Local athlete rises in ranks

Athlete makes podium.

Sonja Schutte confidently poses after making the podium at the Sub-Youth Inter-Provincial Championships, in Potchefstroom, recently.

Laerskool Oosterkruin’s Sonja Schutte finished second in the u-13 1500m fast walk, at the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) Championships, recently.

She was chosen to represent CGA at the Sub-Youth Inter-Provincial Championships, in Potchefstroom, on November 23.

Schutte managed to come out second in a time of nine minutes and 32 seconds.

Schutte is a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Gauteng Athletics Club and she also represented her school at the Gauteng Cross-Country Championships, in Ruimsig, earlier this year.