media guide - Two Oceans Marathon

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OLD MUTUAL
TWO OCEANS
MARATHON
MEDIA GUIDE
3 & 4 April 2015
For more information or to enter online visit:
www.twooceansmarathon.org.za
www.facebook.com/TwoOceansMarathon
@2OceansMarathon
Run under the rules of the IAAF, Athletics South Africa
and Western Province Athletics
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Events Diary
Useful Contact Details
Top 10 finishers 56km (2010 to 2014)
Top 10 finishers 21km (2010 to 2014)
Course record holders 56km Ultra Marathon
Course record holders 21km Half Marathon (Old Course)
Course record holders 21km Half Marathon (New Course)
Past Winners 1970 to 2014 56km
Past Winners 1998 to 2014 21km
56 km Category Winners 2009 to 2014
21 km Category Winners 2009 to 2014
56km entry statistics
21km entry statistics
Interesting race statistics
Provincial entry breakdown
Age category breakdown
Western Province clubs – top 10 breakdown
Upcountry clubs – top 10 breakdown
Country statistics
Athletes’ Biographies (Ultra)
Athletes’ Biographies (Half Marathon)
Interesting participants
56km Route Description and Background History
21km Route Description
Race History
Race Legends
Two Oceans Marathon Beneficiaries
Sponsors & Partners
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Race Images:
Image SA has been commissioned to take race photographs and these will be available free of charge
for accredited media at www.imagesa.net.
Log on details are Username: twooceans, password: TwoOceans2015.
Images are for editorial purposes only.
Contact details: Roger Sedres 079 818 7911 or Darren 082 558 2960
Race coverage:
Race build-up of the 2015 race on SABC2 from 05h30
Live coverage of the 2015 race on SABC 2 from 06h00 to 13h30.
Live streaming on www.twooceansmarathon.org.za from 05h30 to 13h30.
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Dear Members of the Media
We are incredibly proud that the event continues to go from strength to strength: The Ultra Marathon,
Half Marathon and Trail Runs once again closed in record time and the demand for entries have reached
an all-time high. It is indeed humbling to be part of an event that enjoys continued popularity and
global appeal, knowing that the world’s most beautiful marathon remains an iconic event and on the
bucket list for many.
The Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon is much more than a test of physical and mental endurance. It is
also a family event that caters for runners and running enthusiasts of all abilities and ages. In addition
to the main events – the Ultra Marathon, Half Marathon and Trail Runs – the Nappy Dash and Toddlers’
Trot introduce the athletes of tomorrow to the wonderful world of running while the Fun Runs act as a
bonding session for family and friends, the “first race” for many novice runners, and a leg-loosener for
Saturday’s long-distance runners. And then, of course, there is the spectacularly scenic International
Friendship Run – an event especially for our overseas visitors – that starts and finishes in the V&A
Waterfront.
Preceding these runs is the Expo, which will once again be hosted at the Cape Town International
Convention Centre. Here, athletes can collect their race packs, while visitors will get to see the latest in
sports technology, equipment, nutrition and health, as well as running fashion. In addition, the
#OMTOMInspiration Theatre, presented by the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Health24 and
Runner’s World, will boast three days of inspirational and educational talks from a number of highprofile runners and celebrities.
But the thing we’re most excited about is that running icon Haile Gebrselassie will be here to support
our runners! He is in South Africa as a guest of our technical sponsor, adidas, and we can’t wait to
welcome him to the world’s most beautiful marathon.
No event of this scale can be possible without sponsorship. We are proud to continue our partnership
with title sponsor Old Mutual – now in its 16th year. Their unwavering support has helped to propel this
event onto the global stage, making it one of the top Ultras in the world. Old Mutual also offers a R1million prize bonus to the first man and woman to break the Ultra Marathon records (Thompson
Magawana’s 3:03:44 from 1988 and Frith van der Merwe’s speedy 3:30:36 of 1989). We are also
celebrating our third sponsorship anniversary with technical sponsor adidas. Our sponsors are more
than just business partners; they are family.
The Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon continues to be an event with heart. Through our charitable
arm, the Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI), we are able to support our beneficiaries - SANParks &
SANParks Honorary Rangers, SANCCOB, Centre for Early Childhood Development, CANSA and the Cape
Kidney Association. In addition we donated R25 000 to the Volunteer Wildfire Services for the important
role they played in fighting the devastating fires that recently raged across the Southern Peninsula.
Charitable organisations were once again invited to purchase half marathon entries and use the event
as one of their fundraising platforms. This successful exercise continues to grow.
On Race Day, remember to watch out for famous faces and top contenders among the thousands of
runners. Nina Podnebesnova, Charne Bosman and Hendrick Ramaala are looking forward to a great
race, while veterans like Prof Tim Noakes, and celebrities like singer-songwriter Jimmy Nevis will also
line up at the start. We recently had the pleasure to chat to our oldest runners on Race Day who, at over
80 years old, are still as passionate about their running as ever. Look out for Des Robins (85) and Deidre
Larkin (83) in the Half Marathon!
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This media guide will provide you all the information and statistics you will need to compile articles and
stories in the coming days. Please get in touch with Leonie Mollentze on 082 550 1514 for assistance.
I am very excited about the 2015 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon and look forward to seeing you at
the world’s most beautiful marathon on Race Day.
Stefanie Schultzen
Marketing Manager: Two Oceans Marathon NPC
EVENTS DIARY
Wednesday 1 April:
Expo and Registration
CTICC, Convention Square, 10h00 to 19h00
1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town
Media Accreditation Collection & Work Area for Interviews & Photographs
#OMTOMInspiration Theatre
Thursday 2 April:
CTICC, Convention Square, 11h00 to 13h10; 16h00 – 18h00
Blue Number Club Dinner
The Southern Sun The Cullinan, Cape Town Foreshore, 18h30
(Only for Blue Number Club members and their partners)
Friday 3 April:
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon and Half Marathon Special Friday Run
Main Road, Newlands, 06h00
Finish at UCT
Old Mutual Two Oceans Trail Run (10km & 22km):
UCT Rugby Fields, 07ho0 (10km) and 07h30 (22km)
Jameson Plaza, UCT Upper Campus
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Old Mutual Two Oceans International Friendship Run
Amphitheatre (outside Ferryman’s / Mitchell’s), 09h30
V&A Waterfront
CTICC, Convention Square, 10h00 – 13h00
Media Meet-Up with Haile Gebrselassie
Old Mutual Two Oceans Fun Runs
UCT Rugby Fields 11hoo onwards
5.6km Fun Run
56m Nappy Dash (Up to age 3)
300m Toddlers’ Trot (Age 4 – 6)
2.1km Fun Run
Saturday 4 April:
11h00 (Prize Giving @ 12h00)
12h30
Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon & Half Marathon
18th Half Marathon starts (NEW start times):
Batch A-C
05:50
Batch D
06:00
Batch E
06:10
Main Road, Newlands
First 21km runners finish:
Silver medal cut off for half marathon:
Bronze medal cut off and end of 21km:
Half marathon prize giving*:
From 06h50 onwards
07h20
09h20
08h30
46th Ultra Marathon starts:
Main Road, Newlands
06h30
First 56km runners finish:
Silver medal cut off (sub 4) for 56km:
Sainsbury medal cut off (sub 5) for 56km:
Ultra marathon prize giving*:
Bronze medal cut off (sub 6) for 56km:
Blue medal cut off (sub 7) and end of 56km:
From 09h30 onwards
10h30
11h30
11h30
12h30
13h30
* Half & Ultra Marathon Stage Prize Giving for Top 3 Only
Old Mutual Two Oceans Runners’ Village dinner and prize giving
Cape Academy of Maths and Science, 18h00
Firgrove Way, Tokai
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USEFUL CONTACT DETAILS
TWO OCEANS MARATHON OFFICE:
Carol Vosloo
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
General Manager
021 799 3040
083 414 8700
[email protected]
Stefanie Schultzen
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Marketing Manager
021 799 3055
072 457 8085
[email protected]
Nadea Samsodien
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Customer Services Manager
021 799 3047
072 799 3272
[email protected]
Shaun Thurtell
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Operations & Logistics Manager
021 799 3051
072 587 3174
[email protected]
Leonie Mollentze
Cell:
Email:
Media & PR Communications
082 550 1514
[email protected]
OLD MUTUAL:
Frank Brooks
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Sponsorship and Events Manager
021-509 3552
082-496 6070
[email protected]
Ken Samuels
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Project Manager
021-509 2566
072-420 4426
[email protected]
ADIDAS:
Adrian de Souza
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Sports Marketing Team Manager
021-442 6317
082-821 4418
[email protected]
Tamara Friessnegg
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
Special Projects Manager
021-442 6200
083-709 6160
[email protected]
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PROFESSIONAL TEAM / ATHLETE MANAGERS:
FORMULA 1 BLUFF MEATS
Cliff Chinasamy
Cell:
083-714 3468
Email:
[email protected]
NEDBANK
Nick Bester
Tel:
Cell:
Email:
012-541 0577
082-454 2222
[email protected]
MAXED ELITE ATHLETICS CLUB
Cuan Walker
Tel:
031-310 8541
Cell:
082-045 7324
Email:
[email protected]
SAMANCOR PRO TEAM
John Hamlett (Col.)
Cell:
083 602 1725
Email:
[email protected]
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TOP 10 FINISHERS – ULTRA MARATHON (2014 to 2010)
Top 10 Men in 2014
NAME
1
Lebenya Nkoka
2
Hendrick Ramaala
3
Masilo Matjiane
4
Warinyane Lebopo
5
Ketema Tadesse
6
Michael Papi Mazibuko
7
Arnold Kibet Kiptaoi
8
Henry Moyo
9
Mthandazo Qhina
10
Othaniel Phahlane
CLUB/COUNTRY
ME INT (LSO)
NRC GN
LESOTHO
ME INT (LSO)
ETHIOPIA
NRC GN
KENYA
MALAWI
NRC WP
TOYOTA AC
TIME
03:09:52
03:11:34
03:12:01
03:12:25
03:12:36
03:13:05
03:14:07
03:15:38
03:16:08
03:16:22
Top 10 Women in 2014
NAME
1
Nina Podnebesnova
2
Shitaye Gemechu Debellu
3
Elena Nurgalieva
4
Mamorallo Tjoka
5
Pauline Njeya
6
Olesya Nurgalieva
7
Chelitu Bogale Asefa
8
Ntombesintu Mfunzi
9
Alemtsehay Hailu Kakissa
10
Samukeliso Moyo
CLUB/COUNTRY
RUSSIA
ETHIOPIA
RUSSIA
LESOTHO
TOYOTA AC
RUSSIA
ETHIOPIA
NRC EC
ETHIOPIA
ME INT (ZIM)
TIME
03:40:07
03:43:37
03:43:59
03:46:13
03:50:48
03:51:46
03:56:58
04:00:52
04:03:56
04:07:32
Top 10 Men in 2013
NAME
1
David Gatebe
2
Mthandazo Qhina
3
Moeketsi Mosuhli
4
Collen Makaza
5
Motlokoa Nkhabutlane
6
Warinyane Lebopo
7
Tsotang Maine
8
Johannes Kekana
9
Lebenya Nkoka
10
Mike Fokoroni
CLUB
IMPALA
NRCWP
ME INT(LSO)
NED INT(ZIM)
TOY INT(LSO)
NED INT(LSO)
TOY INT(LSO)
BONITCG
ME INT(LSO)
ME INT(LSO)
TIME
03:08:54
03:10:02
03:10:22
03:10:29
03:11:00
03:11:10
03:12:15
03:12:40
03:13:18
03:13:29
NAME
1
Thabita Tsatsa
2
Charne Bosman
3
Elena Nurgalieva
4
Mamorallo Tjoka
5
Nina Podnebesnova
6
Ellie Greenwood
7
Immaculate Chemutai
8
Michelle Williams
9
Jenniffer Koech
10
Camille Herron
CLUB
ME INT (ZIM)
BONITCG
ME INT (RUS)
TOY INT (LSO)
NED INT (RUS)
NED INT ( GBR)
UGANDA
BONITCG
NED INT (KEN)
NED INT (USA)
TIME
03:39:54
03:40:16
03:41:42
03:44:40
03:45:14
03:45:15
03:47:36
03:50:59
03:52:28
03:53:09
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Top 10 Men in 2012
NAME
1
Stephen Muzhingi
2
