THE Eastern Cape finished a creditable fifth on the final mainstream medal standings in the South African Secondary Schools and LSEN (learning impaired) National Track and Field Championships which was brought to its conclusion on Saturday evening.
EC picked up 25 medals in total with seven gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals. Five EC athletes were also included in the top 50 athletes of the championship.
Alan Cumming was Eastern Cape’s highest ranked athlete in 19th position with 975 points after his second-placed finish in the boys’ U17 hammer throw.
In 20th was EC’s second-best athlete, Sakhumzi Matiso, with 974 points after he won the U19 boys’ 3000m steeplechase, while 21st and 22nd on the overall standings were Mieke Stander and Juan Muller for their respective first-place finishes in the girls’ and boys’ U19 hammer throws.
The fifth-best EC athlete was Zuko Kupiso in 43rd position overall for his silver medal heroics in the U19 boys’ 5000m final.
The tournament’s best ranked athlete was Tshepang Makete from the Free State with 1081 points, who produced arguably the best performance of the championship in the final of the boys’ U17 hammer throw.
Makete obliterated the SA Schools record with a monster effort that flew an incredible 72.81m. His throw was over 13m further than both second-placed Cumming’s effort and the winner of the U19 event, Muller.
Gauteng brought the curtain down on the Championships in emphatic fashion when the boys’ U19 4x100m relay team picked up their 62nd gold medal of the championship in the last event of the competition.
The relay team blitzed home in 41.40 seconds, ahead of North West and Free State who finished second and third in times of 41.80 and 42.50 seconds respectively.
Gauteng topped the medal standings with 129 medals , more than double the second-placed Free State’s tally of 59 and third-placed Western Cape’s 52.
Gauteng also led the LSEN standings with 124 medals, followed by the Western Cape with 80 and Limpopo, who picked up 28 medals.
Eastern Cape was placed sixth with a good medal haul of 24 which included nine golds, 11 silvers and four bronze medals.
The top EC LSEN athlete was Senzo Tyobeka, 14th overall, for his silver medal in the boys’ U17 400m.
The best LSEN athlete was Gauteng’s Bongani Ntungwa who won the gold medal in the boys’ U19 5000m run and accumulated 860 points for his province.
“The championship was a great success,” said Vice-president of Border Athletics, Ntathu Gwadiso.
“It went especially well for the Eastern Cape athletes even though they finished fifth because they improved drastically from last year,” said Gwadiso.
EC fifth as SA Schools champs ends
EC picked up 25 medals in total with seven gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals. Five EC athletes were also included in the top 50 athletes of the championship.
Alan Cumming was Eastern Cape’s highest ranked athlete in 19th position with 975 points after his second-placed finish in the boys’ U17 hammer throw.
In 20th was EC’s second-best athlete, Sakhumzi Matiso, with 974 points after he won the U19 boys’ 3000m steeplechase, while 21st and 22nd on the overall standings were Mieke Stander and Juan Muller for their respective first-place finishes in the girls’ and boys’ U19 hammer throws.
The fifth-best EC athlete was Zuko Kupiso in 43rd position overall for his silver medal heroics in the U19 boys’ 5000m final.
The tournament’s best ranked athlete was Tshepang Makete from the Free State with 1081 points, who produced arguably the best performance of the championship in the final of the boys’ U17 hammer throw.
Makete obliterated the SA Schools record with a monster effort that flew an incredible 72.81m. His throw was over 13m further than both second-placed Cumming’s effort and the winner of the U19 event, Muller.
Gauteng brought the curtain down on the Championships in emphatic fashion when the boys’ U19 4x100m relay team picked up their 62nd gold medal of the championship in the last event of the competition.
The relay team blitzed home in 41.40 seconds, ahead of North West and Free State who finished second and third in times of 41.80 and 42.50 seconds respectively.
Gauteng topped the medal standings with 129 medals , more than double the second-placed Free State’s tally of 59 and third-placed Western Cape’s 52.
Gauteng also led the LSEN standings with 124 medals, followed by the Western Cape with 80 and Limpopo, who picked up 28 medals.
Eastern Cape was placed sixth with a good medal haul of 24 which included nine golds, 11 silvers and four bronze medals.
The top EC LSEN athlete was Senzo Tyobeka, 14th overall, for his silver medal in the boys’ U17 400m.
The best LSEN athlete was Gauteng’s Bongani Ntungwa who won the gold medal in the boys’ U19 5000m run and accumulated 860 points for his province.
“The championship was a great success,” said Vice-president of Border Athletics, Ntathu Gwadiso.
“It went especially well for the Eastern Cape athletes even though they finished fifth because they improved drastically from last year,” said Gwadiso.
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