{"id":55231,"date":"2014-03-18T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/55231\/masters-athletes-excel\/"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T08:29:32","slug":"masters-athletes-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/03\/18\/masters-athletes-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters athletes excel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rudi Jordaan and George Hunter, from Germiston Callies, competed in the Gauteng North Masters Athletics Championships, in Pretoria, on March 8.<\/p>\n

Both athletes put on their best performances and produced impressive results.<\/p>

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Jordaan, in the men’s 30-34 years category, took first place in the 200m sprint, in an electronic time of 23.92 seconds; first place in the 100m sprint, in an electronic time of 11.80 seconds and first place in the long jump, 5.96m.<\/p>\n

George Hunter, in the men’s 40-44 years category, took first place in the 100m sprint in an electronic time of 11.91 seconds, and second place in the 200m sprint, in an electronic time of 24.38 seconds.<\/p>

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Jordaan took a break from athletics in 2001, for personal reasons, and returned in the 2012\/2013 season.<\/p>\n

One of his goals for this year is to compete at the South African Athletics Championships at the end of April.<\/p>\n

Jordaan encouraged young athletes to work hard.<\/p>\n

“Do the best of your ability and follow your dreams, no matter what; always remember that the Japanese saying ‘wa-go-ken-san’ means ‘never give up’,” he said.<\/p>\n

Jordaan and Hunter are training hard for the next masters championships, that will be held in Rustenburg, on Saturday, March 22.<\/p>\n

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