Henry Moyo
3
Collen Makaza
4
Gert Thys
5
Bongumusa Mthembu
6
Mthandazo Qhina
7
Tsotang Maine
8
Odwa Tunyiswa
9
Kimutai Lezan
10
Moeketsi Mosuhli
CLUB
FORMULA 1 – (ZIM)
NED INT – (MWI)
NED INT (ZIM)
MPSWP
MPSKZN
NRCWP
TOY INT (LSO)
NRCCG
NED INT (KEN)
MPS INT (LSO)
TIME
03:08:08
03:08:35
03:08:45
03:09:42
03:10:16
03:11:00
03:11:51
03:12:50
03:12:58
03:13:05
NAME
1
Elena Nurgalieva
2
Natalia Volgina
3
Devon Crosby-Helms
4
Mamorallo Tjoka
5
Samukeliso Moyo
6
Adinda Kruger
7
Lizih Chokore
8
Ntombesintu Mfunzi
9
Tshifhiwa Mundalamo
10
Paulina Njeya
CLUB
MPS INT (RUS)
NED INT (RUS)
NED INT (USA)
TOY INT (LSO)
MPS INT (ZIM)
BONITCG
NED INT (ZIM)
MPSEP
BONITCG
TOYOTA
TIME
03:41:56
03:45:29
03:47:30
03:48:50
03:49:09
03:50:13
03:52:26
03:52:38
03:52:50
03:53:29
Top 10 Men in 2011
NAME
1
George Ntshiliza
2
Motlokoa Nkhabutlane
3
Tsotang Maine
4
Moeketsi Mosuhli
5
Stephen Muzhingi
6
Lebohang Mahloane
7
Mike Fokoroni
8
Henry Moyo
9
Peter Muthubi
10
Vusi Malobola
CLUB
NED – E CAPE
MP INT – LESOTHO
TOYOTA – LESOTHO
MR INT – LESOTHO
FORMULA 1 – ZIMBABWE
TOYOTA – LESOTHO
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
NED INT – MWI
TOYOTA
BONITAS – C GAUTENG
TIME
03:08:31
03:08:49
03:09:19
03:09:40
03:09:46
03:10:49
03:11:24
03:11:31
03:12:47
03:12:55
NAME
1
Olesya Nurgalieva
2
Elena Nurgalieva
3
Mamorallo Tjoka
4
Simona Staicu
5
Nina Podnebesnova
6
Elizabeth Hawker
7
Samukeliso Moyo
8
Farwa Mentoor
9
Riana van Niekerk
10
Joanna Thomas
CLUB
MP INT – RUSSIA
MP INT – RUSSIA
TOYOTA – LESOTHO
NED INT – HUNGARY
NED INT – RUSSIA
NED INT – GBR
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
BONITAS – C GAUTENG
MP – C GAUTENG
ACSIS VOB
TIME
03:33:58
03:37:54
03:42:12
03:43:00
03:43:56
03:46:46
03:50:49
03:52:06
03:53:55
03:54:55
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Top 10 Men in 2010
NAME
1
Mabhutile Lebopo
2
Moeketsi Mosuhli
3
Toboho Sello
4
Stephen Muzhingi
5
Warinyane Lebopo
6
Mike Fokoroni
7
Moses Njodzi
8
Mpesela Ntlotsoeu
9
Nkosiyazi Sibanda
10
Sandile Ngunuza
CLUB
MP INT – LESOTHO
MP INT – LESOTHO
MP INT – LESOTHO
FORMULA 1 – ZIMBABWE
MP INT – LESOTHO
NED INT – ZIMBABWE
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
MP INT – LESOTHO
ZIMBABWE
NRCEC
TIME
03:06:18
03:07:29
03:07:44
03:10:35
03:10:51
03:11:38
03:12:14
03:13:37
03:15:01
03:15:42
NAME
1
Olesya Nurgalieva
2
Elena Nurgalieva
3
Adinda Kruger
4
Tshifhiwa Mundalamo
5
Samukesliso Moyo
6
Riana van Niekerk
7
Joanna Thomas
8
Davera Magson
9
Kerry Koen
10
Mary Coordt
CLUB
MP INT – RUSSIA
MP INT – RUSSIA
NRCGN
NRCCGS
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
MPCG
VOB
MPEP
NRCKZN
USA
TIME
03:41:53
03:42:19
03:49:23
03:52:21
03:55:32
03:57:57
04:02:08
04:02:43
04:02:57
04:04:10
TOP 10 FINISHERS – 21KM HALF MARATHON (2014 to 2010)
Top 10 Men in 2014
NAME
1
Stephen Mokoka
2
Joel Mmone
3
Sibabalwe Mzazi
4
Benedict Moeng
5
Asefa Negewo
6
Kgosi Tsotsane
7
William Kaptein
8
Anthony Godongwana
9
Sibusiso Nzima
10
Xolisa Tyali
CLUB / COUNTRY
TNETGN
NED DEV CNW
TNETGN
TNETGN
ETHIOPIA
TNETGN
ROBERTSON AC
TNETGN
NRCCG
NRCCG
TIME
1:04:16
1:04:29
1:04:29
1:04:40
1:05:12
1:05:16
1:05:27
1:05:31
1:05:39
1:05:57
NAME
1
Diana Lebo Phalula
2
Rene Kalmer
3
Gezashigh Gemeda
4
Mapaseka Makhanya
5
Lavinia Haitope
6
Christine Kalmer
7
Jenna Challenor
8
Rutendo Nyahora
9
Mildred Chebosis Kim
10
Myrette Filmalter
CLUB / COUNTRY
MECG
TEMP CG
ETHIOPIA
BOXERSS
NAMIBIA
BOXERSS
BOXERSS
NRCGN
KENYA
NRCGN
TIME
1:14:00
1:14:23
1:15:02
1:15:35
1:16:41
1:16:44
1:16:59
1:17:30
1:18:39
1:18:51
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Top 10 Men in 2013
NAME
1
Stephen Mok0ka
2
Lusapho April
3
Joel Mmone
4
Sibabalwe Mzazi
5
Desmond Mokgubu
6
Kgosi Tsotsane
7
David Manja
8
Nkosinathi Madyo
9
Sibusiso Nzima
10
Lloyd Bosman
NAME
1
Biru Meseret Mengistu
2
Rene Kalmer
3
Irvette Van Zyl
4
Lavinia Haitope
5
Christine Kalmer
6
Rutendo Nyahora
7
Diana Lebo Phalula
8
Myrette Filmalter
9
Valeria Straneo
10
Hanlie Botha
Top 10 Men in 2012
NAME
1
Xolisa Tyali
2
Joel Mmone
3
Lucky Mohale
4
Tshamano Setone
5
David Manya
6
Nkosinathi Madyo
7
Desmond Mokgobu
8
Elmore Sibanda
9
Frik Guys
10
Jobo Khatoane
NAME
1
Rene Kalmer
2
Irvette van Blerk
3
Rutendo Nyahora
4
Zintle Xiniwe
5
Christine Kalmer
6
Bulelwa Simae
7
Cary-Ann Smith
8
Ulrica Stander
9
Dianne Mcewan
10
Janene Carey
CLUB
TNETGN
Oxford
NRCCNW
TNETGN
MECG
TNETGN
NRCCNW
NRCWP
NRCCG
NRCSWD
TIME
01:03:35
01:03:37
01:03:43
01:03:57
01:04:23
01:04:34
01:04:42
01:04:53
01:05:15
01:05:27
CLUB
TIME
01:12:42
01:14:52
01:15:18
01:16:05
01:17:04
01:17:47
01:18:28
01:19:12
01:19:33
01:19:39
NED INT (ETH)
NRCCG
NRCCG
NAM
NRCCG
NED INT (ZIM)
MECG
NRCGN
ITA
OXFORD
CLUB
NRCCG
NRCCNW
MPSCG
MPSCG
NRCCNW
NRCWP
MPSCG
ZIMBABWE
NRCCG
LESOTHO
CLUB
NRCCG
NRCCG
NRCWP
NRCCG
NRCWP
NRCKZN
NBMC
ATC
BOXERSS
TIME
01:04:54
01:05:01
01:05:09
01:05:22
01:05:50
01:06:03
01:06:18
01:06:30
01:06:37
01:06:44
TIME
01:15:02
01:16:22
01:18:30
01:19:39
01:20:05
01:22:33
01:22:38
01:23:09
01:23:13
01:25:37
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Top 10 Men in 2011
NAME
1
Lusapho April
2
Xolisa Tyali
3
Tsotsane Kgosi
4
Lindikhaya Mthangayi
5
Kalvin Pangiso
6
Luwis Masunda
7
Nkosinathi Madyo
8
Daniel Yegon
9
Anthony Godongwana
10
Lungisa Mdedelwa
CLUB
OXFORD STRIDERS
NED – C GAUTENG
TRANSNET AC
MPWP
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
NRCWP
NED INT – KENYA
CELTICS
NRCTRANS
TIME
01:03:58
01:04:18
01:04:35
01:04:51
01:05:03
01:05:07
01:05:09
01:05:32
01:05:36
01:06:27
NAME
1
Helalia Johannes
2
Irvette van Blerk
3
Zintle Xiniwe
4
Rene Kalmer
5
Rutendo Nyahora
6
Thabita Tsatsa
7
Christine Kalmer
8
Danielle Adlam
9
Charne Bosman
10
Cary-Ann Smith
CLUB
NAMIBIA
NRCCG
NRCWP
NRCCG
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
NRCCG
BOXER SUPERSTORES AC
MPCG
NRCKZN
TIME
01:11:56
01:12:04
01:14:58
01:16:19
01:16:24
01:16:45
01:18:04
01:21:06
01:21:12
01:21:24
Top 10 Men in 2010
NAME
1
Lusapho April
2
Kalvin Pangiso
3
Tshamano Setone
4
Xolisa Tyali
5
Elmore Sibanda
6
Zolani Ntongana
7
Jeffrey Gwebu
8
Lungisa Mdedelwa
9
Erich Goeieman
10
Jonathan Chinyoka
CLUB
TMP – BORDER
MP INT – ZIMBABWE
NRCCGS
NRCCGS
ZIMBABWE
MPWP
NRCCGS
NRCTRANS
NAMIBIA
ZIMBABWE
TIME
01:03:54
01:03:59
01:04:13
01:04:20
01:04:36
01:04:43
01:06:05
01:06:19
01:07:08
01:07:18
NAME
1
Rene Kalmer
2
Irvette van Blerk
3
Mamorallo Tjoka
4
Tanith Maxwell
5
Thabita Tsatsa
6
Helena Ipinge
7
Rutendo Nyahora
8
Marelize Retief
9
Poppy Mlambo
10
Jenna Challenor
CLUB
NRCCGS
NRCCGS
LESOTHO
BOXERSS
ZIMBABWE
NAMIBIA
ZIMBABWE
NRCGN
NRCCGS
BOXERSS
TIME
01:12:39
01:12:55
01:15:50
01:16:19
01:17:00
01:17:06
01:19:37
01:20:04
01:20:36
01:21:36
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COURSE RECORD HOLDERS – 56KM ULTRA MARATHON
DESCRIPTION
Course record: Men
Women
Age 40 – 49: Men
Age 40 – 49: Women
Age 50 – 59: Men
Age 60 – 69: Men
Age 70+: Men
Age 70+: Women
Open Team Men
Open Team Women
Men’s Team Age 40 – 49
Women’s Team Age 40 – 49
Men’s Team Age 50 – 59
Women’s Team Age 50 – 59
NAME
Thompson Magawana
Frith van der Merwe
Gert Thys
Madina Biktagirova
Vladimir Kotov
Jane Mudau
Bob Haselum
Jenny Allebone
Brian Key
Willemien Smuts
Mluleki Nobanda
Simon Mphulanyane
Jacob Mazibuko
Frans Chauke
Farwa Mentoor
Paulina Phaho
Louisa Leballo
Margaret Mahohoma
Johannes Kekana
Simphiwe Ntentesa
Soccer Ncube
Morgan Sithole
Jane Mudau
Berdine Smit
Lelanie van Zyl
Hanlie van Eeden
Titus Mamabolo
David Jele
Bob Haselum
Annatjie Botes
Marie Wolmarans
Amor Van Zyl
TIME
03:03:44
03:30:36
03:09:42
03:35:04
03:19:48
04:15:49
03:58:30
04:44:27
04:30:38
5:55:59
CLUB
Winkelh
BENNOR
MPSWP
Russia
Century
NCRAGN
RAC
HV
FOREST
NRCBA
YEAR
1988
1989
2012
2007
2010
2014
1996
2004
2010
2013
12:49:05
MPCG
2004
15:52:04
HARMGN
2006
13:51:34 (a)
LIBCG
2003
18:06:47
NRCGN
2010
11:29:01
RAC
1992
14:51:37
NRCSWD
2011
(a) = alternative route (Ou Kaapse Weg)
WORLD BESTS ON ROUTE:
50 km
Thompson Magawana
Frith van der Merwe
02:43:38 (1988)
03:08:39 (1989)
Old Mutual is offering a R1-million prize for the first man and/or woman who
breaks the current 56km record.
12
COURSE RECORD HOLDERS – 21KM HALF MARATHON (OLD COURSE*)
DESCRIPTION
Course Record
Women's Record
Men's Record Age 40 – 49
Women's Record Age 40 – 49
Men’s Record Age 70+
Women’s Record Age 70+
Men’s Team Record (open)
Women's Team Record (open)
Men's Team Record Age 40+
Women's Team Record Age 40+
Men's Team Record Age 50+
Women's Team Record Age 50+
Junior Men's Record Age 16 – 19
Junior Women’s Record Age 16 – 19
NAME
Cuthbert Nyasango
Helalia Johannes
Luketz Swartbooi
Michelle Bartman
Sean Rice
Nancy Will
Albertus Bock
Hester Kotze
Ken Nurden
Heather Joubert
Hendrick Ramaala
Aaron Gabonewe
Lebenya Nkoka
Mabuthile Lebopo
Zintle Xiniwe
Bulelwa Mtshagi
Kim Laxton
Francis Roman
Daniel Mothibe
Rennel Stemmer
Antonie van der Westhuizen
Valda Ford
Judy Everingham
Beverley Charters
Danie Nienaber
Albertus Bock
Eddie Hendricks
Beverly Charters
Sue Trott
Margaret Plantema
Elijah Mbogo
Matrinta Mota
CLUB
ZIMBABWE
NAMIBIA
NAMIBIA
HARFHAR
LNACCG
PINE
HARMWP
DURBAC
AGAPEGN
TMP WP
MPCG
TIME
01:02:54
01:11:56
01:06:03
01:22:48
01:15:21
01:30:40
01:25:39
01:42:49
01:34:45
02:14:53
04:16:25
YEAR
2006
2011
2007
2009
2006
2004
2006
2011
2006
2007
2005
CELTIC
05:26:01
2007
HARMGN
03:42:58
2003
VOB
04:36:53
2004
HARMWP
04:10:18
2003
VOB
05:19:51
2008
KENYA
LESOTHO
01:03:50
01:21:52
2007
2004
*Old Course: Main Road / Aliwal Road
13
COURSE RECORD HOLDERS – 21KM HALF MARATHON (NEW COURSE*)
DESCRIPTION
Men’s Record
Women’s Record
NAME
Stephen Mokoka
Biru Meseret Mengistu
Men’s Record 40 - 49
Women’s Record 40 - 49
Men’s Record 70+
Women’s Record 70+
Junior Men’s Record 16 - 19
Junior Women’s Record 16 - 19
Men’s Team Record Open 16 - 39
Tsungai Mwanengeni
Suzette Botha
Raymond Howard
Ana Luiza Garcez
Clive Owen
Nancy Will
Tamsanqa Jusayi
Willemien Smuts
Timothy Munzhelele
Jessica Pollock
Nkosinathi Madyo
Sityhilo Diko
Victor Msopi
Phumlani Nxusani
Rene Kalmer
Irvette van Blerk
Christine Kalmer
Juan Marie Cooper
Graham Katzen
Craig February
Alan Bird
Clare Cousins
Jill Allen
Mari Gaertner
Clive Owen
Robert Fredericks
Gregory Jacobs
Renée Scott
Beverley Charters
Brenda Nooy
Women’s Record Team Open 16 - 39
Men’s Team Record 40 - 49
Women’s Team 40 - 49
Men’s Team Record 50+
Women’s Team Record 50+
CLUB
TRANSNET
NED INT
(ETH)
NBMC (ZIM)
ESKOM KZN
CELTIC
BRA
EDGE
PINELANDS
NRCEC
NRCBA
VODACG
UCT
NRCWP
TIME
1:03:36
1:12:43
YEAR
2013
2013
1:11:09
1:21:11
1:21:36
1:33:36
1:25:30
1:47:25
1:39:01
1:57:00
1:14:27
1:27:17
4:41:47
2014
2013
2012
2013
2012
2014
2013
2012
2013
2012
2012
NRCCG
5:23:25
2012
CELTIC
4:35:19
2012
VOB
5:06:00
2014
EDGE
4:30:15
2014
VOB
5:14:53
2014
* New Course from 2012
14
PAST WINNERS 1970 – 2014
ULTRA MARATHON:
YEAR
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
MEN
Dirkie Steyn
Rob Knutzen
Don Hartley
Don Hartley
Derek Preiss
Derek Preiss
Vincent Rakabaele (LES)
Brian Chamberlain
Brian Chamberlain
Vincent Rakabaele (LES)
Hoseah Tjale
Johnny Halberstadt
Ben Choeu
Siphiwe Gqele
Siphiwe Gqele
Siphiwe Gqele
Ephraim Sibisi
Thompson Magawana
Thompson Magawana
Johannes Thobejane
Willie Mtolo
Miltas Tshabalala
Israel Morake
Isaac Tshabalala
Phineas Makaba
Simon Malindi
Zithulele Sinqe
Zithulele Sinqe
TIME
3:55:50
3:42:31
3:25:12
3:24:06
3:21:40
3:22:01
3:18:05
3:15:22
3:15:23
3:08:56
3:14:30
3:05:37
3:11:15
3:11:54
3:10:57
3:11:57
3:09:30
3:05:31
3:03:44 *
3:12:20
3:10:51
3:16:00
3:15:56
3:14:20
3:15:06
3:10:53
3:09:45
3:07:17
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Fusi Nhlapo
Isaac Tshabalala
Joshua Petersen
Honest Mutsakani (Zim)
Hlonepha Mphulanyane
Mluleki Nobanda
Marko Mambo (Zim)
Marko Mambo (Zim)
Moses Njodzi (Zim)
Bethuel Netshifhefhe
Marko Mambo (Zim)
John Wachira (Kenya)
Mabhutile Lebopo (Les)
George Ntshiliza
Stephen Muzhingi (Zim)
David Gatebe
Lebenya Nkoka (Les)
3:11:30
3:11:20
3:13:13
3:11:18
3:09:42
3:09:21
3:07:41
3:05:39
3:06:50
3:07:56
3:11:05
3:10:06
3:06:18
3:08:31
3:08:08
3:08:54
03:09:52
WOMEN
TIME
Ulla Paul
Marie-Jeanne Duyvejonck
