Khotso Mokoena and Caster Semenya scored season’s bests at the Prefontaine Classic, Samsung Diamond League on Saturday 4 June in Eugene, Oregon. Up until the third round of the Long Jump Competition, Mokoena was the only athlete over the 8m mark, with jumps of 8.11m, 8.19m, 8.19m and was comfortably in the lead. In round […]
van Zyl shines in Ostrava
June 1, 2011 1 Comment
LJ Van Zyls’ incredible 2011 continued in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Tuesday 31 May; when the 25-year old decimated another classy field, equaled his PB and National Record (47.66sec) and ran his 4th time this season under 48sec.
CAA Southern Region Youth Championships 2011
May 31, 2011 1 Comment
The South African Youth team dominated in Namibia during the Southern Region Youth Championships over the weekend as the team placed first overall with 50 medals. 23 of these medals were gold, 19 silver and 8 bronze. Eleven Southern region countries participated in the Championships, but saw all medals won by other countries combined not […]
Semenya wins in Dakar
May 30, 2011 1 Comment
World champion Caster Semenya ran her fastest time this season to win the women’s 800 meters at the IAAF World Challenge Dakar Grand Prix on Saturday. The South African led the field throughout at Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in her first international meet of 2011, crossing in 2 minutes, 0.61 seconds — more than a […]
Van Zyl sub 48 again in Rome victory
May 27, 2011 1 Comment
LJ Van Zyl is the talk of the town. At the third Samsung Diamond League in Rome on Thursday 26 May, the in-form Van Zyl swept aside a quality field, including two-time Olympic Champion Angelo Taylor. Running in lane 5, Van Zyl’s new race strategy of attacking from the gun seems to be paying off […]
North Western Cape athlete for Namibia
May 25, 2011 1 Comment
She was crowned the fastest youth runner in the country in 100m (11.82sec) and 200m (24.50sec) when she beat all her opponents at the SA Youth, Junior and u23 Championships earlier this year in Germiston. In the 100m event she finished just ahead of Liezl Hechter from Central North West who ran the race in […]
Mulaudzi, Van Zyl in Rome
May 25, 2011 1 Comment
The 12-legged Samsung Diamond League hits round number three on Thursday 26 May in Rome and South Africa’s Mbualeni Mulaudzi and LJ Van Zyl will be up against quality fields.
Mokoka sub 28 in 10 000m
April 30, 2011 1 Comment
Mokoka – 5th fastest ever South African in 10 000m He has been threatening a sub 28min 10 000m for some time now.And finally, in perfect conditions, Steven Mokoka at the Yellow Pages SA Student Championships in Stellenbosch on 29 April was timed at 27min56,18sec to set an IAAF B-Qualifier for the World Champions and […]
Southern Regions Youth Team Additions
April 29, 2011 1 Comment
With the Southern Region Youth Championships in Namibia less than a month away athletes are busy preparing for this event. Good news came for some athletes as team selection has been reconsidered and 4 extra athletes have been included in the team. To join the 40 chosen athletes are Duncan Matthews from Gauteng North competing […]
