Some of the country’s top youth and junior athletes will hope to make their mark when they compete against the ‘big guns’ at Friday and Saturday’s ASA National Senior Championships in Stellenbosch. Most of the youngsters will compete to gain experience although a select few are in-it-to-win-it. The youth and junior combined events will also…
The country’s top sub-youth, youth, junior and under/23 athletes will gather at the Germiston Stadium, Ekurhuleni for this weekend’s ASA National Championships. A number of great performances are expected bearing in mind the recent attention the sport has received. Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Theuns Ehlers, Ikageng Goarekwe, Taylon Bieldt, George Kusche, Leandri Geel, Kyle Appel,…
I know I train hard, I try to stay positive. I think of my future and what I want to achieve” This is the mindset of 14-year old Kyla Meyer from Hoerskool Kemptonpark. Kemptonpark home to IAAF level 5 coach JJ Smith. And the school has produced top 800m athletes like Monique Stander the SA u/17…
Celia Stramrood got introduced to 800m when she was about 10 years old. Although not very good at it, Celia stuck it out for 3 years for the pure instant love of the race. Her love for 800m and hard work paid off when she won the CGA champs in grade 7 for the first…
