Burger and Watson on fire during the Wildeklawer TUT Top 14

Two Free Staters stole the show during the second annual Wildeklawer TUT Top 14 meeting hosted by Curro Hazeldean at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria.
Rumé Burger (Oranje) and Judy Watson (Fichardtpark) were the two top-performing female athletes on the track and field respectively.
Burger set a new personal best in the 100m for girls u17 with a magnificent time of 11.73 seconds. She also won the 200m sprint in 24.05 seconds. Both these performances set new meeting records. She is the daughter of former Blitzbok Philip Burger, while her grandfather, Thys Burger, represented the Springboks in three tests.
Rumé received a total of 1,950 points for her two performances according to the points system. Her winning time in the 100m is faster than the u19 record set by Randburg’s Chané Vermeulen (11.76) during last year’s meeting.
Watson won the discus as well as receiving a bronze medal for the shot put event for girls u19. Watson accumulated a total of 1,818 points out of a maximum of 2,000 points to walk away with the award for the best senior field athlete during the meeting.
Watson won the discus with a throw of 46.90 metres while launching the shot put ball 11.87m for the bronze. The shot put for girls u19 was won by Jeandré Jacobs (Eldoraigne) with an attempt of 13,67m to set a new record. Helpmekaar’s Keira Pienaar (11.95m) bagged the silver medal.
Voortrekker of Bethlehem’s Lisa Rautenbach also enjoyed a good day in the Jacaranda City as she won the discus (38.17m) and shot put (13.35m) for girls u17. Rautenbach’s performance in the shot put was the best of the two as it brought her a total of 870 points. In the discus, she received 868 points for her performance.
The award for the best senior track athlete went to Prestige College, Tumi Ramokgopa. She won the 200m sprint in a quick-fire 24.44 seconds while also securing gold in the 100m hurdles for girls u19 in only 13.72 seconds. Her personal best in the short hurdles is a blistering 13.26 seconds which she achieved last year during the Curro Podium Northern Regional meeting.
Ramokgopa received a total of 1,876 points for her two performances on Wednesday. She was also a member of SuperSport Schools’ Class of 2024 for her performances during last year.
Helpmekaar’s Lenka du Toit was the best junior girl on show on the track. She won the 90m hurdles (13.95) and 300m hurdles (43.34) convincingly. In the longer hurdles, her nearest opponent was more than four seconds behind her. In the shorter hurdles she had a bit more competition as Oranje’s Klara van Wyk (14.11) also set a respectable time to walk away with the silver medal.
Danyelle Pienaar of Oranje set a new record in the 400m hurdles for girls u17 in a time of 1 minute and 2.92 seconds. It was with 910 points one of the best performances during the meeting. Curro Hazeldean’s young sprinter Mokgadi Maake also deserves a mention as she crossed the finish line in 25.23 seconds in the 200m for girls u15.
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