Introduced for the first time this year as a competition between the top 8 Track and Field Clubs in South Africa, the Yellow Pages Interclub competition is set to take place at the ABSA Tuks Stadium in Pretoria on Thursday 5 April.
Palframan solidifies place
March 31, 2012 Leave a Comment
Justine Palframan solidified her position on the team to the World Junior Championships in Barcelona in June when she dominated the Junior women’s 400m final in Germiston at the Yellow Pages SA Youth, Junior and Schools Championships. Palframan crossed the line in 53.51sec, well inside the required 53.67sec. In the process she won the 400m […]
Semenya, van Zyl, Mulaudzi for Potch
March 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
Caster Semenya will run her first 800m race of the season at the second leg of the Yellow Pages series in Potchefstroom on Saturday 24 March. The 800m World Championships silver medallist changed coaches in 2011 and feels that has made a positive change in her athletics already. Speaking after her victory in the 400m […]
Mzazi shines in Stellenbosch
March 21, 2012 1 Comment
20 March – Gladwin Mzazi from Gauteng North has become the 6th fastest man in South Africa in the men’s 5000m at the first Yellow Pages meeting of the series in Stellenbosch. This after Mzazi won in 13:24.50, just 4 seconds shy of the Olympic Qualifying A-standard. Only Shadrack Hoff (13:14.16), Sydney Maree (13:20.63), Alistair […]
Middle distance descends on Stellenbosch
March 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
With the first of the three Yellow Pages meetings taking place in Stellenbosch on Tuesday 20 March an exciting showcase may lie ahead in the distance events such as the men’s sprints, 5000m, 1500m and the 3000m steeplechase.
Viljoen sets Olympic Standard
March 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
On Saturday 17 February at the Gauteng North Provincial Championships Oscar Pistorius became the first South African track and field athlete to reach the Olympic Qualifying standard in the men’s 400m. However, on the same day in another province Sunette Viljoen made her mark.
Pistorius runs Olympic Qualifying time
March 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius ran under the Olympic Qualifying time of 45.30sec at the Gauteng North Provincial Championships in Pretoria on Saturday, 17 March. Pistorius competed in the men’s 400m and was timed at 45.20sec.
Ayeko leads Ugandan Team
March 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
Uganda National Cross Country Champion, Thomas Ayeko will lead the 24 strong Uganda Team to the 2012 Africa Cross Country Championships in Cape Town on Sunday 18 March. Uganda will field a full complement of athletes (6 in each category)
Gelant breaks SA record at World Indoors
March 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
Elroy Gelant broke the SA Indoor Record in the men’s 3000m at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey on 9-11 March. Gelant finished 12th in the final but broke Juan van Deventer’s SA Indoor record of 7:49.91 (Moskva, 7 February 2010) when he crossed the line in 7:48.64.
