Hundreds of track and field athletes descended on the Boksburg Stadium for the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) first league meeting on January 29.
The athletes were working towards a qualification for the Athletics South Africa (ASA) National Championships in April.
“We have the provincial championships in March. We are going to look at the times posted by the athletes from all these league meetings and then select a team for the national championships,” said CGA’s Mandla Radebe.
Athletes from Boksburg and Benoni came in their numbers.
Athletes who posted impressive results:
Boys u-16 high jump
• Sefoka Moetlo – Gold (Benoni Northerns)
• Seth Agliotti – Bronze (Boksburg)
Girls u-18 high jump
• Kelly Etafia – Gold (Boksburg)
Boys u-16 long jump
• Sefoka Moetlo – Gold (Benoni Northerns)
Girls u-16 200m
• Keira Fouche – Bronze (Boksburg)
Boys u-16 200m
• Chris Mavungu – Silver (Boksburg)
• Divine Mavungu – Bronze (Boksburg)
Men u-20 long jump
• Tikana Shabangu – Silver (Boksburg)
Boys u-18 javelin throw
• Fabio de Klerk – Gold (Boksburg)
Boys u-16 100m
• Chris Mavungu – Gold (Boksburg)
Women u-20 javelin throw
• Courtney Heymans – Silver (Boksburg)
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