Records fly at athletics race

A total of 25 new Namibia School Sport Union records were set at the Coca Cola National Schools Athletics Championships at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium over the weekend.

Dianne Joone of the Karas region set two new records. In the Girls U/13 age group she established a 100m record of 12,98 seconds as well as a 75m hurdles record of 11,75 seconds.Merilyn Diamond of Khomas improved the 100m record for Girls U/15 twice.In her heat she set a record time of 12,65 seconds and in the final she set a new record time of 12,62 seconds.The first three athletes in the Girls U/13 800m all broke the previous record.The race was won by Ottilie Shiyakele of Ohangwena in 2:23,80, followed by Dominga Nehemia of Kavango (2:25,16) and Evelina Duuhalundu of Omusati (2:26,66).Cari Engels of Khomas set two new records in the Girls U/15 category.She set a new 80m hurdles record of 13,03 seconds and a 200m hurdles record of 32,42 seconds.Corlia Kruger of Welwitschia set a new high jump record for Girls U/15 of 1,55m, while Chantelle van Rensburg of Khomas set a new high jump record of 1,60m for Girls U/17.Two athletes from North Central both improved the Girls U/15 shot put record of 9,41m.M Louw won with a distance of 9,87m, while E Theron came second with 9,66m.Theron, however, won the discus throw for Girls U/15 with a new record distance of 29,33m.Similarly, the first two athletes in the Girls U/13 discus throw also improved the old record of 24,38m.Maryke Short of Khomas won with a distance of 27,57m, followed by C Engelbrecht of North Central with 25,17m.Charli van der Linde of Khomas set a new Girls U/17 discus record of 32,55m.Tiaan Maritz of North Central set a new Boys U/17 110m hurdles record of 14,78 seconds, while Unotjari Tjitendero of Khomas set a new Boys U/17 400m hurdles record of 57,70 seconds.Horatius Abrahams of Khomas set a new Boys U/19 400m hurdles record of 55,06 seconds.The junior Victrix Ludorum was Dianne Joone of the Hardap region.She won gold medals in the 100m, 200m and long jump events for a total of 2456 points.Jesse Urikhob of the North Central region was the junior Victor Ludorum after winning gold in the 100m and 200m sprints for a total of 1679 points.Keshia Kalomo of the Khomas region was the senior Victrix Ludorum after winning gold medals in the 100m, 200m and long jump events for a total of 2449 points.Andre Nel of Khomas was the senior Victor Ludorum after winning gold medals in the 100m and 200m for a total of 1741 points.- Namibia SportIn the Girls U/13 age group she established a 100m record of 12,98 seconds as well as a 75m hurdles record of 11,75 seconds.Merilyn Diamond of Khomas improved the 100m record for Girls U/15 twice.In her heat she set a record time of 12,65 seconds and in the final she set a new record time of 12,62 seconds.The first three athletes in the Girls U/13 800m all broke the previous record.The race was won by Ottilie Shiyakele of Ohangwena in 2:23,80, followed by Dominga Nehemia of Kavango (2:25,16) and Evelina Duuhalundu of Omusati (2:26,66).Cari Engels of Khomas set two new records in the Girls U/15 category.She set a new 80m hurdles record of 13,03 seconds and a 200m hurdles record of 32,42 seconds.Corlia Kruger of Welwitschia set a new high jump record for Girls U/15 of 1,55m, while Chantelle van Rensburg of Khomas set a new high jump record of 1,60m for Girls U/17.Two athletes from North Central both improved the Girls U/15 shot put record of 9,41m.M Louw won with a distance of 9,87m, while E Theron came second with 9,66m.Theron, however, won the discus throw for Girls U/15 with a new record distance of 29,33m.Similarly, the first two athletes in the Girls U/13 discus throw also improved the old record of 24,38m.Maryke Short of Khomas won with a distance of 27,57m, followed by C Engelbrecht of North Central with 25,17m.Charli van der Linde of Khomas set a new Girls U/17 discus record of 32,55m.Tiaan Maritz of North Central set a new Boys U/17 110m hurdles record of 14,78 seconds, while Unotjari Tjitendero of Khomas set a new Boys U/17 400m hurdles record of 57,70 seconds.Horatius Abrahams of Khomas set a new Boys U/19 400m hurdles record of 55,06 seconds.The junior Victrix Ludorum was Dianne Joone of the Hardap region.She won gold medals in the 100m, 200m and long jump events for a total of 2456 points.Jesse Urikhob of the North Central region was the junior Victor Ludorum after winning gold in the 100m and 200m sprints for a total of 1679 points.Keshia Kalomo of the Khomas region was the senior Victrix Ludorum after winning gold medals in the 100m, 200m and long jump events for a total of 2449 points.Andre Nel of Khomas was the senior Victor Ludorum after winning gold medals in the 100m and 200m for a total of 1741 points.- Namibia Sport