Local athletes were awarded special medals for outstanding performances at a pre-season athletics meeting.<\/p>\n
Sunnyridge\u2019s Lyndi Roelofse and Solheim\u2019s Christelle Grobler took part in the NWU-Pukke athletics meeting, on October 21 and 22, in Potchefstroom.<\/p>
Over 2 000 athletes between the ages of 14 and 19 participated in the meeting.<\/p>\n
Both athletes managed to score over 1 000 performance evaluation points in their respective events and were awarded gold medals for their performances.<\/p>
Roelofse competed in the u-15 1 500m and 3 000m long distance events.<\/p>\n
She finished the 3 000m race in a time of 10 minutes and 11 seconds and finished the 1 500m race in four minutes and 36 seconds.<\/p>\n
The long distance athlete managed to get 1 044 performance evaluation points for the 1 500m and 1 019 points for the 3 000m.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Grobler competed in the u-14 shot put and discus events.<\/p>\n
She managed to break the 14m barrier for shot put with a distance of 14.31m and scored 1 104 points.<\/p>\n
The impressive results placed her in the top three female shot putters at the meeting between the ages of 14 and 17.<\/p>\n
The youngster also managed to get a distance of 34.62m for discus and scored 1 044 points.<\/p>\n
As a result of their great achievements and points, both girls were ranked in the top 30 athletes respectively.<\/p>\n
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