Marie-Jeanne Duyvejonck
Janet Bailey
Diane Alperstein
Gail Ingram
Gail Ingram
Beverley Malan
Beverley Malan
Helen Lucre
Beverley Malan
Adelene Joubert
Liz Eglington
Monica Drögemöller
Frith van der Merwe
Pat Lithgow
Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (UK)
Eniko Feher (Hungary)
Maria Bak (Germany)
Angelina Pitso (later Sephooa)
(Lesotho)
Angelina Sephooa (Lesotho)
Angelina Sephooa (Lesotho)
Sarah Mahlangu
Gwen van Lingen
Natalia Volgina (Russia)
Simone Staicu (Hungary)
Elena Nurgalieva (Russia)
Tatyana Zhirkova (Russia)
Madina Biktagirova (Russia)
Olesya Nurgalieva (Russia)
Thabita Tsatsa (ZIM)
Nina Podnebesnova (Russia)
5:14:51
5:01:07
5:03:52
4:34:28
4:22:58
4:14:05
4:11:31
3:59:08
3:57:32
3:52:20
4:01:09
3:52:59
3:53:52
3:44:29
3:30:36 *
3:42:39
3:50:23
3:49:16
3:57:11
3:51:37
3:49:31
3:45:16
3:45:45
3:49:56
3:38:09
3:48:58
3:43:03
3:38:02
3:37:22
3:37:51
3:38:14
3:36:19
3:35:04
3:34:53
3:40:43
3:41:53
3:33:58
3:41:56
3:39:54
03:40:07
Note: The Ou Kaapseweg Route was used from 2000 to 2003 * Record
15
PAST WINNERS 1998 – 2014
HALF MARATHON:
YEAR
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
MEN
Makhosonke Fika
Elijah Mutandiro (Zim)
Zacharia Mpolokeng
Josia Thugwane
Luwis Masunda (Zim)
Hendrick Ramaala
Cuthbert Nyasango (Zim)
Willy Mwangi (Kenya)
George Majaji (Zim)
Stephen Mokoka
Lusapho April
Lusapho April
Xolisa Tyali
Stephen Mokoka
Stephen Mokoka
TIME
1:05:35
1:04:34
1:05:31
1:05:53
1:04:15
1:03:46
1:04:02
1:03:26
1:02:54 *
1:03:05
1:03:31
1:03:42
1:03:54
1:03:58
1:04:54
1:03:35 $
1:04:16
Note: The New Route was used from 2012 onwards
WOMEN
Gwen Griffiths (now van Lingen)
Theresa du Toit
Kirsty Weir
Charne Rademeyer (now Bosman)
Ronel Thomas
Mamorallo Tjoka (Les)
Helalia Johannes (Nam)
Mamorallo Tjoka (Les)
Rene Kalmer
Rene Kalmer
Biru Meseret Mengistu (Eth)
Diana Lebo Phalula
TIME
1:17:00
1:19:52
1:18:25
1:17:37
1:15:27
1:15:48
1:16:46
1:15:58
1:13:35
1:13:16
1:15:04
1:13:34
1:12:39
1:11:56 *
1:15:02
1:12:42 $
1:14:00
* Old Course Record
$ New Course Record
16
CATEGORY WINNERS 2010 to 2014
ULTRA MARATHON
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
1st Male Team
1st Male 40+
1st Team 40+
1st Female
1st Female Team
1st Female 40+
1st Female Team 40+
1st Male 50+
1st Male Team 50+
1st Female 50+
1st Male 60+
1st Female 60+
1st Male 70+
1st Female 70+
1st WP Male
1st WP Female
1st Novice
Youngest Male
Youngest Female
Oldest Finisher
Last Runner
2010
M Lebopo
03:06:18
M Mosuhli
03:07:29
T Sello
03:07:44
S Muzhingi
03:10:35
W Lebopo
03:10:51
NRCEC
13:24:18
V Kotov
03:19:48
NRCEC
15:02:12
O Nurgalieva
03:41:53
RAC
19:04:22
J Thomas
04:02:08
NRCGN
18:06:47
T Ralekheyla
03:32:13
BOXERSS
13:21:33
A Botes
04:37:41
M Langa
04:32:00
M Botha
05:16:52
B Key
04:30:38
V Kotov
03:19:48
J Thomas
04:02:08
M Mosuhli
03:07:29
M Jari
03:40:25
H Campbell
06:55:35
L Lentswe
06:36:57
N Hardnick
06:59:51
2011
G Ntshiliza
03:08:31
M Nkhabutlane
03:08:49
T Maine
03:09:19
M Mosuhli
03:09:40
S Muzhingi
03:09:46
TOYOTA AC
13:10:40
M Tumi
03:25:40
RAND AC
15:53:05
O Nurgalieva
03:33:58
BONITAS
16:18:26
J Thomas
03:54:55
ACSIS VOB
19:14:26
T Phulu
03:47:22
DURBAC
12:43:17
A Botes
04:30:09
M Langa
04:34:05
E Greenblatt
05:04:38
B Key
05:20:43
W Smuts
05:58:36
M Qhina
03:17:34
J Thomas
03:54:55
M Nkhabutlane
03:08:49
L Banzi
06:34:54
H Campbell
06:23:05
C Greeff
05:54:48
I Jwili
06:59:58
2012
S Muzhingi
03:08:08
H Moyo
03:08:35
C Makaza
03:08:45
G Thys
03:09:42
B Mthembu
03:10:16
BONITCG
13:15:35
G Thys
03:09:42
NRCEC
15:12:44
E Nurgalieva
03:41:56
BONITCG
15:58:08
U Frans
04:09:53
RAC
19:18:39
V Kotov
03:32:46
DURBAC
13:20:17
A Botes
04:34:39
S Kama
04:37:53
H Kotze
05:21:43
B Key
04:49:33
G Thys
03:09:42
U Frans
04:09:53
G Thys
03:09:42
H Griffiths
05:32:22
N Kotze
05:57:17
C Greeff
06:23:53
N Zietsman
06:59:59
2013
D Gatebe
03:08:54
M Qhina
03:10:02
M Mosuhli
03:10:22
C Makaza
03:10:29
M Nkhabutlane
03:11:00
BONITCG
13:18:48
J Kekana
03:12:40
Phuma AC
14:43:19
T Tsatsa
03:39:54
BONITCG
15:25:00*
T Tsatsa
03:39:54
RAC
19:22:25
V Kotov
03:36:57
DURBAC
12:55:25
J Mudau
04:24:55
S Kama
04:26:29
H Kotze
05:28:30
B Key
05:15:49
W Smuts
5:55:59
M Qhina
03:10:02
U Frans
04:19:01
D Gatebe
03:08:54
J Long
05:43:19
A Raath
06:40:00
L Letswe
06:46:43
D Sewela
07:04:57
2014
L Nkoka
03:09:52
H Ramaala
03:11:34
M Matjiane
03:12:01
W Lebopo
03:12:25
K Tadesse
03:12:36
NRCEC
14:06:57
H Ramaala
3:11:34
TOYOTA
15:20:53
N Podnebesnova
3:40:08
DHSOB
19:23:08
S Moyo
4:07:33
K-WAY VOB
19:16:04
T Phulu
3:54:44
DURBAC
13:23:34
J Mudau
4:15:49
A Nyabanyaba
4:22:15
G Spies
5:21:31
B Key
4:53:38
W Smuts
6:09:15
M Qhina
3:16:08
K Shuttleworth
4:24:46
H Ramaala
3:11:34
J Beard
5:51:45
C Carr
6:15:03
H Waters
6:46:34
N Magwegwe
6:59:59
17
CATEGORY WINNERS 2010 to 2014
HALF MARATHON
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
1st Male Team
1st Male 40+
1st Male Team 40+
1st Female
1st Female Team
1st Female 40+
1st Female Team 40+
1st Male 50+
1st Male Team 50+
1st Female 50+
1st Female Team 50+
1st Male 60+
1st Female 60+
1st Male 70+
1st Female 70+
1st Junior Male
1st Junior Female
2010
L April
01:03:54
K Pangiso
01:03:59
T Setone
01:04:13
X Tyali
01:04:20
E Sibanda
01:04:36
NRCCGS
04:23:10
M Mazwayi
01:11:33
VOB
04:24:28
R Kalmer
01:12:39
BOXERSS
05:26:19
G de Oliveira
01:25:58
Adidas
04:50:36
G Jacobs
1:23:10
VOB
05:08:21
N Will
01:38:07
VOB
5:24:39
A Veldsman
01:28:18
M Plantema
01:50:21
P Brennan
01:49:11
F Chisholm
02:22:31
B Bhebha
01:19:20
J Stevens
01:48:51
2011
L April
01:03:58
X Tyali
01:04:18
T Kgosi
01:04:35
L Mthangayi
01:04:51
K Pangiso
01:05:03
ADTCG
04:39:24
G Katzen
01:15:37
CELTIC
04:06:28
H Johannes
01:11:56
NRCCG
05:35:05
J Bakkes
01:23:18
VOB
04:56:31
C Vilakazi
01:16:31
CELTIC
04:39:30
O Howard
01:35:14
VOB
05:22:25
H Els
01:32:58
H Kotze
01:42:49
D Novick
02:10:01
J Cammidge
02:17:35
E van der Merwe
01:23:51
L Barrow
01:43:32
2012
X Tyali
01:04:54
J Mmone
01:05:01
L Mohale
01:05:09
T Setone
01:05:22
D Manya
01:05:50
NRCWP
04:41:47
G Katzen
01:12:50
CELTIC
04:35:19
R Kalmer
01:15:02
NRCCG
05:23:25
J Carey
01:25:37
NBMC
05:08:46
R Howard
01:21:36
CELTIC
04:46:39
O Howard
01:37:51
VOB
05:32:20
C Owen
01:25:30
R Donnoli
01:53:06
C Van Coller
02:02:45
W Smuts
01:57:00
X Melane
01:14:49
J Pollock
01:27:17
2013
S Mokoka
1:03:35
L April
01:03:37
J Mmone
01:03:43
S Mzazi
01:03:57
D Mokgobu
01:04:23
TNETGN
04:18:29
G Katzen
01:12:34
Itheko
03:51:41
B Mengistu
01:12:42
BOXERSS
05:41:28
S Botha
01:21:09
VOB
05:13:31
R Isaacs
01:23:16
SANDFWP
04:44:29
A Garcez
01:33:34
VOB
05:20:14
A Veldsman
01:26:18
H du Plessis
01:52:46
T Jusayi
01:38:59
D Larkin
02:11:11
T Munzhelele
01:14:25
L Barrow
01:32:53
2014
S Mokoka
1:04:16
J Mmone
1:04:29
S Mzazi
1:04:29
B Moeng
1:04:40
A Negewo
1:05:12
TNETGN
04:18:32
T Mwanengeni
1:11:09
NBMC
4:12:30
DL Phalula
1:14:00
BOXERSS
5:44:58
R Thomas
1:26:39
KWAYVOB
5:06:00
D Zibi
1:23:30
EDGE
4:30:15
V Williams
1:34:27
KWAYVOB
5:14:53
A Veldsman
1:28:59
N Will
1:47:25
R van Weele
1:53:30
M James
2:14:16
G Katzen
1:15:57
C Walker
1:46:32
18
2015 RACE STATISTICS & INTERESTING INFORMATION
56KM ENTRY STATISTICS 1982 – 2015
Year
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Men
2332
2993
3599
4391
5122
5811
6477
7550
7859
8391
7982
7469
7266
6365
7145
6803
7102
6825
7518
6464
5932
5809
7732
6096
6164
5888
4998
5249
6568
6494
6770
7942
8188
8080
Women
79
118
172
279
347
371
493
618
650
836
719
777
888
785
1057
967
1209
1224
1687
1328
1311
1305
2037
1655
1711
1768
1566
1557
2258
2141
2394
3111
3160
3284
Total
2411
2875
3771
4670
5469
6182
6970
8168
8509
9227
8701
8246
8154
7150
8202
7770
8311
8049
9205
7792
7243
7115
9769
7751
7875
7656
6564
6806
8826
8635
9164
11053
11348
11364
% Women Runners
3.27
4.10
4.56
5.97
6.34
6.38
7.07
8.18
8.27
9.96
8.26
9.42
10.89
10.97
12.88
12.44
14.54
15.20
18.32
17.04
18.10
18.34
20.85
21.71
21.72
23.09
23.85
22.87
25.58
24.80
26.12
28.14
27.85
28.89
19
56KM ENTRY STATISTICS
Categories
Total Entries
Men
Women
Novices*
Men 40+
Men 50+
Men 60+
Men 70+
Women 40+
Women 50+
Women 60+
Women 70+
Clubs
WP Entries (SA)
Non-WP Entries (SA)
Africa Entries
International Entries
Upcountry Runners %
Novice Runners %
Women Runners %
2015
11364
8080
3284
4191
2847
1445
359
25
1206
460
57
1
765
2764
7602
227
660
66
37
29
2014
11348
8188
3160
4166
2659
1343
379
24
1059
414
50
1
724
2727
7551
227
843
73
36
27
2013
11053
7942
3111
4195
2808
1349
337
19
1088
419
52
1
718
2617
7454
219
763
67
38
28
2012
9164
6770
2394
3131
2435
1157
263
18
812
386
31
1
594
2145
6222
193
604
68
34
26
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
8635 8826 6806 6564 7473 7770
6494 6568 5249 4998 5768 6091
2141 2258 1557 1566 1708 1679
3031 3013 1836 1728 1944 2216
2226 2315 1891 1818 2140 2211
1073 1168 944
861 953 932
250 265
210 200 203
193
16
11
11
10
18
14
815 875 663 637 702 638
358
301
199
187 184
173
35
35
20
20
23
17
613 626
2082 2251
5844 5892
196
181
513 448
68
67
35
34
25
26
584
573 587 582
1774 1592 1755 1876
4614 4559 5258 5362
107
71
112
141
311
342 348
391
67
69
70
69
26
26
26
29
23
23
23
22
* Running their first Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon
21KM ENTRY STATISTICS
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Men
2227
2126
2519
2977
3207
4438
4667
4632
5556
6049
6524
7090
5860
7063
7984
8464
7832
7285
Women
1366
1470
1676
1906
2115
2866
3694
3236
4113
4708
4926
6071
5787
7033
8285
8473
8280
8547
Total
3593
3596
4195
4883
5322
7304
8361
7868
9669
10757
11450
13161
11647
14096
16269
16937
16112
15832
% Women Runners
38
41
40
39
40
40
44
41
42
44
43
46
50
50
51
50
51
53
20
21KM OVERALL ENTRY STATISTICS
Category
Total Entries
Men
Women
Novices*
Juniors (16 – 19)
Men 40+
Men 50+
Men 60+
Men 70+
Women 40+
Women 50+
Women 60+
Women 70+
Clubs
WP Entries (SA)
Non-WP Entries (SA)
Africa Entries
International Entries
Temporary Licenses
Upcountry Runners %
Novice Runners %
Temporary Licenses %
Women Runners %
2015
15832
7285
8547
6941
259
1585
1012
436
82
1933
1037
232
26
554
8633
6248
452
499
7376
39
43
46
53
2014 2013 2012
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
16112 16937 16269 14096 11647 13221 11450 11041 9837
7832 8464 7984 7063 5860 7125 6524 6309 5716
8280 8473 8285 7033 5787 6096 4926 4732 4121
6239 6563 8477 7566 5989 6769 5500 5560 5446
178
259
366
431
427 288
279
251
241
1652 1596 1538 1330 1153 1398 1358 1374 1279
1090 1045
875
750
758 894
824
821
727
392
388
253
280
265
313
276 245
217
87
69
28
55
56
55
51
42
34
1846 1733 1602 1303 1181 1318 1107 1083
971
968
889
910
781
552 560
516 443 379
221
167
189
168
121
123
109
86
67
27
18
17
13
7
9
5
5
3
549
474
401
413 388 457 460 460 473
9344 9565 8672
7741 6236 7532 6327 5964 5354
5980 6533 6847 5797 4859 5182 4651 4501 3997
334
347
321
254
174
222
177
227 180
454
492
429
304 300 285
295 349 306
8127 10800 10675 7793 5932 7257 6348 5737 4891
37
39
42
41
42
39
40
41
41
38
39
52
54
52
51
48
50
55
50
64
65
55
51
55
55
52
50
51
50
51
50
50
46
43
43
42
* Running their first Old Mutual Two Oceans Half Marathon
INTERESTING RACE STATISTICS
Amount
862 750
200 000
39 690 litres
60 tons
Over 3 000
440
1 500 kg
500kg
40
8
800
160 000
29 000
Approx R1.5 million
R250 000
R25 000
Item
Water sachets
Powerade sachets
Coca-Cola
Ice
Volunteers
Portable toilets
Bananas
Potatoes
Refreshment Stations
Medical Aid Stations on the route
Cardboard waste bins
Coke cups
Official Race Magazines printed
Total prize money (excluding bonuses for records broken)
1st place male and female runner in the ultra
1st place male and female runner in the half marathon
21
PROVINCIAL ENTRY BREAKDOWN
REGION
Western Province
Central Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Gauteng North
Eastern Province
Free State
Boland
Mpumalanga
South Western Districts
Border
Central North-West
Vaal Triangle
Limpopo
Griqualand West
North-West North
North West Cape
Transkei
Total
56km
2015
2875
2882
1015
1361
437
324
238
264
213
180
135
109
165
114
89
39
32
10477
21km
2015
8633
2083
634
1315
420
391
323
138
198
90
154
100
72
158
114
48
9
14881
56km
