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21 April, 2021, 5:36 pm
Natabua High School athlete Mereoni Kuru won the Senior Girls 100m final during the Lautoka Coca Cola Zone meet at Churchill Park in Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND/FILE
Natabua High School’s Mereoni Kuru is one of the top bets for the gold medal in the senior girls blue ribbon event during the rescheduled Coca-Cola Games, which is highly likely to be held at Suva’s ANZ Stadium in August.
The 17-year-old lass of Vadravadra, Ba with maternal links to Narocake, Noco in Rewa will be making her maiden appearance in the individual sprint events during the Fiji Finals.
19 April, 2021, 11:00 pm
Natabua High School senior girls 100m athlete Mereoni Kuru trains at Churchill Park in Lautoka on Saturday. Picture: REINAL CHAND
Natabua High School will be fielding one of the largest contingents in the 2021 Coca-Cola Games this week at Suva’s ANZ Stadium.
About 100 athletes will be carrying the hopes of the Western Division giants.
“We will be taking a 100-strong athletics squad and it has been one of the largest contingents that we have taken to participate at the Fiji Finals,” said school principal Virendra Sharma.
“Although it is an inexperienced squad compared to yesteryears, the coaches have done their best to ensure the athletes give their 100 per cent.
Shiraz Kasim
19 April, 2021, 11:59 pm
Some of the 60-strong Adi Cakobau School athletics squad members for the 2021 Coca-Cola Games at Lautoka’s Churchill Park on Saturday. Picture: SHIRAZ KASIM
A strong 60-member athletics squad from Adi Cakobau School participated in a friendly West Athletics meet on Saturday at Churchill Park in Lautoka.
ACS athletics head coach Antonio Raboiliku said the reason for their participation was conditioning.
“The western schools are more prone to the heat and they enjoy that advantage,” Raboiliku said.
“We are used to the wet weather conditions in Suva and the sole intention for our participation today (Saturday) was to get used to the humid conditions experienced in the West.”
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