Junior Interschools Athletics – Results

The annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ event between the Union Schools and Laer Volkskool was held during the month of October.

In perfect weather conditions, our beautiful school fields were a hive of activity where the athletes were involved in various track and field events, such as long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints, middle-distance running and relays.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

All participants need to be commended on their good sportsmanship throughout the day, which ensured that an enjoyable event could take place. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the athletes representing Union for clinching the overall victory with a score of 863, surpassing Volkskool’s score of 802.

During the meeting 14 ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ were set, of which 7 were by Union athletes. The new records are as follows:

โ€ข Boys u/7 60m: Aiden van der Walt (UNION) – 10.00s (previous record: 10.10s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 1500m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 5:03.65 (previous record: 5:24.56)
โ€ข Boys u/12 1200m: Lukhona Bulembu (UNION) – 4:11.78 (previous record: 4:20.68)
โ€ข Girls u/10 High Jump: Leah Abader (UNION) – 1.07m (previous record: 1.05m)
โ€ข Boys u/7 80m: Kainon Swartz (UNION) – 13.41s (previous record: 13.61s)
โ€ข Girls u/11 80m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 11.45s (previous record: 12.11s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 Long Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 4.89m (previous record: 4.57m)
โ€ข Girls u/11 100m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 14.28s (previous record: 14.44s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 800m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 2:25.26 (previous record: 2:37.38)
โ€ข Boys u/10 Long Jump: Jacobus Wolfaardt (LVS) – 4.11m (previous record: 3.84m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Shot Put: Dante Mills (UNION) – 9.78m (previous record: 9.51m)
โ€ข Boys u/11 High Jump: Kobus Lotter (LVS) – 1.27m (previous record: 1.25m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Long Jump: JP Lombard (LVS) – 4.94m (previous record: 4.17m)
โ€ข Boys u/13 High Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 1.42m (previous record: 1.38m)