2014
2728
2835
972
1240
473
353
296
264
245
180
148
121
159
105
77
35
18
10249
21km
2014
9357
2028
601
1288
472
329
368
110
186
86
100
73
62
106
109
54
8
15337
56km
2013
2617
2869
1025
1171
477
360
273
261
232
163
124
129
143
98
56
32
26
11065
21km
2013
9568
2293
829
1310
514
367
335
140
161
99
85
63
84
98
78
74
6
16947
56km
2012
2145
2277
989
835
422
303
254
215
215
143
100
111
130
90
54
39
31
9159
21km
2012
8672
2318
964
1269
544
485
331
187
158
97
107
63
83
101
77
58
5
16269
AGE CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
CATEGORY
Age 16-19
Age 20-39
Age 40-49
Age 50-59
Age 60-69
Age 70+
TOTAL
2015
ULTRA
0
4964
4053
1905
416
26
11364
2015
HALF
259
9229
3518
2049
668
108
15831
ENTRIES BY CAPE TOWN CLUBS (“WESTERN PROVINCE”)
TOP 10 CLUBS 2015
CLUB
HALF
ULTRA
TOTAL
K-Way VOB Running Club
426
246
672
Cape Multisport Club
318
217
535
Lion Of Africa Itheko AC
408
86
494
Celtic Harriers
174
137
311
Atlantic Athletic Club
151
138
289
Spartan Harriers Club
199
63
262
Durbanville Athletic Club
108
146
254
Edgemead Runners
143
72
215
Run Walk For Life Western Province
168
35
203
ATC Running
117
64
181
22
ENTRIES BY CLUBS OUTSIDE OF WESTERN PROVINCE (“UPCOUNTRY”)
TOP 10 CLUBS 2015
CLUB NAME
HALF
ULTRA
TOTAL
Rand Athletic Club
81
251
332
Team Vitality
62
188
250
Nedbank Running Club
79
158
237
Irene Athletics Club
52
137
189
Running Inn Athletics Club
78
72
150
Sunninghill Striders
29
106
135
Nedbank Running Club Gauteng North
40
88
128
Stellenbosch Athletic Club
56
62
118
Randburg Harriers
39
79
118
Fourways Road Runners
32
77
109
COUNTRY STATISTICS
COUNTRY
South Africa
TRAIL
HALF
ULTRA
TOTAL
1118
10270
14626
26014
13
222
240
475
Germany
5
152
112
269
Zimbabwe
8
79
154
241
14
47
162
223
United States of America
3
77
101
181
Netherlands
7
58
45
110
Australia
2
51
40
93
Brazil
2
31
27
60
France
1
30
24
55
Canada
0
23
22
45
Ireland
0
16
27
43
Zambia
0
9
29
38
Lesotho
0
33
4
37
Switzerland
0
22
10
32
Botswana
0
13
18
31
Japan
3
20
7
30
Belgium
2
16
8
26
Kenya
1
15
7
23
Italy
2
5
16
23
Portugal
1
11
8
20
New Zealand
0
9
10
19
Swaziland
0
10
9
19
United Kingdom
Namibia
India
1
7
9
17
Sweden
0
7
10
17
Norway
0
8
8
16
Tanzania
0
7
9
16
23
Malawi
0
11
3
14
Poland
0
6
6
12
Ethiopia
0
11
1
12
Austria
1
8
2
11
Spain
1
2
8
11
Mexico
0
1
9
10
Angola
0
8
2
10
Nigeria
0
3
7
10
Mozambique
0
2
8
10
Congo; Democratic Republic
0
6
3
9
Romania
0
4
5
9
Russia
0
3
6
9
China (People's Republic)
0
7
0
7
Czech Republic
0
7
0
7
Denmark
0
3
2
5
Finland
0
2
3
5
Singapore
0
1
4
5
Argentina
1
2
1
4
Luxembourg
0
4
0
4
Mauritius
1
0
3
4
Greece
0
3
0
3
Colombia
0
1
2
3
Hungary
0
0
3
3
Cameroon
0
2
0
2
Bulgaria
0
2
0
2
Chile
0
1
1
2
Israel
0
1
1
2
Turkey
0
1
1
2
Uganda
0
1
1
2
Slovenia
0
1
0
1
Estonia
0
1
0
1
Bahamas
0
0
1
1
Bolivia
0
1
0
1
British Indian Ocean Territory
0
0
1
1
British Virgin Islands
0
0
1
1
Central African Republic
0
1
0
1
Cyprus
0
0
1
1
Ecuador
1
0
0
1
Gambia
0
1
0
1
Honduras
0
0
1
1
Lebanon
0
1
0
1
Lithuania
0
1
0
1
Malta
0
1
0
1
Peru
0
0
1
1
Qatar
0
1
0
1
Saudi Arabia
0
1
0
1
Sudan (North)
1
0
0
1
24
Taiwan (Republic of China)
0
1
0
1
Thailand
0
1
0
1
United Arab Emirates
0
1
0
1
Uruguay
0
0
1
1
Venezuela
0
0
1
1
1189
11364
15832
28385
Total
* We still accept international entries up until the day before the race, with approximately 2 000
international runners ultimately lining up at the start.
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ATHLETES BIOGRAPHIES
PLEASE NOTE: at time of going to print, all these athletes had confirmed their entries into the event.
Some athletes may have since withdrawn from the race. Names are listed alphabetically, with the ultra
athletes first.
OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS 2015
TOP ATHLETES’ PROFILES
ULTRAMARATHON
MEN
KGATATSO CHECHA (36)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011:
Other PBs:
2:23:24, Soweto Marathon 2012
dnf in 2014
6th in Johnson Crane Marathon (2:30:38)
50th in Cape Town Marathon (2:35:04)
2nd in Alberton City 10 km (31:32)
55th in Two Oceans Half Marathon (78:30)
98th in Vaal Half Marathon (1:40:55)
1st in the following three races: Alberton City Half Marathon (67:33), Rainbow 10 km
(31:40) & Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km (47:46)
3rd in Pirates Half Marathon (70:41)
5th in Varsity Kudus 15 km (50:30)
11th in Tough One 32 km (1:51:58)
13th in Soweto Marathon (2:23:24)
2nd in John Hattle 32 km (1:46:07)
3rd in Rand Road Warriors Half Marathon (70:54)
31:32 (2014), 67:33 (2012)
BRIGHTON CHIPERE (42) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
2:13:18, Promonte Marathon 2009
Two Oceans:
33rd in 2011 (3:25:29); 3rd vet (25th overall) in 2013 (3:24:21); dnf in 2014
2014:
1st in Wally Hayward Marathon (2:27:02)
1st vet (2nd overall) in Jackie Mekler 10 km (32:08) & Township to Township
Marathon (2:27:41a)
rd
3 vet in Loskop 50 km (3:07:36a) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (69:41)
2013:
1st vet in the following seven races: Pretoria Marathon (2:30:26), Wally Hayward Half
Marathon (70:07), Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 28 km (91:29a), Jackie Mekler
25 km (84:04), Township to Township Marathon (2:33:42a), Jacaranda Challenge
Half Marathon (74:01) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (67:52)
2nd vet in Tuks Half Marathon (72:05) & Capital Classic Half Marathon (72:29)
3rd vet in Loskop 50 km (2:59:42a)
2012:
1st in the following three races: Long Tom Half Marathon (63:55a), Mandela Day
Marathon (2:28:32a) & Love Run Half Marathon (65:11)
3rd in the following four races: Sasol Marathon (2:20:13; probably short course),
Township to Township Marathon (2:22:40a), Mafikeng Marathon (2:29:50) &
Jacaranda City Challenge Marathon (2:24:39)
9th in Mangyongdae Prix International Marathon (2:16:18)
Other performances:
1st in Sasol Marathon 2011 (2:18:18); 1st in Long Tom Half Marathon 2011 (61:22a); 1st in
Township to Township 50 km 2011 (2:53:30a); 1st in Mafikeng Marathon 2011
(2:19:26); 2nd in Sunrise Monster 32 km 2011 (1:50:15); 5th in PetroSA Marathon
2011 (2:23:54); 1st in Sasol Marathon 2010 (2:16:15); 1st in Long Tom Half Marathon
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Other PBs:
2010 (61:05a); 2nd in City to City 50 km 2010 (3:00:38a); 2nd in Mafikeng Marathon
2010 (2:27:28); 4th in Mangyongdae Prix International Marathon 2010 (2:17:46);
5th in PetroSA Marathon 2010 (2:21:09); 1st in Long Tom Half Marathon 2009
(62:56a); 1st in Sasol Marathon 2009 (2:18:06); 2nd in Promonte Marathon 2009
(2:13:18); 2nd in PetroSA Marathon 2009 (2:15:23); 5th in Mangyongdae Prix
International Marathon 2009 (2:14:50); 10th in Cape Town Marathon 2008
(2:17:39); 6th in Port Elizabeth City Marathon 2007 (2:15:50); 1st in Matla Black Coal
Marathon 2006 (2:23:01); 1st in George Claassen Half Marathon 2005 (67:34); 1st in
Jackie Mekler 25 km 2004 (82:33); 3rd in Peninsula Marathon 2004 (2:23:07a)
29:57a (2005), 63:12a (1994)
TESHOME GELANA (31) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:07:37, Houston Marathon 2010
2015:
2nd in Tiberias Marathon (2:12:33)
2013:
6th in Houston Marathon (2:17:15)
8th in Kuala Lumpur Marathon (2:22:33)
10th in Prague Marathon (2:18:06)
2012:
4th in Marrakech Marathon (2:10:15)
Other performances:
1st in Houston Marathon 2010 (2:07:37 CR); 2nd in Florence Marathon 2010 (2:12:41);
6th in Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2010 (2:09:31); 1st in Warsaw Marathon 2009
(2:12:03); 8th in Reims Marathon 2008 (2:11:50); 1st in Miami Marathon 2007
(2:17:51); 1st in Piacenza Marathon 2006 (2:17:06); 6th in Madrid Marathon 2006
(2:13:48)
Other PBs:
66:02 (2010)
MOHAMMED TEMAM HUSSEIN (24) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:12:45, Verona Marathon 2011
2011:
2nd in Marseilles Marathon (2:22:18)
3rd in Verona Marathon (2:12:45) & Warsaw Marathon (2:13:41)
5th in Beirut Marathon (2:13:37)
Other performances:
1st in Beirut Marathon 2010 (2:16:43) & 2009 (2:16:12)
Other PBs:
66:29 (2012)
DICARDO JAKOBS (29)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
2015:
2014:
2013:
Other PBs:
2:23:08a, Peninsula Marathon 2014
PB on a standard course: 2:27:15, Winelands Marathon 2014
85th in 2012 (3:41:59); 29th in 2013 (3:25:51)
5th in Peninsula Marathon (2:32:24a)
1st in the following three races: Red Hill 36.2 km (2:05:06), Peninsula Marathon
(2:23:08a) & Riebeeckberg Marathon (2:30:07)
2nd in the following four races: Bay to Bay 30 km (1:41:13), Dan Luyt 15 km (49:29),
Valentine Night Race 10 km (Worcester) (32:29) & Winelands Marathon (2:27:15)
3rd in Prison to Prison Marathon (2:33:11)
4th in Voet van Afrika Marathon (2:35:34)
10th in Safari Half Marathon (72:02)
1st in Prison to Prison Marathon (2:28:51)
4th in Reconciliation Day 10 km (31:06)
31:06 (2013), 47:10 (2014), 69:26 (2013)
JOHANNES KEKANA (42)
Represented South Africa in the World Championships Marathon (2009).
Marathon PB:
PB on a standard course: 2:15:28, World Championships 2009
Two Oceans:
73rd in 2010 (3:39:24); 53rd in 2012 (3:32:58); 1st vet (8th overall) in 2013 (3:12:40); 4th
vet (22nd overall) in 2014 (3:24:30)
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Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
32nd in 2012 (6:00:03); 1st vet (5th overall) in 2013 (5:46:27); 22th vet in 2014 (6:44:01)
1st vet in Sasol Marathon (2:32:45; probably short course)
1st vet in the following eight races: Irene Valentine 10 km (32:19), Pretoria Half
Marathon (72:13), Pirates Half Marathon (74:34), Marcel van 't Slot 15 km (46:51),
Irene Village Mall Half Marathon (67:52; 2nd overall), Tom Jenkins 27 km (1:29:45),
Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (67:23) & Jackie Gibson Half Marathon (68:12)
2nd vet in the following three races: Johnson Crane Half Marathon (71:01), TomTom
Street Mile 10 km (33:12) & Soweto Marathon (2:25:40)
3rd vet in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (76:18)
1st vet in the following five races: Dis-Chem Half Marathon (70:25), ARWYP 15 km
(50:24), Tuks Half Marathon (71:20), Pick ‘n Pay Half Marathon (68;23; course
250-300 m too long) & City to City 50 km (2:54:24; 2nd overall)
st
1 vet in SA Half Marathon (66:23)
Also 1st vet in the following seven races: Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (66:16),
Irene Milk Run 15 km (48:55; fastest time by a SA vet in 2012), Marcel van ‘t Slot
15 km (49:23), Executive Mayor Half Marathon (65:08; fastest time by a SA vet in
2012), City to City 50 km (2:50:39a), Jacaranda City Challenge 10 km (31:47) &
Soweto Marathon (2:27:06)
3rd in Om die Dam Half Marathon (68:20) & George Claassen 10 km (31:03)
5th in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (68:07)
4th in SA Marathon 2011 (2:17:31); 8th in PetroSA Marathon 2011 (2:27:11); 10th in
Soweto Marathon 2011 (2:22:22); 2nd in Jackie Mekler 25 km 2010 (79:19); 2nd in
Stockholm Marathon 2010 (2:16:09); 2nd in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa,
2010 (64:35); 17th in World Championships Marathon 2009 (2:15:28); 2nd in SA
Marathon 2009 (2:15:59); 8th in Mangyongdae Prix International Marathon 2009
(2:17:20); 2nd in SA Marathon 2008 (2:17:06); 3rd in SA Marathon 2007 (2:16:35);
34th in SA 10 km 2006 (30:11); 1st in SA Marathon 2005 (2:19:16); 17th in SA Half
Marathon 2005 (64:44); 21st in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2005 (66:57); 10th in
Two Oceans Half Marathon 2004 (65:49), 12th in 2003 (66:37) & 16th in 2002
(67:06); 25th in SA Half Marathon 2001 (64:15); 29th in SA 10 km 2001 (30:08); 6th
in SA 10 km 2000 (28:22); 3rd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2000 (65:50) & 30th in
1999 (76:11)
28:22, 44:50 (both 2000), 62:14 (2009)
VLADIMIR KOTOV (57) [Belarus]
Born in Belarus; lived in Poland for many years. Now has permanent residency in South Africa and lives in Cape
Town. Ranked 2nd best ultrarunner in the world in 2002. He finished fourth in the 1980 Olympic Games Marathon
and set a USSR record of 2:10:58 the same year.
