{"id":89689,"date":"2026-01-25T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=89689"},"modified":"2026-01-25T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:31:50","slug":"maree-eads-record-breaking-performances-during-abrie-van-staden-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=89689","title":{"rendered":"Maree leads record-breaking performances during Abrie van Staden-meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89691\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1519-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Maree, hurdler of Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, on her way to set a new meeting record of 13.76 in the 100m hurdles for Girls u17 during her school&#8217;s annual Abrie van Staden-meeting. Photo: Marius Nortj\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Megan Maree<\/strong>, of Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, led her school&#8217;s efforts during the annual <strong>Abrie van Staden-meeting<\/strong> hosted at the Tuks Athletics Stadium in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>Maree grabbed two gold medals and also set a new meeting record in the 100m hurdles for Girls u17. She began her season in her favourite event in an excellent time of 13.76 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>She also won the 100m sprint in 12.34 seconds to secure her second gold of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In the short sprints for Girls u15, <strong>Buzi Magwaza<\/strong> (Curro Hazeldean) and <strong>Anzel Shuck<\/strong> (HTS Middelburg) were in a tightly contested battle.<\/p>\n<p>Magwaza won the 100m in 12.39 seconds, which was a new meeting record. Shuck, who ran in a different heat to Magwaza, crossed the finish line in 12.52 seconds, which was also faster than the previous record of 12.59 seconds set by <strong>Dant\u00e9 Muller<\/strong> (EG Jansen) back in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In the 200m, both were drawn in the same heat with Shuck winning gold in a new meeting record time of 25.02 seconds. Magwaza followed just behind her in 25.08. Both times bettered the previous record of 25.70 seconds, which had stood behind the name of <strong>Simon\u00e9 de Wet<\/strong> since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Curro Hazeldean\u2019s <strong>Mokgadi Maake<\/strong> showcased her class, winning the 100m for Girls u16 in a blistering 12.15 seconds, which was worth 915 points on the points&#8217; performance system.<\/p>\n<p>Maake also bagged a silver medal in the 400m, crossing the finish line in 1:01.80.<\/p>\n<p>The best performance on the track, according to Athletics South Africa&#8217;s points system, was by <strong>Bintou Camara<\/strong> (Curro Hazeldean), who won gold in both the 100m and 200m for Girls u14.<\/p>\n<p>She blitzed the 100m in a new meeting record of 11.96 seconds and also broke the 200m record with a winning time of 25.22 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The previous 100m record (12.88) had been held by <strong>Chamonix Joubert<\/strong> (Garsfontein) since 2017, while the 200m record (25.87) also belonged to Joubert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Maree, of Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, led her school&#8217;s efforts during the annual Abrie van Staden-meeting hosted at the Tuks Athletics Stadium in Pretoria. Maree grabbed two gold medals and also set a new meeting record in the 100m hurdles for Girls u17. 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