{"id":16,"date":"2011-06-07T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/ct\/?p=16"},"modified":"2011-06-07T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T14:24:00","slug":"moolman-star-performer-of-western-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/news\/moolman-star-performer-of-western-province","title":{"rendered":"Moolman star performer of Western Province"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Six athletes from Western Province were selected for the youth team that participated in Namibia during the Southern Region Youth Championships on 28-29 May 2011 and delivered outstanding performances, returning with five medals. <\/p>\n

Javelin throw athlete Morne Moolman was the only one from the province to participate in a field event and delivered an extraordinary performance by sending the javelin to a massive 81.37m.\u00a0 He won the event and improved on his personal best with his very first attempt, leaving his competition in awe of the distance.\u00a0 His closest competitor, Stephen Beukes from Botswana, only threw 68.78m.\u00a0 Morne will be one of the athletes to represent South Africa during the World Youth Championships in France.\u00a0 \u201cI feel great about my performance.\u00a0 With hard work you really do get to the top,\u201d Morne told us.<\/p>\n

Mareike Wolhunter finished fourth in the 400m race behind compatriot Izelle Neuhoff, Christine Botlogetswe from Botswana and another South African, Stephanie Wicksell, after her 56.85sec finish.<\/p>\n

In the 100m the top 3 spots were all taken by South African athletes.\u00a0 Bradley Britz had to settle for the second place after being beaten by fellow teammate Hendrick Khumalo from Central Gauteng.\u00a0 Bradley finished the 100m in 10.62sec which was not enough to beat the 10.55sec of Hendrick.\u00a0 Sergeal Petersen finished in the 3rd place with 10.82sec.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year during the SA Championships, Bradley finished in 10.64sec and also had to be happy with the silver medal as Sergeal snatched the gold away from him with his 10.55sec victory.<\/p>\n

But it is back to the drawing board for Bradley after Namibia.\u00a0 \u201cThere is always room for improvement when it comes to my performance, now I know I\u2019ll have to work much harder,\u201d said Bradley about the way he performed.<\/p>\n

For Tiaan Smit the 110m hurdles results at the Youth Championships must have been a repetition of the past when he finished in the second place behind Andries van der Merwe.\u00a0 Exactly the same happened at the SA Championships when Tiaan crossed the line in 13.66sec behind the 13.54sec of Andries.\u00a0 The only difference this time around was the time it took him to cross the finish line.\u00a0 The Southern Region Youth Championships saw Tiaan finish behind teammate Andries van der Merwe as he crossed the line in 13.41sec, just shy of Andries\u2019s 13.39sec.\u00a0 If we see more of this improvement from Tiaan, things may just change in the future.<\/p>\n

Stacey Welsch performed well but had to be satisfied after she finished in the bronze medal position.\u00a0 \u201cI need to train hard for the new season without anything holding me back.\u00a0 Only when I achieve my short term goals (to run the 100m in 11.50sec and the 200m in 24sec) can I work towards my long term goal, which is to run qualifying times with best in the world,\u201d Stacey mentioned.\u00a0 She crossed the finish line in 25.08sec after Philippa van der Merwe from the North Western Cape and Janet Seelinger from Gauteng North finished in 24.32sec and 24.99sec respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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