Two Oceans:
2nd (1st vet) in 2000 (3:13:21, veteran course record); 8th in 2001 (3:15:57); 6th (1st vet)
in 2002 (3:15:11); 25th (3rd vet) in 2003 (3:24:18); 20th (1st vet) in 2004 (3:19:04);
13th (2nd vet) in 2005 (3:17:34); 1st master in 2008 (3:30:40); 1st veteran in 2010
(3:19:48 – masters course record; also set world record of 2:58:18 at 50 km); 1st
master in 2012 (3:32:47) & 2013 (3:36:57); 11th master in 2014 (4:14:40)
st
Comrades:
1 in 2000 (5:25:33, new “up” record); 3rd (1st vet) in 2001 (5:27:21); 1st in 2002
(5:30:59); 22nd (3rd vet) in 2003 (5:57:03); 1st in 2004 (5:31:22); 4th in 2005
(5:33:59); 3rd (1st vet) in 2006 (5:40:56); 20th (3rd vet) in 2007 (5:58:34); 8th (1st
master) in 2008 (5:48:44); 1st master in 2009 (6:18:51); 1st master (14th overall) in
2010 (5:51:38); 1st master in 2011 (6:24:24); 1st master in 2012 (5:48:12); dnf in
2013; 3rd master in 2014 (6:47:20)
rd
2015:
3 master in Century City 10 km (34:26)
2014:
1st master in the following three races: Century City 10 km (35:06), Slave Route Half
Marathon (81:23) & Lighthouse 10 km (35:00)
2nd master in Gun Run Half Marathon (77:40) & West Coast Half Marathon (79:27)
3rd master in Gauteng Marathon (2:47:22a)
2013:
1st master in the following eleven races apart from the Two Oceans: SA Marathon
(2:34:33), Bay to Bay 30 km (1:52:06), Top Form 10 km (33:28), Constantia
Village 15 km (50:54) – all four the fastest times by a master in SA in 2013 – as
well as Dan Luyt 15 km (52:32), Peninsula Half Marathon (74:42a), Hohenort 15
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2012:
2011:
Other performances:
km (53:57), Century City 10 km (33:47), Kloofnek Classic Half Marathon (79:33),
Lighthouse 10 km (33:49) & Tyger Run Half Marathon (82:14)
1st master in all 29 races he ran: SA 10 km (33:33), Bay to Bay 30 km (1:57:20),
Hohenort 15 km (54:34), Brackenfell 10 km (34:03), Dan Luyt 15 km (52:40), Top
Form 10 km (35:06), Century City 10 km Express (33:37), Constantia Village 15
km (51:47), Lighthouse Ten 10 km (33:21), WP 10 km (33:28), Tygerberg 30 km
(1:49:41), Sundowner 10 km (34:39), Tyger 10 km (33:28), Weskus Marathon
(2:36:08a), Pro Sano 10 km (32:41), Ravensmead 15 km (49:37; short course),
Brackenfell Half Marathon (74:35), Slave Route 10 km (33:56), Gauteng
Marathon (2:39:26), Tekkie Challenge 10 km (33:52), Cape Town 10 km (33:46),
Cape Town Festival of Running Half Marathon (75:14), BAKgat 10 km (33:14),
Gun Run Half Marathon (73:23), Silver Queen 10 km (34:37), Avbob 15 km
(53:34) & Metropolitan 10 km (35:29), as well as the Two Oceans and Comrades
Set two WP masters records in 2011 (2:30:24 in the SA Marathon and 1:46:47 in the
Tygerberg 30 km)
1st master in all 23 races he ran, among them the following: SA Marathon (2:30:24),
SA Half Marathon (72:01), WP Half Marathon, WP 10 km, Hohenort 15 km,
Constantia Village 15 km, Tygerberg 30 km, Fast & Flat 10 km, Cape Town 10 km,
Gun Run 10 km, Landmarks Half Marathon, Realtors International Half
Marathon & Metropolitan 10 km
Set five WP masters records in 2010, among them 69:38 in the SA Half Marathon
and 2:31:17 in the SA Marathon, and was 1st master in all 27 races he ran, among
them the following: SA Half Marathon (69:38), SA 10 km (32:08), SA Marathon
(2:31:17) & WP 10 km (31:53). Set two WP masters records in 2009 and was 1st
master in SA 10 km (32:33) and 2nd master in SA Half Marathon (73:59). Set eight
WP masters records in 2008 and won the masters category in 22 races,
including the SA Half Marathon (72:13), SA 10 km (32:39), Two Oceans,
Comrades, City to City 50 km (3:09:25), Cape Town City Marathon (2:31:59) &
Winelands Marathon (2:42:31); 1st vet in SA Marathon 2006 (2:25:22); 1st in Khon
Kaen Marathon 2004 (2:22:02); 1st in Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2003 (2:32:37); 1st
in Bangkok Marathon 2000 (2:31:11); also: 4th in the 1980 Olympic Games
Marathon (2:12:05) and 1st in the Soviet Marathon in 1980 in 2:10:58 (USSR
record).
WARINYANE LEBOPO (36) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
5th in 2010 (3:10:51); 83rd in 2011 (3:42:33); 64th in 2012 (3:38:15); 6th in 2013 (3:11:10);
4th in 2014 (3:12:24)
th
2013:
4 in Rustenburg Mountain Race 25 km (89:44)
2012:
21st in Gauteng Half Marathon (74:14a)
2010:
3rd in PetroSA 10 km (30:50)
2009:
1st in Johannesburg City Marathon (2:18:32)
2nd in Surrender Hill Half Marathon (68:55)
5th in Pick ‘n Pay Half Marathon (68:24)
Other performances:
12th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2008, and 45th in both in 2006 (69:40) & 2003
(70:49); 5th in Joe Stutzen Half Marathon 2007 (68:12); 10th in Om die Dam Half
Marathon 2007 (67:55); 2nd in Vaal Half Marathon 2007 (68:06); 1st in Rustenburg
Mountain Race 25 km 2006 (82:46)
LEBOHANG MAHLOANE (32) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
2:25:34, Phobians Marathon 2003
Two Oceans:
dnf in 2005, 2010 & 2012; 6th in 2011 (3:10:49); 67th in 2013 (3:37:09); 48th in 2014
(3:35:51)
Comrades:
33rd in 2014 (6:05:48)
2014:
9th in Legends 68 km (4:17:43a)
2012:
13th in City to City 50 km (3:02:53a)
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2011:
2010:
Oher performances:
6th in Pick 'n Pay Half Marathon (71:22)
8th in Rustenburg Mountain Race 25 km (1:33:00)
32nd in Soweto Marathon (2:33:50)
3rd in City to City 50 km (3:02:27a)
10th in PetroSA Half Marathon (70:14)
4th in Sasol Marathon 2005 (2:26:50); 1st in Phobians Marathon 2003 (2:25:34); 56th in
Two Oceans Half Marathon 2003 (72:22); 466th in Tough One 32 km 2002
(2:24:25)
TSOTANG MAINE (40) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
2:19:24, PetroSA Marathon 2011
Two Oceans:
63rd in 2004 (3:33:47); 49th in 2005 (3:34:16); dnf in 2010; 3rd in 2011 (3:09:19); 7th in
both 2012 (3:11:51) & 2013 (3:12:15); 1318th in 2014 (5:04:32)
st
2015:
1 vet (5th overall) in Pretoria Marathon (2:27:42)
2014:
1st in Pietermaritzburg Marathon (2:25:18)
1st vet (8th overall) in Soweto Marathon (2:23:06)
2nd vet in Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (69:46)
3rd vet in Tom Jenkins 27 km (91:02)
2013:
10th in McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (69:08)
27th in Rustenburg Mountain Race 25 km (1:46:38)
2012:
4th in Edinburgh Marathon (2:20:19)
2011:
2nd in PetroSA Marathon (2:19:24)
Other performances:
4th in PetroSA Marathon 2010 (2:19:26) and 3rd in 2009 (2:15:35; short course); 3rd in
Soweto Marathon 2009 (2:19:49); Two Oceans Half Marathon – 16th in 2001
(70:26); 13th in 2002 (66:24); 18th in 2003 (68:10); 10th in 2007 (65:31); 9th in 2008
(65:01)
COLLEN MAKAZA (32) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
2:16:09, Cape Town Marathon 2007
Two Oceans:
1154th in 2009 (5:08:06); 12th in 2010 (3:16:12); 22nd in 2011 (3:20:14); 3rd in 2012
(3:08:45); 4th in 2013 (3:10:29); 257th in 2014 (4:10:17)
Comrades:
1998th in 2009 (8:51:24); dnf in 2010 & 2011
2012:
2nd in World Trophy 50 km (2:57:29)
8th in Gauteng Marathon (2:19:40)
2010:
1st in World Trophy 50 km (2:47:22)
1st in Chatsworth Freedom 52 km (3:03:31)
Other performances:
1st in Hillcrest Villagers Marathon 2009 (2:25:41); 2nd in City to City 50 km 2009
(2:58:13a); 10th in Durban City Marathon 2008 (2:18:58); 2nd in Cape Town
Marathon 2007 (2:16:09); 6th in Johannesburg City Marathon 2007 (2:19:30)
VUSI MALOBOLA (31)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
2:20:16, SA Marathon 2011
10th in 2011 (3:12:55); 13th in 2012 (3:15:54); 17th in 2013 (3:19:25); dnf in 2014
dnf in 2012; 639th in 2013 (8:06:55); 107th in 2014 (6:41:53)
1st in Slow-Mag Marathon (2:31:03)
2nd in National Brokers 15 km (47:48)
5th in Johnson Crane Marathon (2:29:39)
1st in Rowlin National Brokers 15 km (49:14)
4th in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (70:45)
1st in Rowlin National Brokers 15 km (50:31)
2nd in Om die Dam Half Marathon (67:55)
3rd in City to City 50 km (2:53:56a)
17th in Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (67:00)
22nd in Tough One 32 km (1:56:27)
27th in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (69:21)
9th in SA Marathon 2011 (2:20:16); 1st in Sasol Half Marathon (Sasolburg) 2011 (66:04);
3rd in Om die Dam Half Marathon 2011 (66:41); 1st in Capital Classic Half Marathon
2010 (68:55); 7th in Soweto Marathon 2010 (2:22:51)
47:48 (2014), 66:04 (2011)
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MZWANELE MAPHEKULA (38)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
23rd in 2005 (3:21:40);
4th in 2006 (3:11:09); 11th in 2007 (3:16:28); 2nd in 2008
th
(3:12:30); 14 in 2009 (3:19:58); 15th in 2010 (3:17:41); 17th in 2011 (3:16:16); 15th in
both 2012 (3:16:47) & 2013 (2:16:48); 199th in 2014 (4:04:30)
Comrades:
dnf in 2011; 88th in 2012 (6:29:49); 19th in 2013 (6:11:47); dnf in 2014
2015:
2nd in Friendly City Marathon (2:28:08)
3rd in Bluewater Bay 15 km (48:42) & Bay Ultra 10 km (32:45)
7th in Kromberg & Schubert 15 km (49:29)
2014:
3rd in the following four races: Bay Ultra 50 km (3:05:53), Lake Farm Charity Run 10
km (34:11), EP Half Marathon (69:42) & Historic 10 km (33:11)
4th in Friendly City 10 km (33:24) & Malabar 10 km (31:38)
5th in Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km (49:18) & Gelvan 15 km (49:19)
6th in Bluewater Bay 15 km (50:15)
8th in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (53:00) & Correctional Services 10 km (31:55)
2013:
3rd in Bluewater Bay 15 km (48:46)
5th in Valentine’s 10 km (31:50) & Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (2:30:36; course 600-700 m
too long)
9th in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (50:23)
Other performances:
20th in SA Marathon 2012 (2:23:46); 1st in Kouga Kus Half Marathon (68:11a) &
Builders Warehouse 27 km 2012 (92:12); 3rd in McArthur Memorial Marathon 2012
(2:41:13); 20th in City to City 50 km 2012 (3:07:35a); 8th in SA Marathon 2011
(2:20:16); 1st in Bay Ultra 50 km 2011 (2:55:55); 1st in Kowie Striders 27 km 2011
(1:29:25); 30th in SA Half Marathon 2010 (67:10); 1st in Kowie Striders 27 km 2010
(88:15); 3rd in Cape Town Marathon 2010 (2:22:38); 4th in SA Marathon 2009
(2:18:49); 3rd in SA Marathon 2008 (2:17:45); 5th in SA Marathon 2007 (2:18:26);
16th in SA Marathon 2006 (2:23:00)
Other PBs:
30:16a (2001); 46:14, 65:20 (both 2008); 10 km PB on a standard course: 30:25 (2006)
MICHAEL PAPI MAZIBUKO (28)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
16th in 2011 (3:15:58); dnf in 2012; 33rd in 2013 (3:26:46); 6th in 2014 (3:13:05)
2014:
2nd in Vaal Marathon (2:20:43; short course)
17th in Gauteng Marathon (2:27:33a)
2013:
2nd in Vaal Marathon (2:24:23)
3rd in Gauteng Marathon (2:17:06a)
2012:
2nd in SA Marathon (2:15:12)
3rd in Vaal Half Marathon (65:05; probably short course)
Other performances:
1st in the following five races in 2011: Soweto Marathon (2:19:04), Standerton Goldi
4-in-1 Half Marathon (64:37), Om die Dam Half Marathon (65:32), City to City Half
Marathon (66:25a) & Vaal Half Marathon (64:24; probably short course); 12th in
SA Half Marathon 2010 (65:15); 1st in Vaal Half Marathon (64:05) & Pick ‘n Pay
Half Marathon 2010 (66:19)
Other PBs:
64:05 (2010)
ASFAWS GASHAW MELESE (36) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:08:03, Paris Marathon 2006
2013:
3rd in Ethiopian Marathon Championships (2:10:24)
6th in Libreville Marathon (2:23:18)
7th in Taiyuan Marathon (2:14:08)
2012:
2nd in Rennes Marathon (2:09:47)
7th in Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (2:12:56)
9th in Daegu Marathon (2:11:51)
Other performances:
9th in Daegu Marathon 2011 (2:11:34); 1st in Toray Cup Marathon 2010 (2:11:36), 2009
(2:10:10) & 2008 (2:09:28); 5th in Scotiabank Marathon 2010 (2:08:55) & 3rd in
2009 (2:09:23); 6th in Boston Marathon in both 2010 (2:10:53a) & 2009 (2:10:44a)
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Other personal bests:
LUCKY MIYA (34)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
2014:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
& 4th in 2008 (2:10:47a); 7th in Olympic Games Marathon 2008 (2:10:52); 14th in
World Championships Marathon 2007 (2:20:58); 2nd in Paris Marathon 2007
(2:09:53); 1st in Paris Marathon 2006 (2:08:03); dnf World Championships
Marathon 2005; 3rd in Paris Marathon 2005 (2:09:24); 1st in Dubai Marathon 2004
(2:12:49); 8th in Berlin Marathon 2004 (2:09:47)
62:35 (2006)
2:16:42, Cape Town City Marathon 2008
206th in 2013 (4:01:20); 21st in 2014 (3:24:12)
11th in SA XC Trials 12 km (39:27)
2nd in Edenvale Marathon (2:30:59)
4th in Pirates Half Marathon (71:35)
11th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (68:32); 20th in SA Half Marathon 2009
(64:45); 6th in Cape Town City Marathon 2008 (2:16:42); 1st in Pirates 10 km 2003
(29:51); 5th junior in SA Half Marathon 2000 (69:17) & 8th junior in SA 10 km 2000
(30:38)
29:41 (2004), 46:17 (2000), 64:45 (2009)
CLAUDE MOSHIYWA (40)
Represented South Africa in the World Trophy 50 km (2011).
