- Heer Usadadiya – Boys 15-16
- 800m free – 9:08.70 (silver)
- 400m free – 4:29.82
- 200m free – 2:05.31
- 200m back – 2:14.13 (gold, meet record)
- 100m back – 1:03.68
- 200m fly – 2:22.57 (bronze)
Heer Usadadiya became the fifth Ugandan and only the second male swimmer from the country to win a gold medal at the Africa Aquatics Zone IV Swimming Championships during their 20th edition in Windhoek, Namibia held between December 4 and 8.
Heer was one of Uganda’s top performers at the Zone III Championships held a week earlier in Burundi. His form continued in Windhoek where he lowered the meet’s 15-16 boys’ age group record in the 200m backstroke to 2:14.13 (two minutes, 14 seconds and 13 microseconds) from the 2:15.28 that Namibian Ronan Wantenaar set in 2017.
In the 800m freestyle, he finished second in a national record time of 9:08.70 behind South Africa’s Claudio Domiter (9:06.68).
He also bagged 200m butterfly bronze with a time of 2:22.57 finishing behind South Africa’s Guy Wessels (2:14.44) and Namibia’s Lorenzo Esterhuizen (2:16.75).
He also competed in the; 100m backstroke (1:03.68) in which he finished fifth, 200m freestyle (2:05.31), and the 400m freestyle (4:29.82) in which he marginally missed a podium finish as he completed his 2024 season.
