\u201cMY pa s\u00ea altyd dat ek my alles moet insit.\u201d <\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 is die woorde wat kranige Humansdorp-atleet Lee-Roy Brown (18) elke dag op die atletiekbaan aanpor.<\/p>\n
Hy het sy eerste tre\u00eb in die sportw\u00eareld op die rugbyveld gegee, voordat \u2019n paar ernstige beserings hom twee keer oor sy keuse laat dink het. <\/p>\n
Maar vir Lee-Roy is dit nou baie eenvoudig: dis n\u00e9t atletiek vir hom.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het al my been en enkel tydens rugbyoefeninge en -wedstryde gebreek, en \u2019n oog-besering opgedoen. Asook \u2019n ligte besering aan my kniekop,\u201d het die matriekleerder aan die Humansdorp Sekond\u00eare Skool vertel.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy pa het vir my ges\u00ea ek kan nie albei (rugby en atletiek) doen nie. Rugby hou te veel moontlikhede van beserings in. Toe sit ek my hart op atletiek.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hy speel steeds rugby op sy TV-speletjies.<\/p>\n
Dit was egter nie net voorspoed vir die atleet nie. <\/p>\n
Lee-Roy het verlede jaar baie goeie tye op die atletiekbaan aangeteken, toe hy skielik \u2019n besering aan sy dyspier opdoen.<\/p>\n
\u201cHulle het eers ges\u00ea my hamstring<\/i> was reg; toe gaan hardloop ek by die skool en toe trek hy weer. Ek het net daar platgeval. Ek kon nie verder hardloop nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk was vir amper \u2019n jaar, van verlede jaar Augustus tot Junie vanjaar, buite aksie weens die besering.\u201d<\/p>\n
Intussen het hy sy afrigter se raad gevolg en sy bene sterker gemaak met gereelde oefening om verdere beserings te voorkom.<\/p>\n
Buiten sy studies en die atletiekoef-ening, het Lee-Roy nie veel tyd vir stokperdjies nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk hou baie van lees, maar net wanneer ek tyd het – en verkies Engelse sportboeke waaruit hy kan leer. Iets waarvan ek baie by die huis het,\u201d het hy vertel.<\/p>\n
N\u00e1 skool wil hy graag onderwys en sportwetenskap by Nelson Mandela Universiteit studeer.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy hart is by sport. Ek het klaar besluit: ek wil graag Engels en Afrikaans by my oud-laerskool, die Kruisfontein Prim\u00eare Skool in Humansdorp, onderrig, en na-skool atlete touwys maak.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee-Roy sal die kans om professioneel atletiek te doen, beslis nieafkeur nie. <\/p>\n
\u201cMet my atletiek wil ek graag anderkant die see gaan kompeteer. My groot droom is om tot by IAAF (Internasionale Vereniging van Atletiekfederasies) te kom,\u201d het hy ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n
Lee-Roy sal in September vanjaar aan sy eerste atletiekbyeenkoms by die Ho\u00earskool Nico Malan in Humansdorp deelneem, sedert hy in Junie vanjaar weer begin hardloop het.<\/p>\n
Die tweede byeenkoms vind vanaf 20 tot 23 September in Port Elizabeth plaas, gevolg deur nog \u2019n byeekoms in Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n
Hy gaan sy staal in die o.19 100m en 200m wys. <\/p>\n
Vir nou probeer hy sy bes om oor \u2019n paar struikelblokke te kom. Hy oefen meeste van die tyd in Jeffreysbaai waar hy \u2019n lid van Speedfit Athletics is. <\/p>\n
\u201cEk moet elke middag daar (Jeffreysbaai) wees. Partykeer vat ek maar \u2019n hike<\/i>. Ek het nou iemand wat ek in die middae betyds probeer vang vir \u2019n rygeleentheid. Ek moet jaag om hom te kry,\u201d het Lee-Roy ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n
Hy en sy pa, Elvin, is tans op soek na borgskap om Lee-Roy se loopbaan \u2019n hupstoot te gee.<\/p>\n
Een van die uitdagings wat hom in die gesig staar is sy vervoer na oefeninge en atletiekbyeenkomste. Hy benodig ook \u2019n nuwe paar hardloopskoene (\u2018spikes\u2019) en wegspringblokke.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk oefen elke dag, al moet ek dit by die huis doen. As ek gaan oefen, dan gee ek dit my alles. Ek hardloop nou om die SA-span te haal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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