{"id":117074,"date":"2016-03-31T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117074\/local-athletes-shine\/"},"modified":"2016-03-31T08:32:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T06:32:14","slug":"local-athletes-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/03\/31\/local-athletes-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Local athletes shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston Callies Harriers athletes Pedro Aaron and Simone van der Nest recently impressed judges and spectators alike at the SA Schools Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The championships, held in Bloemfontein, saw Aaron win the boys u-17 long jump with a distance of 7.03m.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>His coach, Stephan\u00e9 Kotz\u00e9, was very impressed with his performance.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kotz\u00e9, Aaron is in excellent form and has improved his distance with every meeting.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI believe Aaron has a very good chance of winning a medal at the SA Championships in April, this year,\u201d said Kotze.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Nest competed in the women\u2019s u-19 100m and 200m sprints, winning both events.<\/p>\n<p>She won the 100m in a time of 12 seconds and the 200m in a time of 24.05 seconds<\/p>\n<p>Both were named as part of the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) national team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116340\/blood-sweat-and-hard-hitting-action\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blood, sweat and hard-hitting action<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116385\/for-the-love-of-hockey\/\" target=\"_blank\">For the love of hockey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116324\/national-championships-coming-up\/\" 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