Central Gauteng Athletics successfully hosted the 2024 CGA Senior Track and Field
Provincial Championships on the 16 March 2024 at the UJ Athletics Stadium.
CGA senior athletes kept the momentum going this past weekend at the senior
provincial championships which are very important as it is an Olympic year. The
championships were hosted following the 4 successful Track and Field leagues hosted
by CGA to ensure athletes have enough competition to prepare, qualify and secure
their spot at the provincial team to represent the province at the National Senior
Championships in mid-April.
A stunning performance delivered by Sibusiso Msibi of UJ in the senior men 1500m.
Msibi led the race from the start to secure a gold position in the time 03:47.41, securing
the silver medal was his teammate Nkosinathi Sibiya clocking 03:48.42 and taking
home a bronze medal was Nicholas Whittaker also in the colours of UJ in the time of
03:50.08.
Chane Vermuelen of HSRB finished got a well-deserved gold medal in the 200m
senior women 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 of UJ also
ran a qualifying time of 24.04 to appear with a silver medal on the provincial podium.
In third place clocking an ASA qualifier of 24.69 was Mpontsheng Sekese of Masai.
We are looking forward to outstanding performances from these athletes at the ASA
Senior Championships.
CGA’s shotput specialist Kyle Blignaut was also on the field this past weekend
confirming his position for shotput 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 further mentioned that he is looking forward to getting back in form as he
feels he has lost the rhythm of competing in SA. Blignaut will be working on reclaiming
the shotput senior men national title this year as he did not compete last year due to
an injury.
The highlight of the day was the battle between the long-distance runners in the senior
men 5000m, as we spotted some CGA elite athletes on the start line of this race.
Kabelo Mulaudzi of Boxer who was amongst the favorite won the race in the time of
14:10.93. In second place was his teammate Chris Mhlanga clocking 14:20.63. Ryan
Mphahlele who appeared in new colors of FFA claimed the third position in the time of
14:34.74. We are confident that the above-mentioned athletes will definitely represent18 March 2024
the province well at the 2024 ASA Senior Championships with a possibility of securing
the national title in this event.
For action photos please visit our official photographer Supreme Athlete on the
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Herewith please find the attached results of the CGA Track and Field Senior Provincial
Championships Results.
All previous programmes and results are available at the below
link: https://tinyurl.com/CGATrackResultsHistory
We would appreciate it if you can share this information with your respective athletes
and coaches.
The CGA Senior Team will be announced in due time.