Marathon PB:
2:21:09, Durban City Marathon 2008
Two Oceans:
13th in 2006 (3:16:29); 4th in 2007 (3:12:03); 18th in 2008 (3:22:42); 45th in 2009
(3:33:52); 14th in 2013 (3:15:36)
Comrades:
(5:50:18); 12th in 2007 (5:53:38); 19th in 2008 (6:04:13); 16th in 2009 (5:53:22); 6th
in 2010 (5:43:04); 3rd in 2011 (5:42:06); 9th in 2012 (5:39:10); 1st in 2013 (5:32:09);
dnf in 2014
2015:
2014:
1st in Heritage 10 km (34:26)
2013:
2012:
4th in Loskop 50 km (2:51:05a)
5th in Om die Dam 50 km (2:59:12)
2011:
10th in World Trophy 50 km (3:11:12)
THUSO MOSIEA (39)
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2012:
2011:
96th in 2012 (3:44:09); 31st in 2013 (3:26:27); 19th in 2014 (3:23:21)
16th in 2013 (6:07:01)
7th in Legends 68 km (4:17:01a)
MOSES MOEKETSI MOSUHLI (33) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
2:18:08, Utrecht Marathon 2009
Two Oceans:
2nd in 2010 (3:07:29; 1st novice); 4th in 2011 (3:09:40); 10th in 2012 (3:13:07); 3rd in 2013
(3:10:22); dnf in 2014
2015:
2014:
6th in Township to Township Marathon (2:25:25a)
2013:
2012:
2011:
3rd in City to City Half Marathon (66:49a)
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Other performances:
5th in Soweto Marathon 2009 (2:21:09); 9th in Utrecht Marathon 2009 (2:18:08); 9th in
Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006 (64:10)
HENRY MOYO (42) [Malawi]
He tested positive for a banned substance after winning the International AM Bank Marathon in Kuala Lumpur in
March 2005 and received a public warning.
Marathon PB:
2:18:05, Joongangilbo Marathon (Seoul) 2002
Two Oceans:
5th (1st novice) in 2006 (3:12:09); 14th in 2007 (3:20:04); 5th in 2009 (3:12:23); 8th in 2011
(3:11:31); 2nd in 2012 (3:08:35); 8th (2nd vet) in 2014 (3:15:37)
Comrades:
dnf in 2011 & 2012; 6th (2nd vet) in 2013 (5:46:52)
2011:
1st in Nongoma 56 km (3:35:00)
2009:
21st in Soweto Marathon (2:29:41)
2005:
9th in Soweto Marathon (2:22:22; short course)
SAM MUNYAI (35)
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2013:
2012:
2011:
2010:
2009:
PETER MUTHUBI (33)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
(3:25:25); 36th in 2013 (3:27:34)
(5:51:15); 91st in 2013 (6:52:19), 100th in 2014 (6:40:34)
th
7 in Two Countries Marathon (2:40:34)
5th in Modern Autohaus Marathon (2:35:24)
6th in Clemengold Half Marathon (72:35)
27th in Executive Mayor’s Half Marathon (70:15)
51st in City to City 50 km (3:22:33a)
39th in 2007 (3:32:05); 7th in 2008 (3:15:13); 23rd in 2009 (3:26:29); 14th in 2010 (3:17:31);
(3:17:19)
32nd in 2007 (6:08:04); 31st in 2008 (6:17:46); 17th in 2009 (5:54:51); 10th in 2010
(5:49:10); 30th in 2011 (6:14:08); 71st in 2012 (6:22:53); 67th in 2013 (6:44:59); 18th in
2014 (5:54:03)
1st in Ice Breaker 10 km (32:23) & BASF 32 km (1:52:28)
3rd in Pretoria Marathon (2:26:21) & Legends 68 km (4:12:40a)
4th in Mogol Marathon (2:27:22)
6th in Sasol Marathon (2:29:08)
7th in Mandela Day Marathon (2:31:27a)
1st in Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (2:25:28; course 600-700 m too long)
2nd in Vaal Marathon (2:17:50; probably short course)
3rd in Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (2:24:40)
21st in SA Marathon 2011 (2:24:51) (Note: He ran as an individual, so technically was
not part of the SA championship race.); 4th in Om die Dam 50 km 2011 (2:57:21);
5th in SA Marathon 2009 (2:19:04); 4th in City to City 50 km 2009 (3:00:57a); 2nd in
Long Tom 56 km 2007 (3:35:33a); 4th in Jackie Mekler 50 km 2007 (2:59:37)
64:07 (2010), 2:55:21a (2012); 50 km PB on a standard course: 2:57:21 (2011)
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STEPHEN MUZHINGI (39) [Zimbabwe]
With his victory in the 2012 Two Oceans, he became the first male runner since Derek Preiss in 1975 to hold the
Two Oceans and Comrades titles together.
Two Oceans:
(3:10:35); 5th in 2011 (3:09:46); 1st in 2012 (3:08:08); 35th in 2013 (3:27:33); 29th in
2014 (3:27:47)
Comrades:
115th in 2005 (6:40:37); 51st in 2006 (6:24:26); 7th in 2007 (5:40:19); 3rd in 2008
(5:39:40); 1st in 2009 (5:23:27); 1st in 2010 (5:29:01); 1st in 2011 (5:32:46); 6th in
2012 (5:38:02); 10th in 2013 (5:52:38); 4th in 2014 (5:35:18)
2011:
33rd in New York City Marathon (2:29:10a)
Other performances:
4th in Township to Township 50 km 2010 (3:03:48a); 1st in Chatsworth 52 km 2009
(3:07:45); 1st in South Coast Marathon 2009 (2:27:23); 1st in Newlands Marathon
2008 (2:33:41); 1st in Chatsworth 52 km 2008 (3:04:39)
SIPHO NGOMANE (33)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011:
2010:
Other performances:
2:14:06a, Elands Valley Marathon 2005
PB on a standard course: 2:19:54, SA Marathon 2005
51st in 2003 (3:33:08); 35th in 2004 (3:26:13); 2nd in 2005 (3:08:05); 3rd in 2006
(3:10:07); 7th in 2007 (3:14:56); 10th in 2008 (3:16:40); dnf in 2009, 2010, 2011 &
2013; 405th in 2014 (4:26:22)
373rd in 2003 (7:14:16); 1st in 2005 (5:27:10); 8th in 2007 (5:45:29); 30th in 2008
(6:17:41); dnf in 2009 & 2010
5th in God's Window 10 km (40:16)
15th in PWC 3-in-1 Marathon (2:53:32)
61st in Kaapsehoop Marathon (2:59:26a)
1st in God's Window 10 km (38:56)
4th in Sudwala Screaming Monster Half Marathon (84:13)
5th in Kaapsehoop Marathon (2:35:50a)
1st in Kaapsehoop Marathon 2009 (2:19:36a); 20th in Cape Town Marathon 2008
(2:24:25); 2nd in SA Marathon 2005 (2:19:54)
MOSES NJODZI (32) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
10th in 2005 (3:16:41); 1st in 2006 (3:06:50); 5th in 2007 (3:12:21); 55th in 2009 (3:36:34);
7th in 2010 (3:12:14); 97th in 2011 (3:44:36); 11th in 2013 (3:13:59); dnf in 2014
th
Comrades:
69 in 2013 (6:45:46)
2013:
1st in Woodview 10 km (31:34)
2012:
21st in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (67:14)
2009:
2008:
5th in Durban City Marathon (2:16:11)
Other performances:
4th in Soweto Marathon 2006 (2:21:42), 3rd in 2005 (2:21:13; short course) & 20th in
2004 (2:28:20); 3rd in Sunrise Monster 32 km 2006 (1:58:21); 6th in Spirit of Flight
10 km 2006 (30:50); 1st in Swaziland Half Marathon 2005 (68:06); 16th in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2004 (67:42)
MOTLOKOA NKHABUTLANE (30) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
2:14:51, Cape Town City Marathon 2009
Two Oceans:
2nd in 2011 (3:08:49); dnf in 2012; 5th in 2013 (3:11:00); 49th in 2014 (3:36:13)
2014:
2013:
2nd in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 12 km (39:07)
2nd in Gauteng Half Marathon (65:06a)
2012:
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2011:
2010:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
THABO NKUNA (35)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2nd in PetroSA Half Marathon (64:09)
3rd in Gaborone City Marathon (2:19:11)
2nd in Cape Town City Marathon 2009 (2:14:51); 2nd in Vodacom Half Marathon 2009
(66:34); 1st in Cape Town Marathon 2008 (2:15:09)
64:09 (2010)
2:28:59, Johnson Crane Marathon 2013
422nd in 2002 (4:16:55); 488th in 2003 (4:22:14); 161st in 2004 (3:48:55); 103rd in 2005
(3:43:31); 86th in 2006 (3:36:16); 47th in 2007 (3:34:44); 37th in 2008 (3:30:18); 50th
in 2010 (3:32:54); 15th in 2011 (3:15:55); 20th in 2012 (3:19:30); 23rd in 2013 (3:22:58);
20th in 2014 (3:23:55)
th
811 in 2003 (7:41:55), 665th in 2004 (7:47:21), 267th in 2005 (7:02:35), 249th in 2006
(7:09:20), 29th in 2007 (6:06:37), 33rd in 2008 (6:18:53), 44th in 2009 (6:13:42), 41st
in 2010 (6:12:21), 44th in 2011 (6:20:03), 45th in 2012 (6:08:21), 17th in 2013 (6:08:40),
20th in 2014 (5:56:19)
th
15 in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (76:10)
2nd in Edenvale Half Marathon (72:02)
11th in John Hattle 32 km (1:56:22)
16th in Allan Ferguson Half Marathon (73:20)
2nd in Gallopers 8 km (26:00)
3rd in Johnson Crane Marathon (2:28:59)
4th in Lakeside Mall 10 km (31:42)
LUCAS NONYANA (35)
Represented South Africa in the World Trophy 50 km (2009 and 2010). He finished 8th in the 2012 Two Oceans, but
tested positive for a banned substance and was disqualified and suspended; his ban expired on 17 June 2012.
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
329th in 2000 (4:06:42); 148th in 2003 (3:50:08); 50th in 2004 (3:29:01); 72nd in 2005
(3:37:04); 23rd in 2006 (3:20:56); 38th in 2007 (3:32:04); 16th in 2008 (3:20:52); 20th
in 2011 (3:16:47); disq in 2012; 20th in 2013 (3:22:06); 13th in 2014 (3:17:45)
th
Comrades:
20 in 2004 (6:02:13); 67th in 2005 (6:23:52); 14th in 2006 (5:53:59); 9th in 2007
(5:47:40); 38th in 2008 (6:24:30); 5th in 2009 (5:39:29); 33rd in 2010 (6:09:31); dnf in
2011; 12th in 2014 (5:44:40)
rd
2015:
3 in Akasia Marathon (2:33:16)
2014:
1st in Karoo 80 km (5:20:31)
5th in Wally Hayward Marathon (2:35:39)
7th in Mogol Marathon (2:33:40)
10th in Pretoria Marathon (2:39:20)
2013:
20th in SA Marathon (2:29:55)
1st in Karoo 80 km (5:08:46)
5th in Wally Hayward Marathon (2:29:43)
2012:
23rd in SA Marathon (2:25:16)
3rd in Om die Dam 50 km (2:54:15)
4th in Karoo 80 km (5:45:43)
Other performances:
1st in Cape Town Festival of Running 100 km 2011 (7:10:25); 2nd in Karoo 80 km 2011
(5:12:31); 6th in Om die Dam 50 km 2011 (3:01:37); 5th in World Trophy 50 km 2010
(2:56:57); 1st in Long Tom 56 km 2010 (3:36:14a); 2nd in Karoo 80 km 2010 (5:31:27);
4th in Om die Dam 50 km 2010 (2:56:19); 1st in World Trophy 50 km 2009 (2:58:03)
and also 1st in the following three races: Om die Dam 50 km (2:55:50), Long Tom
56 km (3:40:47a) & Karoo 80 km (5:07:49); 2nd in Long Tom 56 km 2008
(3:43:21a); 2nd in Jackie Mekler 50 km 2007 (2:59:21)
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TEBOHO NOOSI (27) [Lesotho]
Two Oceans:
54th in 2013 (3:34:57)
2014:
6th in Mafikeng Marathon (2:33:20)
MPESELA NTLOTSOEU (38) [Lesotho]
Represented Lesotho in the Commonwealth Games Marathon (2002), World Championships Marathon (2003) and
Olympic Games Marathon (2004).
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
3rd in 2009 (3:11:56); 8th in 2010 (3:13:37); 54th in 2011 (3:32:33); 953rd in 2012 (4:52:18);
100th in 2013 (3:47:31)
rd
Comrades:
23 in 2011 (6:07:26); 3rd in 2013 (5:43:38)
Other performances:
26th in City to City Half Marathon 2009 (78:02a); 54th in Foskor Half Marathon,
Phalaborwa 2009 (73:06); 7th in Soweto Marathon 2008 (2:22:57); 69th in Olympic
Games Marathon 2004 (2:30:19); 67th in World Championships Marathon 2003
(2:30:44); 18th in Commonwealth Games Marathon 2002 (2:29:21)
COLLIN PARURA (30) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
2:16:50a, Elands Valley Marathon 2012
PB on a standard course: 2:24:29, Victoria Falls Marathon 2013
Comrades:
1499th in 2014 (8:38:08
2015:
2nd in Pretoria Marathon (2:24:55)
3rd in Bronkhorstspruit 10 km (32:10)
2013:
3rd in Victoria Falls Marathon (2:24:29) & Sasol Half Marathon (Secunda) (70:02)
2012:
1st in the following three races: Tshwane Athletics Half Marathon (69:13), Elands
Valley Marathon (2:16:50a) & Ottosdal Nite Marathon (2:25:39)
2nd in Castle Walk 10 km (34:18) & Long Tom Half Marathon (64:16a)
3rd in Loskop Half Marathon (71:43a) & McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (68:37)
6th in Jackie Mekler 25 km (81:51)
Other performances:
1st in Jacaranda City 10 km 2011 (31:08); 8th in Loskop Half Marathon 2011 (73:45a); 1st
in Rand Road Warriors Half Marathon 2010 (68:56); 2nd in McCarthy Toyota Half
Marathon 2009 (67:13); 34th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (71:42); 2nd in
Jackie Mekler 25 km 2008 (80:56); 49th in Soweto Marathon 2008 (2:36:09)
Other PBs:
64:16a (2012); PB on a standard course: 67:13 (2009)
MTHANDAZO QHINA (37)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
PB on a standard course: 2:18:57, Cape Town Marathon 2011
78th in 2010 (3:40:10); 21st in 2011 (3:17:34); 6th in 2012 (3:11:00); 2nd in 2013 (3:10:02);
9th in 2014 (3:16:07)
th
68 in 2012 (6:21:42); dnf in 2013; 26th in 2014 (6:01:47)
2nd in Dan Luyt 15 km (50:13)
5th in Bay to Bay 30 km (1:42:18)
22nd in SA Marathon (2:34:30) & SA Half Marathon (70:18)
Achieved a podium position in 22 races –
1st in the following seven races: Kloofnek Classic Half Marathon (73:38), Prison to
Prison Marathon (2:27:31), Voet of the Wine Route 10 km (32:15), Don Lock 15 km
(48:05), Lion of Africa 10 km (31:53), Spookhill 15 km (49:55) & Dave Spence
Memorial 10 km (30:54)
2nd in the following eleven races: Slave Route Half Marathon (67:31), Brackenfell
Half Marathon (66:41; route 300-400 m too long), Eersterivier 15 km (46:34),
Fairbridge Mall 15 km (48:37), Beaufort West Half Marathon (73:08), Mountain
Drive Half Marathon (70:52), Bike & Tekkie Challenge 10 km (30:46), Moore
Stephens 10 km (30:17), BAKgat 10 km (26:55; short course), Voet van Afrika
Marathon (2:27:39) & Cape Town International Airport 10 km (31:09)
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2013:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
3rd in the following five races: WP 10 km (31:01), Correctional Services 10 km (31:14),
Mitchells Plain Half Marathon (69:01), Telkom 10 km (30:20) & Lighthouse 10 km
(31:09)
5th in Landmarks Half Marathon (69:41)
9th in PetroSA Marathon (2:19:00)
1st in the following nine races: Dan Luyt 15 km (48:27), Tyger Run 10 km (31:48),
Bonitas 10 km (30:01), Pniel 10 km (30:54), Atlantis Half Marathon (66:39), Voet
van Afrika Marathon (2:35:21a), Michells Pass Half Marathon (70:33), Mitchells
Plain Half Marathon (71:52) & Strand 10 km (30:52)
nd
2 in Moore Stephens 10 km (30:58) & Old Mutual 10 km (30:44)
3rd in Vital Run Half Marathon (76:24) & Century City 10 km (31:01)
4th in the following three races: Bay to Bay 30 km (1:40:32), Zio Cash & Carry 10 km
(30:50) & Constantia Village 15 km (47:14)
7th in Real Gijimas 10 km (31:09)
8th in Beaufort West Half Marathon (70:58)
9th in Freedom Run 10 km (31:01)
28th in SA XC Championships 12 km 2012 (37:39); 1st in twelve races in 2012, among
them WP Half Marathon (69:23) & Peninsula Marathon (2:17:11a), 2nd in WP XC
Championships 12 km (37:3), as well as five other races, and third in seven races;
also was 5th in PetroSA Marathon 2012 (2:19:46); ran 33 races in 2011, among
them 19th in SA Marathon (2:26:07), and won the following six races: Spookhill 15
km (50:18), Gordon’s Bay Half Marathon (71:18), John Korasie 30 km (1:42:09),
Riebeeckberg Half Marathon (70:25), Cape Town Festival of Running Half
Marathon (69:21a) & Silver Queen 10 km (31:13); also 2nd in eleven races in 2011,
among them Peninsula Half Marathon (71:58a), Tygerberg 30 km (1:40:58) &
Avbob 15 km (47:20), and 3rd in five races, among them Interprovincial XC
Championships 12 km (39:22) & Township to Township 50 km (2:56:43a); also in
2011: 5th in WP XC Championships 12 km (36:03) & 7th in Cape Town Marathon
(2:18:57); 25th in SA 10 km 2010 (30:15); 34th in SA XC Championships 12 km 2010
(41:29); 1st in six races in 2010, among them Peninsula Marathon (2:33:59a) &
Winelands Marathon (2:20:21); 13th in WP 10 km 2010 (31:21)
30:01 (2013), 46:34 (2014), 66:39 (2013)
HENDRICK RAMAALA (43)
One of the best runners ever produced in South Africa. He represented South Africa in the World Cross-country
Championships (WXC) in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999; in the World T&F Championships (WC) in 1995, 1997, 1999,
2003, 2005 and 2007; in the World Half-marathon Championships (WHM) in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002; in the
Olympic Games (OG) in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.
