This weekend 23 Pearson High School athletes performed extremely well at the Eastern Cape Schools Athletics Championships held at the Westbourne Oval. Pearson obtained 18 Gold Medals and 6 Silver Medals.

Congratulations to all the athletes with their excellent performances:

• Mari Venter 1^st Girls u/19 High Jump (New EP Schools Record & SA Qualification Standard)
• Izaan Lamprecht 1^st Girls u/14 100m (PB)
• Izaan Lamprecht 1^st Girls u/14 200m
• Izaan Lamprecht 1^st Girls u/15 300m Hurdles
• Anke Serfontein – 1^st Girls u/19 1500m
• Anke Serfontein – 1^st Girls u/19 800m
• Keira van Heerden 1^st Girls u/15 400m
• Keira van Heerden 1^st Girls u/15 200m
• Megan Hough – 1^st Girls u/15 3000m (PB & SA Qualification Standard)
• Megan Hough – 2^nd Girls u/16 1500m (PB)
• Kyra Oosthuizen – 1^st Girls u/19 Triple Jump
• Kyra Oosthuizen – 4^th Girls u/19 Long Jump
• Ngazo Ntoni 1^st Girls u/15 Shotput (SA Qualification Standard)
• Danielle Honiball 1^st Girls u/19 400m
• Esethu Mtwa – 1^st Girls U/14 Discus Throw
• Chase Alberts 1^st Boys u/15 800m
• Crishcé van Zyl 1^st Girls u/14 Javelin Throw
• Taytem Hargreaves 1^st Girls u/14 Long Jump
• Mia Vermaak 1^st Girls u/15 Long Jump
• Inge van Eyk 1^st Girls u/16 Pole Vault
• Kylie Klaasen – 2^nd Girls u/14 High Jump
• Robert Harris – 2^nd Boys u/15 Javelin Throw
• Elne Reynolds – 2^nd Girls u/14 400m
• Chelsea Street 2^nd Girls u/15 200m
• Jorja Andrews 2^nd Girls u/17 800m
• Milandri Fourie 5^th Girls u/17 100m (PB)

We eagerly wait for the release of the official list of athletes who have been selected to represent Eastern Cape at the SA Schools Athletics Championships later this year.