Siphesihle Nkundlane showed amazing physical and mental power when he won gold for Penryn College in the boys u/15 high jump at the BUCO Interhigh.

Four u/15 athletes jumped 1.65m at Hoërskool Nelspruit on Saturday.

The crossbar was set at 1.7m and Siphesihle was the only high jumper to clear it.

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Penryn won the Percentage Trophy. This trophy is decided by dividing the total points a school earned by the number of pupils attending the school.

On the overall, final points table, Penryn finished seventh.

The best Penryn cheerleader was Andishwa Mapanga.

Other medals

Silver

• Muzi Chirwa: Boys u/16 long jump – 6.58m
• Stephen Taylor: Boys u/19 javelin – 50.64m.

Bronze

• Tlangelani Ndlovu: Girls u/19 200m – 28.24s
• Muzi Chirwa: Boys u/16 high jump – 1.65m
• Stephen Taylor: Boys u/19 shot-put – 12.77m.

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