The recent Interschools’ athletics meet, contested by the Grade 1 to 7 learners of Union and Volkskool on Monday afternoon, 23 October, saw several records being broken.
Six of these new records were set by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Grade 5 to 7 athletes.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following new ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ:
– Boys u/11 Shotput: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐รฉ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ surpassed the previous record of 8.77 meters by achieving a remarkable throw of 9.46 meters.
– Girls u/11 100m and High Jump: ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ proved her versatility in both sprinting and high jump. She improved the 100m record from 14.57 seconds to an impressive 14.44 seconds. Additionally, she raised the bar in the High Jump from 1.12 meters to a height of 1.15 meters.
– Girls u/12 100m and Long Jump: ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ set two new records. She bettered the 100m record from 14.28 seconds to 14.15 seconds. Furthermore, she excelled in the Long Jump, surpassing the previous record of 3.84 meters with an impressive jump of 4.22 meters.
– Girls u/13 High Jump: ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ improved the previous record of 1.27 meters to a height of 1.31 meters.
Well done also to the following ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ finishers:
โข Girls u/11 100m: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โข Girls u/11 1200m: Hermon Wolde
โข Girls u/12 100m: Miley Burger
โข Girls u/13 1500m: Onika Jantjies
โข Girls u/13 800m: Onika Jantjies
โข Girls u/11 Long Jump: Amelia King
โข Girls u/12 Long Jump: Miley Burger
โข Boys u/11 Shotput: Dante Mills
โข Girls u/11 Shotput: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โข Boys u/12 Shotput: Joubert Vorster
โข Girls u/11 High Jump: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โข Boys u/12 High Jump: Jordan Maritz
โข Girls u/13 High Jump: Alyssa Trollip
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 492 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 346 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด.
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