Van hoogspring kan ‘n mens Matao le Roux van Caledon min vertel, want di\u00e9 16-jarige atleet, wat al sedert sy laerskooldae aan hoogspring deelneem, ryg die medaljes behoorlik in en het al talle rekords agter sy naam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matao, ‘n leerder aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenbosch, het op die Atletiek Suid-Afrika (ASA) junior kampioenskap, wat van Donderdag 27 tot Saterdag 29 Maart in die Groenpunt-stadion in Kaapstad gehou is, sy beste vertoning nog gelewer deur die o.18-mansafdeling met ‘n allemintige hoogte van 2.10\u2009m te wen en sodoende die Suid-Afrikaanse kampioen in die betrokke ouderdomsgroep te word.
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Skaars ‘n week later het Matao die afgelope Saterdag (5\u2009April) in Bloemfontein op die Suid-Afrikaanse ho\u00ebrskolebyeenkoms die o.17-hoogspring met ‘n hoogte van 1,98\u2009m gewen \u2013 ten spyte van ‘n besering.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ek is in my noppies met my sprong van 2.10\u2009m tydens die ASA-kampioenskap. Ek het baie hard daarvoor geoefen en dit is ‘n persoonlike beste vir my,” het Matao aan Eikestadnuus ges\u00ea. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ek het ‘n kuitbesering by ‘n oefensessie in Bloemfontein opgedoen, wat nogal baie seer was, maar ek het steeds hard gedruk vir ‘n eerste plek en onder die omstandighede is ek tevrede met my wenhoogte.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maeve Jonkers, Matao se ma, is baie trots op haar seun en sy prestasies. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ek het sommer begin huil toe hy die 2.10\u2009m gespring het,” het die trotse ma ges\u00ea. “Ook sy vertoning in Bloemfontein was iets om op trots te wees.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matao is sedert die begin van die skooljaar ‘n leerder aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenbosch nadat hy ‘n beurs van Endurocad, ‘n organisasie sonder winsbejag, ontvang het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 organisasie spits hom toe op die atleet se ontwikkeling op persoonlike, sport- en akademiese gebied.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dat d\u00edt vrugte afgewerp het, is deur Matao se onlangse puik prestasies bewys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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