Junior Interschools Athletics

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.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the following new ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ:

– Boys u/11 Shotput: ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜รฉ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ surpassed the previous record of 8.77 meters by achieving a remarkable throw of 9.46 meters.

– Girls u/11 100m and High Jump: ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ 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— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ 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: ๐—”๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ improved the previous record of 1.27 meters to a height of 1.31 meters.

Well done also to the following ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜ finishers:
โ€ข Girls u/11 100m: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โ€ข Girls u/11 1200m: Hermon Wolde
โ€ข Girls u/12 100m: Miley Burger
โ€ข Girls u/13 1500m: Onika Jantjies
โ€ข Girls u/13 800m: Onika Jantjies
โ€ข Girls u/11 Long Jump: Amelia King
โ€ข Girls u/12 Long Jump: Miley Burger
โ€ข Boys u/11 Shotput: Dante Mills
โ€ข Girls u/11 Shotput: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โ€ข Boys u/12 Shotput: Joubert Vorster
โ€ข Girls u/11 High Jump: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โ€ข Boys u/12 High Jump: Jordan Maritz
โ€ข Girls u/13 High Jump: Alyssa Trollip

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 492 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 346 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

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