Maritzburg College top boys' team at Interschools Athletics.

10 February 2023

Maritzburg College were the winning boys’ school at the KZN Interschools Athletics Meeting this week, with T. Boshoff and J. Sweetnam leading the way for the red, black and white.

Boshoff won the award as the overall best under-16 athlete, while Sweetnam also received an overall award, this time in the under-20 age category.

J. Sweetnam was a standout performer for Maritzburg College in the shot put and discus.
J. Sweetnam was a standout performer for Maritzburg College in the shot put and discus.

Three College athletes received certificates for bettering more than 750 points on Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) Athletics Points Evaluation table: Y. Mchunu and I. Kayembe for the 100 metres, and J. Sweetnam for the shot put and discus.

Besides those boys who achieved high scores on ASA’s Athletics Points Evalution Table, College also produced a healthy number of podium places:

1st places:
M Mogale: 100m under 15
I Kayembe: 100m under 20
B Andrews: High jump under 16
J Sweetnam: Shot Put and Discus under 20
T Boshoff: Discus under 16
U18 relay team, which won by 4 seconds.

In the battle for the overall honours, Maritzburg College showed their challengers a clean pair of heels.
In the battle for the overall honours, Maritzburg College showed their challengers a clean pair of heels.

2nd places:
Y Mchunu: 100m under 18
J Jordaan: High jump under 16
L Kunene: High jump under 18
T Boshoff: Shot Put under 16
G Mulder: Discus under 18

3rd places:
Reardon: 100m under 20
T Mudley: 400m under 16
Y Mchunu: 400m under 18
I Shahaan: 1500m under 16
R Jacobz: 1500m under 18
L du Toit: 1500m under 20
K Dobeyn:. High jump under 20
U16 and U20 relay reams.

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