St Andrew’s College had the honour of hosting the Triangular Athletics Meeting between Grey High School, Kingswood College and St Andrew’s College. The Triangular Athletics Meeting is not a typical meeting where individual athletes try to accumulate as many points as possible for their team or school to win. St Andrews’s College Triangular Athletics is made up of team field events of 3 athletes combining their furthest distances together and ranking the 3 schools, and all track events are relays. Triangular is all about the team performance.
St Andrews’s College Triangular Athletics meeting was preceded by an inspiring and captivating speech from Mr Phathu Shaun Maswanganyi, silver medalist in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in Assembly. The Triangular team displayed a fantastic team effort securing 1st or 2nd place in almost every event. The 3000m race was testament to the College boys’ team performance as they crossed the line 1st to 5th place all in a row. This came at a crucial time in the day, which motivated the boys to finish strong. Kingswood College had a great performance this year. However, the College boys managed to pull off the win.
The overall results were as follows:
St Andrew’s College 28
Kingswood College 24
Grey High School 19.
A massive thank you to Mr Maswanganyi for taking time during his off season to come to Makhanda for the day to spend time with our boys, talk about his life experiences and inspire the pupils about working hard towards their dreams. Thanks also to all the staff that officiated at the event. Your time and effort are truly appreciated. Lower looked magnificent after some rain the previous week and bore testimony to the fact that spring is fully underway. A special mention of thanks to Mr Wilkinson and Mr Kondile for your effort in preparing Lower during the athletics season.
Mr Michael Turner
Photos by Toni Butterworth
SHAUN MASWANGANYI – 2024 Olympian
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
St Andrew’s College had the pleasure of hosting Shaun Maswanganyi, OLY, a silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of South Africa’s 4×100 metres relay team. Shaun enjoyed a campus tour, attended the Triangular Athletics event where he presented the Shield to the winning school (St Andrew’s College), and was the guest speaker at our assembly.
During the assembly, Shaun delivered an inspiring speech on the importance of combining talent with hard work. He also emphasized the value of young pupils exploring and participating in a variety of sports before specialising in one. These discussions continued at the Triangular Athletics Meeting, where boys from all three participating schools had the chance to engage with Shaun. As a role model to many of our pupils, they were thrilled to have their photos taken with him and get his autograph on their athletic shoes.
It was an unforgettable day for everyone, and we are incredibly grateful to have had Shaun spend the day at St Andrew’s College. He is a kind and inspiring individual, and we wish him all the best for the future.
