Whities’ Callum is tops
White River Primary's stalwart athlete, Callum van Staden, bagged 860 points for his gold medal in the high jump for boys u/11 at Nelspruit Primary's friendly meeting on Friday.
He set a new record at last year’s Mpumalanga Championships meeting in the 100 metres with a time of 13,50 seconds.
Although he finished first in the 100 metres last week in 14,19 seconds, it was not his best time of the season, but he still managed to outrun teammate, Mohammed Abdullah, who came second with 14,50 seconds. Callum also obtained gold in the 70-metre hurdles event (12,71 seconds), 80-metres (11,31 seconds) as well as in the long jump with a distance of 3,70 metres.
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Laerskool Sabie and Clivia’s athletes did not take a backseat to anyone. Clivia’s golden boy, Taku Taderera (u/12), who was crowned victor ludorum at the Windowtec Awnings & Blinds Prestige meeting, continued his winning streak. He won gold medals in the long jump with a distance of 4,25 metres, in the 75-metre hurdles in a time of 13,13 seconds, and his last in the high-jump event with a massive jump of 1,30 metres. In total, Sabie bagged 31 medals, of which 12 were gold medals, 12 silver and seven bronze.
