Grantleigh College snatches league two

GRANTLEIGH College took the second round of the Zululand Inter-School Athletics League with a total of 254 points at Empangeni High School on Tuesday afternoon.

The day was full of action, which saw a total of 19 records being smashed.

The U15 and U17 boys and girls competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 4x100m on the track, as well as long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot-put and javelin on the field.

The third round will take place at eShowe High School on Tuesday 19 August, with the competition wrapping up at Grantleigh School on Tuesday 26 August.

Results

1 Grantleigh College 254 points, 2 Felixton College 217 points, 3 Richards Bay High School 193 points, 4 Empangeni High School 146 points, 5 Richards Bay Christian School 106 points and 6 St Catherine’s 62 points

Records

Rene Nagal (Felixton College) girls U17 shot-put 9.17m, Mnqobi Ngubane (Felixton College) boys U17 high jump 1.78m, 100m 11.71 seconds and long jump 6.03m, Quiniso Msimang (Empangeni High School) boys U17 triple jump 11.19m and 200m 23.28 seconds, Micaella Forbes (Grantleigh) girls U17 long jump 4.61m and 200m 29.33 seconds, Nicole Anderson (Grantleigh) girls U17 800m 2.57.38, Tim McCann (Grantleigh) boys U17 shot-put 13.60m, Empangeni High School boys U17 4x100m 47.85 seconds, Joshua Moonsamy (Richards Bay High School) boys U15 200m 24.00 seconds, Grantleigh boys U15 4x100m 49.43 seconds, Liam de Villiers (Grantleigh) boys U15 shot put 12.42m, Itha Kotze (Empangeni High School) girls U15 400m 1.11.58, Bianca Louw (Richards Bay High School) girls U15 javelin 23.81m, Richards Bay High School girls U15 4x100m 59.57 seconds, Zane Botha (Empangeni High School) girls U15 shot put 9.81m and Ben Owen (Felixton College) boys U17 1500m 4.53.22.