Curro Hazeldean clears the hurdle at the Wildeklawer Super Interhigh Group 5
Curro Hazeldean of Pretoria is also on the march to the big leagues in the Wildeklawer Super Interhigh Series.
They won Group 5 of the competition on Monday in the UJ Stadium in Johannesburg to be promoted to Group 4 in 2026. They accumulated 963 points on the day to beat Die Anker of Brakpan (721) and Hugenote of Springs (587)
The Super Interhigh started back in 1997 and has grown to an athletic series where 50 schools participate in six divisions to showcase their athletic prowess.
The school from the Jacaranda City has also been moving up in the Pretoria Bonde as they will participate in the Wildeklawer B Bond meeting this year.
Victory during this meeting on 20 February will see them run, jump and throw between the big dogs in 2026.
What makes their performance on Monday as a team even more impressive is the fact that they finished second on Saturday during the annual Curro Podium Grand Finale hosted by them at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria.
Curro Hazeldean’s sprinter Mukona Manavhela produced another superb performance in the 100m as he won the u17 race in a blistering 10.55 seconds to set a new meeting record. This performance was worth 900 points on the APE-tables.
Manavhela also won the 200m in a quick-fire 21.55 seconds to ensure another meeting record will belong to him. These records set by Manavhela have the potential to stand for a long time.
In the 100m sprint for Boys u19 his teammate Inam Dlunge also crossed the finish line in a new meeting record time of 10.53 seconds. Hoërskool Alberton’s Ryhan Smit (10.65) pushed Dlunge until the end.
Smit’s time was also better than the previous record time.
Die Anker’s JP van den Berg produced an excellent performance in the 3,000m for Boys u19 which he won in eight minutes and 49.82 seconds.
He was in a serious battle with Siyabonga Mbeleki (Curro Hazeldean) to cross the finish line first. Mbeleki’s time of 8:54.07 was also better than the previous meeting record.
Lesibe Dikgale, hurdler of Curro Hazeldean, eased his way to bagging gold in the 110m- and 400m-hurdles for Boys u19. He won the shorter hurdles in a modest 15.29 seconds. He won the Curro Podium race in 14.70 seconds.
In the longer hurdles his time 54.18 seconds bettered the meeting record. It was however more than three seconds slower than his winning time of 50.54 seconds on Saturday. He however still beat his closest rival, Mika Seate (Riebeeckrand, 1:01.30), in the UJ Stadium by more than six seconds.
It was also a good day for the long jumpers in the City of Gold. Four of the five long jump records got new owners. Tiisetso Mosime (u19, 7.04m), Makobe Modisane (u17, 6.82m), Siyanda Dladla (u16, 6.74m) and Kabelo Mnisi (u15, 6.63m) all set new records for their various age groups.
Dladla is from Pretoria Boys’ High, while the rest are all athletes from Curro Hazeldean.
The Team Results:
Overall
1. Curro Hazeldean (963); 2. Die Anker (721); 3. Hugenote (587); 4. Hoërskool Alberton (558); 5. Florida (541); 6. Riebeeckrand (535); 7. Oosterlig (512); 8. Pretoria Boys’ High (346); 9. Pretoria Girls’ High (214).
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