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Tayla Wasmuth has shaken the athletics world by breaking record upon records so far this year in discus and shotput at the different meets from local through regional and provincial.
Tayla, a Gr. 12 learner at the Goudveld-Hoërskool, started the season with house sport where she broke the house record for discus and was best field athlete.
At the Sasolburg invitational meeting on 10 February she broke the shot put record, and then at the Sentraal Top 20 in Bloemfontein she broke the discus record to 48,31 m and was also placed first in shot put.
At this meet Tayla was the top female field athlete of the meeting.
On 22 February at the Lejweleputswa athletics meet Tayla broke the discus record to 48,87 m and was placed first in shot put.
On 28 February at the Multi Green meet she again broke the discus record and was placed first place in the shot put.
During the Free State Schools on 8 March Tayla was placed first in discus, again with a record, and she also broke the shot put record.
During the ASA South African meet at Pildith stadium in Pretoria on 21 and 22 March, Tayla received a silver medal, with a distance of 49,23 m for discus and she was placed 6th for shot put.
At the South African Schools meet in Paarl from 1 to 3 April she received a silver medal for discus and a bronze for the shot put.
Tayla was placed number 36 in the top 100 athletes of the meeting.
She was also selected for the senior ASA Free State team and will participate in Pietermaritzburg at the Senior South African meet on 18 April.
She is trained by Conradie Scheepers and Elizma Naude Pretorius.
Shotput and discus have been part of Tayla’s athletics career from a tender age when she started field items in Gr. 4.
