Kenya Aquatics Vice President Stanley Kaberu says Kenya’s swimming performance at the recently concluded 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow showed real improvement, even as preparations for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles take shape.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsKaberu, who was with the team at the Games, believes most of the objectives before the start of the competition were achieved, and some even bettered.Kenya fielded a squad of four swimmers at the event, comprised of: Sara Mose, Imara Bella Thorpe, Haniel Kudwoli and Stephen Ndegwa, who competed across freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke, against some of the world's best swimmers.##NAJAVA_MECA_9883859##Despite coming back home with no medals, Kaberu is pleased by the fact that the team recorded improved times, as seen with the new national record time set by the mixed 4x100m medley relay side.“We have really improved,” Kaberu told Mozzart Sport about the swimming performances in Scotland. “We did not anticipate medals going into the championships, but we achieved the times and improvements we were looking for.”Kenya crowned men’s Hockey Youth Africa Cup Champions as women also qualify for World CupAmong the standout results, Kenya’s mixed 4x100m medley relay team of Ndegwa, Kudwoli, Thorpe and Mose recorded a new National Record time of 4:05.16, finishing fourth in Heat Two on 28 July.The mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team also came close to dipping under the not-yet-ratified National Record time of 3:42.28 set in Qatar in 2024, by clocking 3:42.79 in their heat on 25 July.Top American swimming coach to conduct clinic in KenyaOn top of those encouraging performances, the aforementioned Thorpe made history by becoming the first Kenyan female swimmer to advance to the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games’ women’s 100m butterfly event, clocking 1:02.35 in her heat on 26 July.“Our data shows massive improvements both from our young individual swimmers, and all of them combined in the relays,” Kaberu added. “The showing in Glasgow was just another indicator of how hungry the team is, heading into the final phases of qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympic Games.”Young talent pick of bunch in successful year for Kenya AquaticsA key factor to the improved times, as per the administrator, is the continued exposure of its swimmers to high-level and advanced facilities.“All of Kenya’s swimmers at the Commonwealth Games are based abroad, thanks in part to World Aquatics and the Kenyan Government,” Kaberu said. “Given the challenges to accessing good facilities in Kenya, competing outside the country has given them an advantage as they train in better, more advanced facilities, and get to compete against other accomplished swimmers.”##NAJAVA_MECA_9883196##Mose, for example, is based at Grand Canyon University in the United States, where, along with studying Psychology, he is on a full scholarship aimed at qualifying for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.Sara Mose secures prestigious World Aquatics scholarshipKudwoli, another recipient of the NOCK Olympic Solidarity Programme, is also based in the United States, competing for the Quincy University Athletics swimming team. Thorpe and Ndegwa, meanwhile, are on World Aquatics scholarships in Bahrain.“This pathway is proving beneficial, and we are glad that even our next generation of swimmers are exploring similar avenues to ensure there is no gap existing in the sport,” Kaberu said.Among the leading youngsters in the game, Neo Olengo, is one of the swimmers following a similar route ahead of the LA Games, currently training at a high-performance camp at TuksSport High School in Pretoria, South Africa.Kenyan teenage swim sensation targets Olympic ticket after stellar show in South Africa