First-ever relay championship a staggering success
The collaboration between the Namibia School Sports Union and Athletics Namibia sprouted a successful relay event.
Iréne-Mari van der Walt
The chairperson of the Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU), national coordinator Solly Duiker, counts the first-ever national under-17 relay championships as a roaring success.
“I think this event is a very huge success and I think that Athletics Namibia and the NSSU partnership has shown that if we work together, we can achieve a lot,” he said.
After more than a year of planning, representatives from 13 regions of the country took part in hopes of taking home the gold.
However, the stakes were higher than a gold medal. Participants competed to become the first ever Namibian under-17 relay record holders.
“Since this is the first competition of its kind in Namibia, all the first-place winners automatically become record holders. Next year we will see what records are broken,” Duiker said.
Windhoek Gymnasium very proudly emerged as the overall winner at the competition, with a combined score of 42 points.
Second place overall winner, Kuisebmond Secondary School, was able to secure half the points of the champions, but still amassed three more than third place’s Tsau //Kheib Secondary School, who earned 18 points.
According to Duiker, all running times were converted by use of the International Association of Athletics Federations scoring table.
The chairperson of the Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU), national coordinator Solly Duiker, counts the first-ever national under-17 relay championships as a roaring success.
“I think this event is a very huge success and I think that Athletics Namibia and the NSSU partnership has shown that if we work together, we can achieve a lot,” he said.
After more than a year of planning, representatives from 13 regions of the country took part in hopes of taking home the gold.
However, the stakes were higher than a gold medal. Participants competed to become the first ever Namibian under-17 relay record holders.
“Since this is the first competition of its kind in Namibia, all the first-place winners automatically become record holders. Next year we will see what records are broken,” Duiker said.
Windhoek Gymnasium very proudly emerged as the overall winner at the competition, with a combined score of 42 points.
Second place overall winner, Kuisebmond Secondary School, was able to secure half the points of the champions, but still amassed three more than third place’s Tsau //Kheib Secondary School, who earned 18 points.
According to Duiker, all running times were converted by use of the International Association of Athletics Federations scoring table.
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