The women stole the show at the first meet of the newly launched grand prix in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, with Marione Fourie and Zeney van der Walt laying down impressive markers for the season ahead.
Fourie had to fight to beat Taylon Bieldt in the 100m hurdles, but she out-hustled her rival over the final metres to take the victory in a 13.10 sec personal best.“It’s great,” said Fourie, whose 12.86 at the North Gauteng championships at the weekend was wind-assisted. “Just a little bit more to be done ... technique and rhythm.”Van der Walt, the 400m hurdles world champion at under-18 and under-20, took nearly a second off her best as she downed her main hurdles rival in a flat 400m battle.
“This was my first 400m race this season,” she said, adding she planned to do the 400m hurdles at the next grand prix meet in Cape Town next week. “I’m over the moon,” said Van Rooyen, who fell ill on his birthday on February 4. “I was man down, I was out of it. My dad also got it and he just had a cough.Van Rooyen’s work days range from 10 to 12 hours. “I have to make time for training,” he admitted. “If the drive is there, you can do it.”
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