{"id":35318,"date":"2024-02-18T15:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=35318"},"modified":"2024-02-18T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T13:47:13","slug":"waterkloof-makes-waves-at-inter-high-d-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=35318","title":{"rendered":"Waterkloof makes waves at Inter-High D-league"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CONRAD VAN ROOYEN (Waterkloof) PHOTO: Carli Koch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a result of severe thunderstorms, the Inter high D-League, which was hosted by Sutherland, could not be completed.<\/p>\n

The event ended before the u14 boy\u2019s freestyle event.<\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof B emerged as the overall winner with 735 points, with Rietondale High School close behind with 660. Ho\u00ebrskool Pretoria-Noord finished in third place with 476.<\/p>\n

Afrikaans Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool D, finished top in the girls’ division (456), Rietondale second (347) and Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof B in third place (313).<\/p>\n

In the boys’ division, Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof B (422) walked away with the laurels, Ho\u00ebrskool Pretoria-Noord (316) was second, and Rietondale High School, with just third points behind Rietondale with a score of 313.<\/p>\n

Conrad van Rooyen<\/strong>, u14 boys and under (Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof), and Rietondale High School\u2019s Adam Stam<\/strong>, u16 and under were the top swimmers after the day\u2019s event with a total of 48 points. In the girl\u2019s section, it was Waterkloof\u2019s Emma Oosthuizen<\/strong> (48) and Rietondale\u2019s Mekayla Rew<\/strong>, also with 48 points claiming top honours.<\/p>\n

Van Rooyen claimed first place in the 50m with a time of 47.06 seconds. In the 200m relay he and his teammates, Ruben Burger<\/strong>, Dylan Walker<\/strong>, and Jaykin van Heerden<\/strong>, also placed first.<\/p>\n

With three gold medals behind his name, in the 200m freestyle relay, Van Heerden, Lian Potgieter<\/strong>, and Walker touched the blocks first in two minutes and 29.31 seconds.<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old earned his fourth gold medal in the butterfly event with an incredible time of 40.73 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Rietondale swimmer, Stam was first in the 200m individual medley with a fantastic time of 2:39.14. He earned his second golden medal in the 100m freestyle event in 56.69 seconds.<\/p>\n

Greg Kitaba, Lehlogonola Masemene, Stam, and Temosa Makgwala claimed the top spot in the 200m medley relay in 2:40.82.<\/p>\n

He ended his last event on a high note in the 50m butterfly with a time of 31.38 seconds.<\/p>\n

Oosthuizen claimed first position in the 200m individual medley (2:44.99). Yet again she was top on the podium in the 50m Breastroke (56.69). In the 200m Medley Relay, team Arn\u00e9 Cloete, Emma Botha, Emma Oosthuizen, and Juhn\u00e9 van den Heever swam their way to first place with a time of 2:47.86.<\/p>\n

With almost a minute, Rew managed to beat her opponent in the 200m individual medley with 2:55.39.<\/p>\n

With a time of 41.30 seconds, she managed to take first place in the 50m backstroke. In her third event of the day, she finished with a time of 34.31.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great pleasure for me to announce that it is the first time that we are hosting a D-League Gala at Sutherland. The swimmers are enjoying themselves. It\u2019s the first time that we are hosting an interhigh gala in a 25m pool. Normally it is hosted at Hillcrest. We would like to thank the officials, teams, and schools for their participation,\u201d said Gavin Coetzee of Sutherland High School.<\/p>\n

Waterkloof will, from next year, compete in the C-League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a result of severe thunderstorms, the Inter high D-League, which was hosted by Sutherland, could not be completed. The event ended before the u14 boy\u2019s freestyle event. Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof B emerged as the overall winner with 735 points, with Rietondale High School close behind with 660. Ho\u00ebrskool Pretoria-Noord finished in third place with 476. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":35333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35318","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\/35318","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}