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Green Point final stop before national athletic championships

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RECORD_BREAKER: Western Province's Luthabo Mpongwana crosses the finish line first in the boys' under-19 3000m steeplechase at Saturday's Western Cape Championships, at Green Point Stadium.

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Green Point Athletic Stadium played hosts to the Western Cape high schools athletic championships, at the weekend. The Western Cape club championships will take place at the same venue on Saturday March 22, following last week's WP championships, at UWC.

FOCUSED: Jan van Riebeeck High School's Scarlett van der Merwe, in action in the girls' 2000m steepelechase.

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OBSTACLE: WP and Boland athletes jousts for dominance in the early rounds of the boys under-19 3000m boys' steeplechase event, at Green Point Stadium, on Saturday.

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POWER: Jan van Riebeeck High School's Wendy Mgolodela let's it rip in the girls' under-17 javelin event.

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CONTROL: Western Province's Marcelino Booysen and Luthabo Mpongwana take an early lead in the boys' 3000m steeplechase.

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TRIO: WP's Taygen Koopman, centre, one step ahead of her teammates in the girls' under-17 200m race.

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RISING STAR: WP's Luthabo Mpongwana clears the final hurdle en route to winning the boys' 3000m steeplechase in record-breaking fashion.

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SUBLIME: Micha Blankenberg, left, gives it her all in the girls' under-19 200m finals, at Saturday's WP high schools athletics championships, at Green Point Stadium.

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LEADING MAN: Boland speedster Rio Davids shows his dominance in the boys' under-15 200m sprint.

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WP's Taygen Koopman after crossing the finish line in the girls' under-17 200m race, at Saturday's high schools championships, at Green Point.

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