACOS Open Championship-Austin and Mangroo the winners |10 July 2008
Sponsored by the Seychelles Assurance Company Limited, the championship brought together swimmers of all ages.
For three days, the contestants battled in different heats and the best results were used to determine the winners in each category.
Austin dominated the women category with 140 points after winning all the 14 races she took part in to finish ahead of Amy Victor and Liza Mangroo who collected 54 and 47 points respectively.
With five first positions, a runner-up and a third place, Shane Mangroo accumulated 58 points to top the men’s group. Julio Smith was second with 54 points while with 47 points, Matthias Bonne was third overall.
After the award presentation, Jane Joubert of SACOS presented the swimming association 
The money is the company’s annual contribution towards the sport.
Complete results of the championship
50m Freestyle (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (31.12 seconds)
2nd Amy Victor (32.20seconds)
3rd Liza Mangroo (32.91 seconds)
50m Freestyle (Men)
1st Adrian Nanty (25.80 seconds)
2nd Darren Romain (25.90 seconds)
3rd Julio Smith (26.91 seconds)
100m Freestyle (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (1 minute and 07.12 seconds)
2nd Liza Mangroo (1minute and 11.64 seconds)
3rd Amy Victor (1 minute and 13.59 seconds)
100m Freestyle (Men)
1st Shane Mangroo (1 minute and 00.90 seconds)
2nd Ron Roucou (1 minute and 04.60 seconds)
3rd Dwayne Didon (1 minute and 07.66 seconds)
200m Freestyle (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (2 minutes and 29.59 seconds)
2nd Liza Mangroo (2 minutes and 38.86 seconds)
3rd Amy Victor (2 minutes and 44.32 seconds)
200m Freestyle (Men)
1st Shane Mangroo (2 minutes and 18.82 seconds)
2nd Julio Smith (2 minutes and 21.55 seconds)
3rd Steven Mangroo (2 minutes and 22.74 seconds)
400m Freestyle (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (5 minutes and 52.98 seconds)
2nd Aurelie d’Offay (6 minutes and 26.95 seconds)
3rd Amina Horner (7 minutes and 08.66 seconds)
400m Freestyle (Men)
1st Shane Mangroo (5 minutes and 23.45 seconds)
2nd Ryan Govinden (6 minutes and 03.43 seconds)
3rd Adam Viktora (6 minutes and 20.45 seconds)
50m Breaststroke (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (41.99 seconds)
2nd Amy Victor (44.18 seconds)
3rd Amina Horner (46.84 seconds)
50m Breaststroke (Men)
1st Julio Smith (34.50 seconds)
2nd Ron Roucou (36.63 seconds)
3rd Dwayne Didon (38.75 seconds)
100m Breaststroke (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (1 minute and 29.23 seconds)
2nd Amy Victor (1 minute and 36.96 seconds)
3rd Clara Omath (1 minute and 44.97 seconds)
100m Breaststroke (Men)
1st Julio Smith (1 minute and 17.74 seconds)
2nd Ron Roucou (1 minute and 27.82 seconds)
200m Breaststroke (Women)
1st Shanon Austin (3 minutes and 15.54 seconds)
2nd Amy Victor (3 minutes and 33.04 seconds)
3rd Clara Omath (3 minutes and 52.81 seconds)
200m Breaststroke (Men)
1st Julio Smith (3 minutes and 03.21 seconds)
2nd Ron Roucou (3 minutes and 16.66 seconds)
3rd Dwayne Didon (3 minutes and 19.93 seconds)
50m Butterfly (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (34.21 seconds)
2nd Liza Mangroo (38.13 seconds)
3rd Anisha Payet (38.92 seconds)
50m Butterfly (Men)
1st Bertrand Bristol (28.78 seconds)
2nd Adrian Nanty (29.63 seconds)
3rd Shane Mangroo (30.11 seconds)
100m Butterfly (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (1minute and 17.76 seconds)
2nd Anisha Payet (1minute and 50.34 seconds)
3rd Magdalena Flynn (1minute and 56.36 seconds)
100m Butterfly (Men)
1st Steven Mangroo (1 minute and 12.16 seconds)
2nd Shane Mangroo (1 minute 12.59 seconds)
3 rd Matthias Bonne (1 minute and 32.95 seconds)
200m Butterfly (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (3 minutes and 07.12 seconds)
2nd Anisha Payet (4 minutes and 07.10 seconds)
3rd Magdalena Flynn (4 minutes and 29.12 seconds)
200m Butterfly (Men)
1st Shane Mangroo (3 minutes and 08.29 seconds)
2nd Matthias Bonne (3 minutes and 16.82 seconds)
50M Backstroke (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (38.57 seconds)
2nd Liza Mangroo (39.80 seconds)
3rd Aurelie d’Offay (41.27 seconds)
50M Backstroke (Men)
1st Shane Mangroo (32.90 seconds)
2nd Matthias Bonne (47.27 seconds)
3rd Adam Viktora (54.10 seconds)
100m Backstroke (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (1minute and 24.37 seconds)
2nd Liza Mangroo (1minute and 29.88 seconds)
3rd Aurelie Fanchette (1 minute and 57.51 seconds)
100m Backstroke (Men)
1st Matthias Bonne (1 minute and 29.88 seconds)
2nd Adam Viktora (1 minute and 31.48 seconds)
3rd Dean Hoffman (1 minute and 49.34 seconds)
200m Backstroke (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (3 minutes and 06.88 seconds)
2ndAurelie Fanchette (3 minutes and 58.15 seconds)
3rd Magdalena Flynn (4 minutes and 06.41 seconds)
200m backstroke (Men)
1st Adam Victora (3 minutes 23.22 seconds)
2nd Dean Hoffman (3minutes and 43.60 seconds)
3rd Ashen Tennege (3 minutes and 51.95 seconds)
200m Individual Medley (Women)
1st Shannon Austin (3 minutes and 21.83 seconds)
2nd Anisha Payet (3 minutes and 44.53 seconds)
3rd Magdalena Flynn (3 minutes and 48.24 seconds)
200m Individual Medley (Men)
1st Julio Smith (2 minutes and 42.24 seconds)
2nd Darren Romain (2 minutes and 46.75 seconds)
3rd Ron Roucou (3 minutes and 21.83 seconds)