CGA athletes shine at senior championships
Sibusiso Msibi of UJ in the senior men 1500m won the race.
Central Gauteng Athletics hosted the 2024 CGA Senior Track and Field Provincial Championships on March 16 at UJ Athletics Stadium.
CGA senior athletes kept the momentum going at the senior provincial championships which are important as it is an Olympic year.
The championships were hosted following the four Track and Field leagues hosted by CGA to ensure athletes have enough competitions to prepare, qualify and secure their spot in the provincial team to represent the province at the National Senior Championships in mid-April.
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Sibusiso Msibi won the senior men’s 1500m race.
Msibi led the race from the start to secure first place in a time of 03:47.41.
Securing the silver medal was his teammate, Nkosinathi Sibiya clocking 03:48.42. Taking home a bronze medal was Nicholas Whittaker in the time of 03:50.08.
Chane Vermuelen got a well-deserved gold medal in the 200m senior women’s event in the time 23.86 securing her space in the team to represent CGA at ASA Championships as she ran a qualifying time.
Kayla la Grange also ran a qualifying time of 24.04 to claim a silver medal on the provincial podium.
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In third place clocking an ASA qualifier of 24.69 was Mpontsheng Sekese of Masai.
CGA’s shot put specialist Kyle Blignaut was also on the field confirming his position for selection with an incredible performance of 18.89.
“In a post-event interview, Blignaut indicated that he is now based in Italy with his new coach. He is looking forward to getting back in form. Blignaut will be working on reclaiming the shot put senior mens’ national title this year as he did not compete last year due to an injury,” said CGA PR and communications intern Nongcebo Siziba.
“The highlight of the day was the battle between the long-distance runners in the senior men 5000m even as we spotted some CGA elite athletes on the start line of this race.
“Kabelo Mulaudzi was amongst the favourites and won the race in the time of 14:10.93.
“In second place was his teammate, Chris Mhlanga clocking 14:20.63. Ryan Mphahlele claimed the third position in the time of 14:34.74,” said Siziba.
