Short report: Bellville Athletic Club hosts night race in Western Province posted 07 May

Comrades: Comrades levels the team field posted 07 May
Although the 2004 Comrades Marathon is going to be "uphill race" for the thousands of individual competitors who line up at the start next month, some significant new rule changes will see the playing fields leveled for the various interclub team competitions within the race. . | more |

Pavilion 15 km Challenge Durban, 2 May
Men 1st Moses Lepheana MrP 47:33 Women Carey-Ann Smith West 62:24

Clover Settlers Ultra (25th) & Kowie Striders 16 km Port Alfred , 1 May
60K Men 1st Michael Scout UPE 3:59:53 Women Priscilla Dyantyi (Harm EP) 5:12:10
16K Men 1st Sibusisu Makana Albany 1:01:47 Women Caroline Stewart Rhodes 1:20:05

Nike Indian Ocean Marathon (8th) Balito, 1 May
Men 1st Thabiso Mohoto LN 2:26:03 Women Helena Koki DAC 3:16:34

Battlefields 50K Newcastle, 1 May
Men 1st Joseph Masuku Harm 3:05:01 Women Christine Harris Toti 4:23:50 (1st vet)

Chatsworth 25 km & 52 km Durban, 25 April
25K Men 1st Paulos Nkosi Stella 1:25:31 Women Tanith Maxwell NL 1:38:23
52K Men 1st Victor Ngubelanga NL 3:09:53 Women Natalie Unstead West 4:20:31

Battlefields 50K Newcastle, 1 May
Men 1st Joseph Masuku Harm 3:05:01 Women Christine Harris Toti 4:23:50 (1st vet)

East London Truss 10 km Nite Race East London, 23 April
Men 1st Simo Simatu MP Oxford Striders 31:13 Women Kirsty Weir Harm Gold EP 38:56

SouthAfrica: Hezekiel Sepeng removed from Olympic Team posted 05 May
National 800m champion Hezekiel Sepeng, with Olympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games silver medals on his resume, has been axed from the South African Olympic team to Athens in August. . | more |
Sepeng in battle for his Olympic life Lawyers to be brought in?

Nashua Mobile Spookhill 15 km Somerset West, 27 April
Men 1st Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido (Celt) 48:36 (1st jun) Women Endra Uys (Str) 66:24

Pro Sano Tygerberg Children's Hospital 10 km Bellville, 25 April
Men 1st Lindikaya Mthangani (Mr Pr) 29:22 Women Thuliswa Nonkonyana (Adid) 37:43

Slow-Mag Half Marathon & Marathon Benoni, 25 April
21K Men 1st Aaron Gabonewe (Mr Price) 66:08 Women Catherine Nkosi (LNAC) 80:11 42K Men 1st Solomon Khumalo (Carlton) 2:31:01 Women Frith v/d Merwe (Boks) 3:03:07

New Heights Outeniqua Half Marathon & Marathon George to Wilderness, 24 April
21K Men 1st Julie Saaiers LN 69:11 Women 1st Rea Oosthuizen 91:27 (1st vet & mast)
42K Men 1st Principal Fana LN 2:34:39 Women 1st Johanna Claassen LN 3:10:55

Kelder to Kelder Half Marathon & Marathon Malmesbury, 24 April
21K Men 1st Neo Molema MrP 70:02 Women 1st Sheryl de Lange Harm 90:44
42K Men 1st Sihle Mapukata Harm 2:41:35 Women 1st Renée Scott Adi 3:16:40

Kyocera Mita 10 km Port Elizabeth, 23 April
Men 1st Odwa Goqwana Algoa AC 30:38 Women Treloar Childs (1st vet) UPE 38:19

Lake Umuzi Kosmos 3-in-1 Secunda, 17 April
10K Men 1st Nel Mtsweni (LNAC) 31:35 (1st vet) Women Nurse Masuku (HAC) 43:55
21K Men 1st Petros Ngobeng (HAC) 69:56 Women Erika Swart (Sasol) 92:36
42K Men 1st Herman Mulder (HAC) 2:37:51 Women L. van Aswegen (Kempton) 3:13:30

Two Oceans 2004
Wilhelm Du Plooy - a South African living abroad's Two Oceans 2004 Challenge | more |

Zimbabwean takes Two Oceans honours posted 10Apr
Marco Mambo of Zimbabwe has won the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon over 56km in wet and soggy conditions. Mambo won prize money of R150 000. Last year's winner Mluleki Nobanda was second and Honest Mutsakani, who won in 2002, was third.
The women's race was won by Elena Nurdaieva of Russia. Nurdaieva beat twin sister Olesya into second place. South Africa's Gladys Lukwareni was third.

Olympics: a Colleen De Reuck dream posted 02/04
USA - ex-South African runner Colleen De Reuck's interview regarding her dream to run in the Olympics. | more |