Laerskool Lydenburg let schools know they mean business at Interprimary

Laerskool Lydenburg awed all schools and spectators on the field as the athletes seized a total of 51 medals at the Interprimary on Saturday February 17.

February 24, 2022

Bartlo Nel 1 minute read

Lydens did not just participate in the big event at Hoërskool Rob Ferreira, but stood out among the big schools.

The school’s athletes looked forward to the big day after days of training and preparation, and succeeded by bringing home 10 gold, 21 silver and 20 bronze medals. Even though the athletes received medals for their field items, the majority of Laerskool Lydenburg’s achievements came from their performances on the track field.

Some athletes stood out for achieving medals in more than one item.

Nathan Sibuyi took gold in the boys’ u/10 70m hurdles with a time of 13.33s, received bronze for running a time of 14.53s in the 100m race, and bronze for running the 12 00m race in 04:19.16. Alexa van Rooyen won the 1 500m race for girls’ u/13 with a time of 05:27.28 and got silver for both high jump and 800m, with a height of 1.28m and a time of 02:37.75.

Nina-Chanel Tait got gold in the girls u/11 80m when she ran 11.60s and Talya Zulu took the gold home as well after winning the u/10 girls’ 70m hurdles with a time of 15.65s. Linkin Theron jumped into first place at the u/10 boys’ long jump with a distance of 3.85m.

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Lee-Ann Lewis was announced junior victrix ludorum for her outstanding winning race in the u/9 girls’ 60m race with a time of 9.35s and getting silver in the 80m race running a time of 12.21s.