Presented by New Balance, South Africa’s premier three-stage trail run saw top trail runners competing for first prize.
Claiming their second stage victory for the weekend was Illovo residents AJ Calitz and Bernard Rukadza of team KWAY. The duo finished at an impressive time of 01:30:45 and a combined time of 6:46:18, successfully defending their title for this year.
“Today’s stage was very tactical, it was hard to tell whether the other teams wanted to go for the stage win or for the overall win,” explained Calitz.
Team Salomon which comprised of Eric Ngubane and Thabang Madiba clinched second place, while Edwin Sesipi and Johardt Van Heerden of team 32gi Gauteng finished third.
Yolande Maclean and Nic De Beer of team CW-X Ultraspire claimed their hat-trick win of the weekend, securing the overall mixed team title in an impressive combined time of 07:40:46.
“It is really awesome winning the overall title, especially with this being my first AfricanX,” said Maclean.
Kerry-Ann Marshall and Morne Van Greunen of team Enduro Hub took second, while Natia and Antoine Van Heerden of team Twinning finished third.
Nicolette Griffioen and Carla Van Huyssteen of team ProNutro Timefreight shook things up in the women’s race. Although they claimed the Stage Three victory in an impressive time of 01:49:05 seconds, it wasn’t enough to grab the overall victory from race leaders Meg Mackenzie and Landie Greyling of team Salomon Blondies.
“We are really happy with the overall win,” said Mackenzie.
“Landie woke up with a sore throat again. So we just gave as much as we could. It was amazing to win the overall title,” Mackenzie added.
Team Salomon Blondies completed the three stages of the ProNutro AfricanX Trailrun in an impressive combined time of 08:06:26 seconds.
Nicolette Griffioen and Carla Van Huyssteen of Team ProNutro Timefreight came in second, while Inge Visser and Liesbeth Van Der Merwe of team Ganbei finished third.
