Christelle Grobler, a resident of Solheim, took part in the Zander Delport athletics meeting that was held on February 5 at Afrikaans Boy’s High School in Pretoria.<\/p>\n
Secondary schools that attended the meeting were Waterkloof, Kempton Park, Afrikaans Girl’s and Boy’s High Schools Pretoria, as well as Grey College Bloemfontein.<\/p>
The young athlete competed in the discus, shot put and 100m sprint events.<\/p>\n
Grobler won the u-14 shot put and discus events and rewrote the meeting’s record books in both events.<\/p>
With a throw of 13,2m in the shot put and a throw of 36,9m in the discus events she managed to break both records.<\/p>\n
Despite specialising in the field events she also managed to get a third place on the podium in the 100m sprint event.<\/p>\n
She scored over a 1 000 evaluation points in her performances for the discus and shot put events.<\/p>\n
After the meeting the young athlete walked away with three trophies for best female shot put and discus athlete, best field athlete and also junior Victrix Ludorum.<\/p>\n
The youngster was surprised and honoured as the meeting produced excellent performances and had an abundance of extremely talented athletes who showed off their skills in both track and field.<\/p>\n
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