His performances at these global meetings:
1995: 17th in 10000 m at WC (28:00.08) and 35th in WXC
1996: eliminated in heat of 10000 m at OG (29:07.81)
1997: 4th in WHM (60:07, SA rec), 14th in 10000 m at WC (28:33.48) and 167th in WXC
1998: 2nd in WHM (60:24) and 36th in WXC
1999: 2nd in WHM (61:50), 11th in 10000 m at WC (28:25.57) and 64th in WXC
2000: 12th in marathon at OG (2:16:19)
2001: 4th in WHM (60:15)
2002: 15th in WHM (62:27)
2003: 9th in marathon at WC (2:10:37)
2004: dnf in marathon at OG
2005: dnf in marathon at WC
2007: 27th in marathon at WC (2:26:00)
2008: 44th in marathon at OG (2:22:43a)
He was a member of the winning SA team at the 1998 and 1999 WHM; in 1997 the team was second.
He has set six SA records and currently holds the records for 10000 m (27:29.94), 20 km (57:46) and the half
marathon (60:07). He won the SA 5000-metre title in 1995 and 1999, the 10000-metre title in 1995 and 1999-2001,
and the cross-country title in 1998. He has completed 28 marathons, has run sub-29 for 10 km 14 times and sub-61
for the half marathon 10 times.
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Other major international marathons:
2000: 5th in London (2:09:43); dnf Chicago
2001: 5th in New York City (2:11:18a); 9th in London (2:12:02)
2002: 6th in Paris (2:10:06); 14th in New York City (2:17:10a)
2003: 8th in Chicago (2:10:55); 8th in London (2:08:58); 9th in Paris (2:10:37)
2004: 1st in New York City (2:09:28a); 1st in Mumbai (2:15:47)
2005: 2nd in New York City (2:09:31a); 3rd in London (2:08:32)
2006: 3rd in London (2:06:55); 9th in New York City (2:13:04a)
2007: 3rd in New York City (2:11:25a); 5th in London (2:07:56)
2008: 10th in London (2:11:44); 12th in New York City (2:19:11a)
2009: 5th in London (2:07:44); 6th in New York City (2:12:30a)
2010: 7th in San Diego (2:14:45); 11th in Lake Biwa (2:15:29); dnf New York City
2011: 10th in Berlin (2:16:00)
2012: 18th in Dubai (2:12:12); 33rd in Paris (2:17:57)
2013: 1st vet in Mumbai (2:21:40)
SA Championships (road):
2nd in 10 km 1996 (28:09)
1st in Half Marathon 1997 (61:42)
2nd in Half Marathon 1998 (61:09)
3rd in Half Marathon 2000 (61:14)
1st in 10 km 2001 (28:50)
2nd in Half Marathon 2008 (62:16)
Two Oceans:
2014:
2009:
Other performances:
PBs:
2nd (1st vet) in 2014 (3:11:33)
dnf Cape Town Marathon
1st in three Matha Series half marathons: Bloemfontein (63:11), Middelburg (63:12) &
Pretoria (64:11); also 2nd in Durban (28:28) and 5th in Port Elizabeth (61:43)
st
1 in Johannesburg City 10 km (29:51)
5th in New York City Half Marathon (64:02a)
1st in two Matha Series races in 2008: Bloemfontein (63:55) & Durban (28:44); 3rd in
Great North Run Half Marathon 2007 (62:37a); 1st in Great North Run Half
Marathon 2006 (61:03a); 3rd in Great North Run Half Marathon 2005 (62:25); 1st
in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2005 (63:27); 1st in Dam tot Damloop 10 miles
2004 (45:59); 1st in Great South Run 10 miles 2004 (47:14); 2nd in Great North
Run Half Marathon 2004 (61:38a); 12th in Lisbon Half Marathon 2004 (61:28a); 1st
in Great North Run Half Marathon 2003 (60:01); 1st in Oni Meia-Marathona de
Portugal 2003 (62:10); 1st in World’s Best 10 km 2003 (28:16); 2nd in Lisbon Half
Marathon 2003 (60:14); 1st in World’s Best 10 km 2002 (28:15); 2nd in Lisbon Half
Marathon 2002 (59:42); 3rd in Utica Boilermaker 15 km 2002 (43:34); 1st in Lisbon
Half Marathon 2001 (60:26); 2nd in Lisbon Half Marathon 2000 (59:20); 1st in
Great North Run Half Marathon 1997 (60:25)
28:02 (1999), 43:34 (2002), 59:20a (2000), 2:06:55 (2006); half-marathon PB on a
standard course: 60:07 (1997); track: 3:52.14 (2003), 7:52.02 (1999), 13:24.43
(1998), 27:29.94 (1999)
LUCAS RASERUTHE (33) [Lesotho]
Marathon PB:
2:21:50, PWC 3-in-1 Marathon 2009
Two Oceans:
50th in 2007 (3:35:29); 89th in 2008 (3:25:44); 93rd in 2009 (3:48:39); 33rd in 2010
(3:28:05); 63rd in 2012 (3:38:04); 70th in 2013 (3:38:09); 25th in 2014 (3:26:03)
rd
Comrades:
63 in 2006 (6:30:59); 21st in 2007 (6:00:14); 2918th in 2008 (9:51:36); 85th in 2009
(6:33:31); 2699th in 2010 (9:02:32); 47th in 2011 (6:20:45); 146th in 2012 (6:46:25);
381st in 2013 (7:38:33)
th
2015:
4 in Sasol Marathon (2:24:14; probably short course)
2014:
3rd in Waterberg Executive Mayor's 28 km (92:34a) & Wanderers Half Marathon
(71:14)
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st in Modern Autohaus Half Marathon (68:12)
3rd in Vaal Marathon (2:25:11)
2nd in Peninsula Marathon (2:25:03a)
7th in Jacaranda City Challenge Marathon (2:35:39)
2nd in Wierie Half Marathon 2011 (71:19); 21st in City to City 50 km 2011 (3:08:23a); 4th
in Joe Stutzen Half Marathon 2010 (64:06); 1st in PWC 3-in-1 Marathon 2009
(2:21:50)
32:24 (2005), 47:41 (2010), 68:12 (2013)
CHARLES KIPRONO ROTICH (36) [Kenya]
2012:
3rd in Beograd Marathon (2:23:11)
BERNARD RUKADZA (33) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
Marathon PB on a standard course: 2:26:44, Voet van Afrika Marathon 2014
Two Oceans:
221st in 2011 (3:59:24)
2015:
1st in the following three races: Red Hill Marathon (2:33:11), Peninsula Marathon
(2:25:45a) & Milkwood Half Marathon (70:17a)
3rd in Bay to Bay 30 km (1:40:41)
4th in 27 for Freedom 27 km (88:37)
2014:
1st in the following five races: 27 for Freedom 27 km (87:47), Tyger Run Half
Marathon (67:36), Fairbridge Mall 15 km (47:39), Riebeeck Kasteel Lentefees Half
Marathon (69:09) & Voet van Afrika Marathon (2:26:44)
nd
2 in the following five races: Red Hill 36.2 km (2:07:50), Kloofnek Classic Half
Marathon (73:44), Milkwood Half Marathon (70:19), Constantia Village 15 km
(46:04) & Riebeeckberg Marathon (2:30:56)
3rd in Peninsula Marathon (2:24:28a)
4th in the following four races: Bay to Bay 30 km (1:42:45), Lion of Africa Half
Marathon (70:11), Brackenfell Half Marathon (68:18; route 300-400 m too long) &
Winelands Marathon (2:30:28)
5th in Dan Luyt 15 km (49:59)
2013:
1st in Niel Joubert Plaaswedloop 13 km (41:24)
2nd in Metropolitan 10 km (32:13) & Red Hill 36.2 km (2:07:35)
3rd in Tygerberg 30 km (1:40:43)
4th in Landmarks Half Marathon (69:15)
Other performances:
3rd in Peninsula Marathon 2012 (2:25:16a); 7th in Knysna Forest Marathon 2011
(2:45:29a); 1st in Peninsula Half Marathon 2010 (74:00a); 1st in Red Hill 36.2 km
2010 (2:07:12); 7th in Voet van Afrika Marathon 2010 (2:48:49a); 2nd in Dan Luyt 15
km 2009 (50:54)
Other PBs:
30:32, 46:05 (both 2014), 67:34 (2011)
RUBEN SETUMU (47)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2:29:25, SA Marathon 2009 (run as a vet)
20th in 1999 (3:22:25); 73rd in 2000 (3:38:59); 81st in 2004 (3:37:47); 118th in 2005
(3:47:01); 79th in 2006 (3:35:28); 34th vet in 2009 (3:59:59); 5th vet in 2010
(3:30:54); 7th vet in 2012 (3:37:26); 23rd vet in 2013 (3:51:05); 13th vet in 2014
(3:44:23)
93rd in 1995 (6:32:03); 166th in 1996 (6:37:53); 64th in 1997 (6:16:37); 49th in 1998
(6:19:40); 163rd in 1999 (6:45:30); 53rd in 2000 (6:19:45); 73rd in 2001 (6:20:20); 38th
in 2002; 28th in 2003 (6:05:55); 61st in 2004 (6:27:06); 24th in 2005 (5:59:11); 30th in
2006 (6:07:16); 8th vet in 2008 (6:29:12); 50th vet in 2009 (7:05:36); 5th vet in 2011
(6:18:41); 10th vet in 2012 (6:08:40); 8th vet in 2013 (6:22:50); 10th vet in 2014
(6:20:34)
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
15th in Wally Hayward Marathon (2:41:50) & Pretoria Marathon (2:45:37)
14th in Jacaranda City Challenge Marathon (2:44:55)
10th in Wally Hayward Marathon (2:38:15) & 10th in Pretoria Marathon 2011 (2:43:11);
18th in Loskop 50 km 2011 (3:12:33a); 69th in Soweto Marathon 2011 (2:42:16); 12th
in Wally Hayward Marathon 2010 (2:46:40); 13th in Pretoria Marathon 2010
(2:45:00); 42nd in City to City 50 km 2010 (3:31:42a); 4th vet in SA Marathon 2009
(2:29:35); 13th in Pretoria Marathon 2009 (2:45:10); 72nd in City to City 50 km 2009
(3:29:03a); 2nd vet in Loskop 50 km 2008 (3:06:21a); 5th in Jackie Mekler 50 km
2008 (3:18:12); 3rd in Ndaba Marathon 2000 (2:38:36); 5th in Phobians Marathon
2000 (2:39:37)
3:06:21a (2008); PB on a standard course: 3:18:12 (2008)
KETEMA AMERSISSA TADESSE (30) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:11:52, Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2008
Two Oceans:
5th in 2014 (3:12:35)
2014:
2013:
2nd in Grand Ataturk Run 10 km (29:35a)
4th in Istanbul Marathon (2:14:52a)
10th in Kosice Peach Marathon (2:20:05)
2012:
6th in Richmond Marathon (2:19:16)
9th in Baltimore Marathon (2:17:57)
2011:
6th in La Route du Louvre Marathon (2:20:19)
17th in Mumbai Marathon (2:20:43)
Other performances:
5th in Kosice Peace Marathon 2009 (2:13:28); 1st in La Rochelle Marathon 2008
(2:14:21); 3rd in Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2008 (2:11:52); 4th in Mumbai
Marathon 2008 (2:13:37); 1st in Lahore Marathon 2007 (2:15:26)
Other PBs:
65:02 (2014)
GERT THYS (43)
One of the best distance runners produced in South Africa and among the world’s top marathoners in the 1990s
and first decade of the 21st Century, he still holds the SA marathon record at 2:06:33, set in February 1999 – when it
was the fourth fastest time in history. He tested positive for a prohibited substance at the Seoul International
Marathon in March 2006 and was banned by Athletics South Africa (ASA). He appealed against this decision to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and his appeal was upheld in May 2009. The decision by the CAS Arbitral
Tribunal stated that the ASA ruling was “set aside” and Thys was “exonerated of any doping infraction”. This in
effect meant that Thys’s time in the Seoul race was also regarded as legitimate. He has completed 42 marathons
during his career, from the first, the Dorperland Marathon in May 1988 when he was five days short of being 16
years and six months old (he won in 2:34:10), to the last, the SA Marathon in September 2014. Of these he won
eleven. In 1998 he became the first man to run two sub-2:08 times in one year, and in 1999 became the first to
achieve three sub-2:08 career times. He has run six sub-2:09 marathons (more than any other South African) and
nine sub-62 half marathons. He finished in the top five at SA road championships on twelve occasions.
Represented South Africa in global championships on a number of occasions (see results below). In the 2012 Two
Oceans he not only set a veterans course record for the full distance, but also a world record of 2:48:39 at 50 km.
