Rob Ferreira High School’s boys’ athletics team has made history by winning the inaugural Track+Field High Schools Athletics Series and being named the best in the South Africa.

The Track+Field Series started this year as a way to bring together the best high school athletes from across the country, in pursuit of being crowned the number one athletics high school in South Africa.

Before the national grand finale, nine regional competitions were held in each province to crown a provincial champion that would compete in the national finale. Each school could enter a boys’ and girls’ team comprising the best U15, U17 and U19 athletes the school has to offer.

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Having won both the boys’ and girls’ competition in Mpumalanga, Rob Ferreira represented the province in the grand finale at the University of Johannesburg Stadium on April 10 and 11.

In the girls’ competition, Bethlehem Voortrekker of Free State were victorious with a total of 739 points. Hoërskool Stellenbosch finished second (704) while Rob Ferreira ended third with 596.

Even though the boys’ competition was tough, the Rob Ferreira boys were untouchable. They emerged as overall victors with a total of 625 points, while Stellenbosch (605) finished second and TuksSport High School (585) third.