Congratulations to team ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ who finally reclaimed the title at this yearโs Junior Interhouse Athletics Day after having had to relinquish it to Arnott for the past couple of years
There was some fierce competition and plenty of house spirit displayed, but in the end, it was Dalyโs total of 1412 points accumulated by their athletes, that secured them the win over Arnottโs total of 1377.
Despite the sweltering heat, our young athletes were determined and enthusiastic, delivering some outstanding results on the day.
A total of ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ were set by our Grade 5 to 7 athletes:
โข ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ set new records in the Girls u/11 100m, high jump and shot put events;
โข ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด bettered the Girls u/11 long jump record;
โข ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ broke the Girls u/12 100m as well as shot put records;
โข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป set new records in the Girls u/12 long jump and 800m events;
โข ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ broke the Girls u/13 800m record and;
โข ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป broke the Boys u/13 200m and 800m records.
Four ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ were held during this yearโs Interhouse athletics meet for the Grade 5 to 7 learners.
Therefore, the times of those that came first in these races, will be the records to beat in future:
โข Girls u/11 800m: Hermon Wolde (4.16.70)
โข Boys u/11 800m: Lukhona Bulembu (3.02.97)
โข Girls u/12 800m: Samantha Gilfillan (3.33.0)
โข Boys u/12 800m: Jordan Maritz (3:15.53)
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!
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