Maree leads record-breaking performances during Abrie van Staden-meeting
Megan Maree, of Hoërskool Garsfontein, led her school’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. She began her season in her favourite event in an excellent time of 13.76 seconds.
She also won the 100m sprint in 12.34 seconds to secure her second gold of the meeting.
In the short sprints for Girls u15, Buzi Magwaza (Curro Hazeldean) and Anzel Shuck (HTS Middelburg) were in a tightly contested battle.
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 Danté Muller (EG Jansen) back in 2009.
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 Simoné de Wet since 2018.
Curro Hazeldean’s Mokgadi Maake showcased her class, winning the 100m for Girls u16 in a blistering 12.15 seconds, which was worth 915 points on the points’ performance system.
Maake also bagged a silver medal in the 400m, crossing the finish line in 1:01.80.
The best performance on the track, according to Athletics South Africa’s points system, was by Bintou Camara (Curro Hazeldean), who won gold in both the 100m and 200m for Girls u14.
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.
The previous 100m record (12.88) had been held by Chamonix Joubert (Garsfontein) since 2017, while the 200m record (25.87) also belonged to Joubert.
