{"id":33727,"date":"2024-01-30T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=33727"},"modified":"2024-01-30T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:49:31","slug":"athletics-gauteng-norths-track-and-field-league-2-girls-and-womens-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=33727","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Gauteng North’s Track and Field League 2 girls’ and women’s results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuks Academy<\/strong>‘s athletes impressed with their consistency, securing many first place and top three positions at Athletics Gauteng North’s Track and Field League 2<\/strong> event, held at the Pilditch Stadium<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ u16 100m category, Fundiswa Makhanya<\/strong> (Tuks Academy) claimed victory in an impressive time of 12.98s, closely followed by Diane Dippenaar<\/strong> (Menlopark HS<\/strong>) in 13.01s.<\/p>\n

Phiwe Nhleko<\/strong> (Tuks Academy) took the honours in the women’s u20 100m event, clocking 12.31s, with Atang Naane<\/strong> (Prestige College) second in 12.45s, followed by Rujeko Smunetsi<\/strong> (Elite Sprints Training<\/strong>), who was third in 12.62s.<\/p>\n

Fundiswa Makhanya continued her dominance of the sprints in the girls’ u16 200m, halting the stopwatch in an impressive 26.22s. An\u00e9 Pretorius<\/strong> (Menlopark) and Aquina de Vries<\/strong> (Midstream AC<\/strong>) secured the second and third positions, with times of 26.63s and 26.80s, respectively.<\/p>\n

Lolwethu Makasi<\/strong> (I Have Talent AC<\/strong>) powered to victory in the women’s u18 200m, crossing the line in 25.77s, comfortably ahead of Selena Rocha<\/strong> (Tuks Academy), who captured second place in 26.40s.<\/p>\n

In the women’s u20 200m, Diana Eze<\/strong> (32GI<\/strong>), showcased her speed and secured the top spot in a time of 25.06s.<\/p>\n

Gold in the women’s u18 400m went to Izel de Beer<\/strong> (Menlopark HS). She finished in 1:00.79, with second-placed Lente Groenewald<\/strong> (Midstream AC) clocking 1:01.14.<\/p>\n

Lu Chelle Breedt<\/strong> (Boxer<\/strong>) put in a strong performance to claim the women’s u20 400m win in 58.21s.<\/p>\n

Carmia van den Berg<\/strong> (Midstream AC) dominated the girls’ u16 800m, winning the two-lap race in 2:24.50.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the women’s u18 800m title went to Angel Baloyi<\/strong> (Tuks Academy), who took victory in 2:23.64. She was closely followed across the line by her team-mate, Micaela Swart<\/strong>, who clocked 2:23.79.<\/p>\n

Minke Dekker<\/strong> (Boxer) impressed in the girls’ u16 1 500m, winning in 4:32.82, which was better than anyone achieved in the older age groups.<\/p>\n

Elizma le Roux<\/strong> (Zwartkop AC<\/strong>) claimed the top spot in the women’s u18 1 500m in a time of 04:42.98, while Emma Kruse<\/strong> (Country Club Johannesburg<\/strong>) bagged the women’s u20 1 500m title in 04:35.14.<\/p>\n

Swazi athlete\u00a0Nokwethu Nhlabatsi<\/strong> sparkled in the girls’ u16 3 000m, breaking the tape in 11:28.65.<\/p>\n

In the women’s u18 3 000m, Diphetogo Semenya<\/strong> (Tuks Academy) powered her way to first place in 10:32.81.<\/p>\n

Victory in the u16 90m hurdles went to Janelle Kirkpatrick<\/strong> (Menlopark HS) in 13.31s, while Ruv\u00e8 van der Ende<\/strong> (Menlopark HS), was second in 14.14s.<\/p>\n

The u20 100m hurdles win went to Angelique de Jager<\/strong> (Tuks Academy) in 14.49s, with Anika le Roux<\/strong> (Midstream College<\/strong>) the runner-up in 15.38s.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ u16 300m hurdles, Lin\u00e9 de Villiers<\/strong> (Menlopark HS) took the win in 44.92s, well clear of Len\u00e9 Greyling<\/strong> (Midstream College), who finished in 47.98s.<\/p>\n

The women’s u20 400m hurdles title went to Anika Williams<\/strong> (Zwartkop AC) in 1:04.02.<\/p>\n

There were some impressive performances in the shot put, discus, and javelin across the different age groups.<\/p>\n

Johanne Lamprecht<\/strong> (Montana AC<\/strong>) dominated the girls’ u16 shotput, winning with a distance of 15.04m. She also added the discus title to her shotput success, recording a best of 39.10m.<\/p>\n

The women’s u18 title went to Jeandr\u00e9 Jacobs<\/strong> (Eldoraigne AC<\/strong>). Her best distance measured 14.55m.<\/p>\n

In the women’s u20 shotput, Alicia Khunou<\/strong> (Menlopark HS) put the shot 14.63m to take the win.<\/p>\n

Christ\u00e9 Loedolff<\/strong> (Menlopark) posted an impressive distance of 44.72m to win the women’s u18 discus.<\/p>\n

Alicia Khunou doubled up on her success by winning the women’s u20 discus with an impressive throw of 53.10m.<\/p>\n

Allene Theunissen<\/strong> (Garsfontein<\/strong>) launched the javelin 39.98m to win girls’ u16 gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuks Academy‘s athletes impressed with their consistency, securing many first place and top three positions at Athletics Gauteng North’s Track and Field League 2 event, held at the Pilditch Stadium on Saturday. In the girls’ u16 100m category, Fundiswa Makhanya (Tuks Academy) claimed victory in an impressive time of 12.98s, closely followed by Diane Dippenaar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}