A 70-member South African team has been announced for the 2025 CAA African U18 and U20 Championships to be held in Abeokuta, Nigeria between 16-20 July.
The team includes 14 girls in the U18 division and 19 women in the U20 age group, as well as 17 U18 boys and 20 U20 men.
SA team
U20
Men
Bayanda Walaza (100m)
Sibongakonke Makhaza (200m)
Sihle Mahlangu (400m)
Werner Gouws (800m)
Leehanro Arendse (1 500m)
Amogelang Tatai (3 000m)
Realeboga Smith (5 000m)
Naeem Jack (110m hurdles)
Njabulo Mbatha (400m hurdles)
Alfonso Jordaan (3 000m steeplechase)
Onwabile Rawu (10 000m walk)
Lee Rothman (pole vault)
Temoso Masikane (long jump)
Gibbor Basila (triple jump)
Hencu Lamberts (shot put)
Wesley Badenhorst (discus throw)
Eben Jacobs (hammer throw)
Ewald Jansen (javelin throw)
Dirk Coetzee (decathlon)
Karabo Letebele (4x100m)
Women
Hannah Hope Vermaak (100m/200m)
Colene Scheepers (400m)
Carise van Rooyen (800m)
Andrea Steynberg (1 500m)
Lara van der Merwe (3 000m)
Lize de Jager (5 000m)
Tumi Ramokgopa (100m hurdles/400m hurdles)
Elizma le Roux (3 000m steeplechase)
Lee-Sue Nyathi (10 000m walk)
Mia Davel (high jump)
Martha Nkosi (high jump)
Ansume de Beer (pole vault)
Matsidiso Makgato (long jump)
Qaadirah Crous (triple jump)
Alicia Khunou (shot put)
Chirste Loedolff (discus throw)
Anje Holtzhausen (hammer throw)
Nicole Barnard (javelin throw)
Cara Smith (heptathlon)
U18
Boys
Mukona Manavhela (100m/200m)
Jaeger Coetzee (400m)
Emil Els (1 500m)
Olebogeng Mogapi (3 000m)
Phenyo Miyen (110m hurdles)
Stiaan Myburgh (400m hurdles)
Leon Stoltz (2 000m steeplechase)
Kgotso Nkosi (5 000m walk)
Mateo le Roux (high jump)
Kayden Toresson (pole vault)
Jayden Fourie (long jump)
Hanno de Klerk (triple jump)
Walter van Rensburg (shot put)
Joshua Gerber (discus throw)
Francois Pietersen (hammer throw)
Jacobus van der Merwe (javelin throw)
Jean van der Berg (decathlon)
Girls
Oluchi Ndubueze (100m/long jump)
Rume Burger (200m)
Daniela Viljoen (800m)
Minke Dekker (1 500m)
Bokang Manamela (5 000m)
Nokuthula Mthethwa (100m hurdles)
Jade Doran (2 000m steeplechase)
Jordan Spolander (high jump)
Lira Barnard (pole vault)
Sichel Peens (pole vault)
Skyler van Dyk (triple jump)
Mila Ueckermann (discus throw)
Nicola van der Merwe (javelin throw)
Anja Smit (heptathlon)
* Featured image of Hannah Hope Vermaak by Cecilia van Bers