Marathon PB:
2:06:33, Tokyo Marathon 1999 (current SA record)
Two Oceans:
dnf in 2011; 4th in 2012 (3:09:42, veterans course record); dnf in 2013; 3rd vet in 2014
(3:22:02)
Comrades:
dnf in 2012, 2013 & 2014
2014:
2nd vet in SA 10 km (31:31) & 3rd vet in SA Marathon (2:30:22)
1st overall in Birchwood Half Marathon (67:34)
1st vet in Milkwood Half Marathon (79:06) & Century City 10 km (30:31, WP record)
on consecutive days; also 1st vet in Safari Half Marathon (67:40), Springbok
Vasbyt 25 km (1:40:35) & RAC 10 km (31:47)
2nd vet in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (73:08) & Marcel van 't Slot 15 km (48:32)
3rd vet in Jackie Gibson Half Marathon (71:34)
2013:
1st vet in SA 10 km (30:33, WP record)
dnf SA Marathon
1st overall in Milkwood Half Marathon (70:45a) & 1st vet in Century City 10 km (31:44)
on consecutive days; also 1st vet in the following five races: Safari Half Marathon
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(68:10), Gaborone Marathon (2:29:22), Gun Run Half Marathon (67:06),
Landmarks Half Marathon (72:37) & Elsiesrivier 10 km (31:01) – the last two on
consecutive days
2012:
Set five WP veterans records in 2012 (1:38:59 in the Tygerberg 30 km – also a SA
record; 30:41 in both the Century City 10 km Express and the SA 10 km; 67:17 in
the Safari Half Marathon and 66:55 in the SA Half Marathon); a sixth record –
also a SA record – could not be validated.
1st vet in SA 10 km (30:41 – the fastest time by a SA vet in 2012)
2nd vet in SA Half Marathon (66:55 – the third fastest time by a SA vet in 2012)
3rd vet in SA Marathon (2:23:33 – the third fastest time by a SA vet in 2012)
Also 1st vet in the following nine races: Bay to Bay 30 km (1:41:50; 4th overall),
Milkwood Half Marathon (69:48a), Century City 10 km Express (30:41),
Tygerberg 30 km (1:38:59; 1st overall), Safari Half Marathon (67:17), Voet of the
Wine Route 10 km (31:56), PetroSA Marathon (2:25:49), Aganang Heritage 20 km
(66:56) & McArthur Memorial Half Marathon (68:28)
2nd vet in Executive Mayor Half Marathon (67:13)
3rd vet in Soweto Marathon (2:30:14)
Championship races apart from those mentioned above:
World Championships:
marathon – 30th in 2003 (2:15:00) & 15th in 1999 (2:17:13); half marathon – 12th in 1999
(62:24), 5th in 1998 (60:37), 6th in 1997 (60:23) & 62nd in 1992 (64:03)
th
Olympic Games:
16 in 2004 (2:16:08), 33rd in 1996 (2:18:55)
SA Marathon:
9th in 1992 (2:17:16), 48th in 1989 (2:29:43)
SA Half Marathon:
12th in 2011 (65:20) (Note: He ran as an individual, so technically was not part of the
SA championship race.), 16th in 2005 (64:42), 8th in 2001 (62:44), 3rd in 2000
(61:16), 3rd in 1999 (62:23), 1st in 1998 (61:09), 4th in 1997 (62:11), 6th in 1995
(62:23), 5th in 1993 (61:39), 2nd in 1992 (63:53), 4th in 1991 (61:50), 14th (1st junior) in
1990 (63:29)
SA 15 km:
2nd in 1992 (43:18), 4th in 1991 (43:05), 6th in 1990 (43:32), 2nd junior in 1989 (45:10)
SA 10 km:
2nd in 2000 (28:13), 2nd in 1997 (29:24)
Other performances:
dnf Dubai, Beppu-Oita & Cape Town marathons 2011; 1st in Cape Town Marathon
2010 (2:22:12); 2nd in Beijing International Marathon 2010 (2:15:56); 1st in Seoul
International Marathon 2006 (2:10:40); 1st in Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon 2006
(2:09:45); 12th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2005 (65:15); 2nd in Seoul Marathon
2005 (2:11:19); 4th in Fukuoka Marathon 2004 (2:14:27); 1st in Seoul Marathon 2004
(2:07:06); 14th in New York City Marathon 2003 (2:16:49a); 1st in Dong-A Marathon
2003 (2:08:42); 7th in Tokyo Marathon 2003 (2:12:51); 7th in New York City
Marathon 2002 (2:11:48a); 4th in Dong-A Marathon 2002 (2:12:46); 10th in London
Marathon 2001 (2:12:11); 7th in Fukuoka Marathon 2000 (2:14:28); 12th in London
Marathon 2000 (2:11:32); 1st in Tokyo Marathon 1999 (2:06:33); 3rd in Chicago
Marathon 1998 (2:07:45); 3rd in Boston Marathon 1998 (2:07:52); 2nd in Beppu
Marathon 1997 (2:13:14); 11th in New York City Marathon 1995 (2:13:28a); 2nd in
Fukuoka Marathon 1993 (2:09:31)
Other PBs:
27:58a (1996), 43:04 (1992), 60:23 (1997); 10 km PB on a standard course: 28:13
(2000); track: 13:55.30 (1991), 28:26.71 (2001)
ODWA TUNYISWA (30)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
8th in 2012 (3:12:50); 57th in 2013 (3:35:25)
3rd in Sasol Marathon (2:21:48; probably short course)
2nd in Johnson Crane Marathon (2:23:53)
3rd in Pirates Half Marathon (71:00) & Rowlin National Brokers 15 km (48:01)
4th in Tough One 32 km (1:49:43) & Sasol Marathon (2:27:13)
8th in Athens Marathon (2:23:52a)
2nd in Old Eds 10 km (32:02)
3rd in Johnson Crane 10.5 km (34:03)
6th in Mandela Bay Marathon (2:34:39)
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Other performances:
ZWELITHINI VAPHI (43)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
1st in the following three races in 2011: City to City 50 km (2:50:37a), Wally Hayward
Marathon (2:28:59) & Old Eds Half Marathon (68:50); 17th in SA Half Marathon
2010 (65:54); 27th in SA XC Trials 12 km 2010 (35:34); 2nd in Sasol Marahon
(Sasolburg) 2010 (2:19:24)
2:32:53a, Kaapsehoop Marathon 2012
(3:58:57); 415th in 2007 (4:25:34); 65th in 2008 (3:43:06); 58th in 2009 (3:38:55);
55th in 2010 (3:11:48); 4th vet in 2012 (3:32:05); 72nd vet in 2013 (4:12:34)
503rd in 2001 (7:19:12), 399th in 2002 (7:20:48), 294th in 2003 (7:06:45), 143rd in 2004
(6:51:25), 85th in 2005 (6:28:55), 121st in 2006 (6:49:29), 99th in 2007 (6:39:59),
106th in 2008 (6:48:15), 153rd in 2009 (6:49:46), 32nd in 2010 (6:08:35), 27th in 2011
(6:09:45), 156th in 2012 (6:48:01), 41st in 2013 (6:32:24), 46th in 2014 (6:15:39)
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16 in Sasol Marathon (2:46:37; probably short course)
3rd (1st vet) in Karoo 80 km (5:37:24)
9th (2nd vet) in Voet van Afrika Marathon (2:47:51)
70th in RAC Tough One 32 km (2:07:50)
5th in Voet van Afrika Marathon (2:55:20)
3rd in Voet van Afrika Marathon (2:43:04a) & Karoo 80 km (5:26:43)
9th in Peninsula Marathon (2:34:24a)
12th in Sasol Marathon (Secunda) (2:54:24)
16th in Slow-Mag Half Marathon (75:08)
57th in Sasol Marathon (3:07:00; probably short course)
1st in Karoo 80 km 2011 (5:03:37); 8th in Voet van Afrika Marathon 2010 (2:49:24a); 3rd
in Karoo 80 km 2009 (5:25:39); 39th in Kosmos 3-in-1 Marathon 2009 (2:59:40);
119th in Soweto Marathon 2009 (2:46:49); 908th in Loskop 50 km 2009 (4:47:54a);
6th in Voet van Afrika Marathon 2008 (2:44:25a); 119th in Soweto Marathon 2008
(2:46:03); 13th in Voet van Afrika Marathon 2007 (2:51:59a); 44th in Pick 'n Pay
Marathon 2007 (2:53:06); 118th in Soweto Marathon 2007 (2:46:59); 126th in Om
die Dam 50 km 2006 (3:43:15); 123rd in Soweto Marathon 2005 (2:47:55)
WOMEN
CHELITU BOGALE ASSEFA (23) [Ethiopia]
Two Oceans:
7th in 2014 (3:56:58)
2014:
2nd in Mandela Day Marathon (2:57:00a)
7th in Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (34:18)
JULANIE BASSON (40)
Represented South Africa in the World Trophy 50 km (2011).
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
(4:18:12)
Comrades:
883rd in 2003 (10:32:40); 760th in 2004 (10:42:28); 106th in 2005 (8:32:25); 508th in
2006 (10:16:47); 150th in 2007 (8:58:38); 515th in 2008 (10:35:14); 15th in 2009
(7:25:51); 15th in 2010 (7:04:45); 14th in 2011 (7:13:28); 10th in 2012 (7:00:45) & 2013
(7:21:02); 9th in 2014 (7:02:50)
2015:
1st overall & 1st vet in Vaal Marathon (2:56:52; probably short course); also 1st vet in
Johnson Crane Marathon (3:06:35), Pick 'n Pay Marathon (3:01:05; 2nd overall) &
Edenvale Marathon (3:10:35; 3rd overall)
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2014:
1 in Wally Hayward Marathon (3:05:10)
2nd in Sasol Marathon (3:06:49) & Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (3:05:52)
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2013:
2012:
2011:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
5th in Vaal Marathon (short course) & 6th in Pretoria Marathon (both 3:10:25)
8th in Tough One 32 km (2:24:19) & Jackie Mekler 25 km (1:49:03)
1st in Slow-Mag 50 km (3:33:53)
2nd in the following three races: Johnson Crane Marathon (3:02:25), John Hattle 32
km (2:14:15) & Wally Hayward Marathon (3:00:15)
6th in Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (3:02:29; course 600-700 m too long)
1st in the following three races: Vaal Marathon (2:50:36; probably short course),
Slow-Mag Marathon (3:03:23) & Love Run Half Marathon (88:06)
2nd in Om die Dam 50 km (3:37:05)
4th in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (86:09) & Loskop 50 km (3:27:37a)
7th in World Trophy 50 km Final (3:35:51)
2nd in BASF 32 km (2:14:38)
3rd in the following six races: Loskop 50 km (3:37:23a), Vaal Marathon (3:08:42;
probably short course), Mineshaft Half Marathon (99:17), Wally Hayward
Marathon (3:07:44), John Hattle 32 km (2:18:39) & Roy Brown Memorial Half
Marathon (89:04)
6th in RAC 10 km (40:07)
1st in Johnson Crane Marathon 2010 (3:07:46); 2nd in City to City 50 km 2010
(3:45:32a); 1st in Johnson Crane Marathon 2009 (3:13:06); 4th in Om die Dam 50
km 2009 (3:51:21)
86:09 (2012), 3:35:51 (2011)
CHARNÉ BOSMAN (39)
Represented South Africa in the World Half-marathon Championships (2001, 2002), Africa Southern Region Halfmarathon Championships (2003, 2004) and Commonwealth Games Marathon (2006).
Marathon PB:
2:39:25, Amsterdam Marathon 2005
Two Oceans:
2nd in 2013 (3:40:19)
Comrades:
5th in 2013 (6:53:35, 1st South African); dnf 2014
2015:
1st in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (58:40) & Pick 'n Pay Marathon (2:54:58)
2014:
1st in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (58:25) & Lester Mills Memorial 10 km (37:55)
2nd in the following three races: Om die Dam 50 km (3:41:12), Irene Village Mall Half
Marathon (82:25) & Knysna Forest Marathon (3:19:11a)
3rd in Gun Run Half Marathon (80:28)
14th in Spar 10 km (Pretoria) (38:00)
2013:
1st in the following three races: Pick ‘n Pay Marathon (2:48:21; course 600-700 m too
long), Sunnypark 10 km (34:20) & Woodlands Dairy 15 km (54:44)
2nd in the following three races: Dis-Chem Half Marathon (78:16), Zwartkop Half
Marathon (82:01) & McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (74:59)
2012:
1st in SA Marathon (2:41:56)
5th in SA Half Marathon (76:32)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st in the following four races: ACE Half Marathon (80:45), Akasia 10 km (36:19),
Irene Milk Run 15 km (56:04) & Old Eds Half Marathon (79:58)
2nd in City to City 50 km (3:29:32a)
4th in Tough One 32 km (2:12:59) & Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 28 km (1:49:35a)
23rd in Rotterdam Marathon (2:43:24)
1st in SA Marathon 2011 (2:44:44); 9th in SA XC Trials 8 km 2011 (31:39); 10th in SA 10
km (36:38) & SA Half Marathon 2011 (77:14); 9th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2011 (81:12); 5th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2010 (31:04); 13th in SA Half
Marathon 2010 (79:15); 10th in SA XC Trials 8 km 2010 (28:08); 3rd in SA Marathon
2009 (2:51:17); 11th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (78:21); 1st in SA Marathon 2008
(2:42:28); 3rd in Soweto Marathon 2008 (2:55:36); 13th in Rotterdam Marathon
2008 (2:39:51); 3rd in Soweto Marathon 2008 (2:55:36); 5th in SA Marathon 2007
(2:48:17); 6th in SA Half Marathon 2007 (78:40); 15th in Commonwealth Games
Marathon 2006 (2:50:05); 11th in Amsterdam Marathon 2006 (2:41:15); 23rd in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2006 (85:48); 2nd in SA Half Marathon 2005 (76:32); 4th in
Amsterdam Marathon 2005 (2:39:25); 3rd in Africa Southern Region Half
Marathon 2004 (75:27); 1st in Soweto Marathon 2004 (2:48:32); 1st in Africa
Southern Region Half Marathon 2003 (77:42); 1st in Peninsula Marathon 2003
(2:42:56); 1st in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2003 (75:48), 2002 (75:27) & 2001
(77:37); 1st in Om die Dam Half Marathon 2003 (77:23); 48th in World Half
Marathon 2002 (75:19); 46th in World Half Marathon 2001 (75:06); 1st in SA Half
Marathon 2001 (77:22); 3rd in SA 10 km 2001 (34:49); 4th in SA Half Marathon 2000
(76:18); 4th in SA 10 km 1998 (34:10); 6th in SA 10 km 1997 (35:17); 8th in SA 10 km
1996 (35:26)
33:41 (1999), 52:47 (1994), 74:59 (2013)
SHITAYE GEMECHU DEBELLU (34) [Ethiopia]
Represented Ethiopia in the World Championships Marathon in 2001, 2003 and 2005, and in the World Halfmarathon Championships in 2002. She served a doping ban from October 2009 to October 2011 after a positive
test for recombinant EPO.
Marathon PB:
2:26:10, Paris Marathon 2008
Two Oceans:
2nd in 2014 (3:43:37)
2014:
1st in Dallas Marathon (2:46:46) & Wits Half Marathon (82:31)
3rd in Hong Kong Marathon (2:35:18)
11th in Spar 10 km in Durban (36:19) & Pretoria (36:43)
2013:
2nd in Lanzhou Marathon (2:44:12)
3rd in Wuzhong Marathon (2:39:56)
7th in Hong Kong Marathon (2:33:34)
2012:
2nd in Hong Kong Marathon (2:31:44) & Lanzhou Marathon (2:39:32)
8th in Singapore Marathon (2:40:07)
World Championships:
7th in 2001 (2:28:40); 24th in 2002 (71:43); 10th in 2003 (2:27:26); 22nd in 2005 (2:34:01)
Other performances:
2nd in Kö-Lauf Dusseldorf 2009 (32:28); 5th in Tokyo Marathon 2009 (2:29:59); dnf
Prague Marathon 2009; 4th in Paris Marathon 2008 (2:26:10); 7th in Dubai
Marathon 2008 (2:30:20); 1st in Treviso Marathon 2007 (2:28:03); 1st in Strasbourg
Half Marathon 2006 (74:22); 1st in Phoenix Marathon 2006 (2:31:44) & 2005
(2:32:51); 7th in Berlin Marathon 2006 (2:35:56); 7th in Boston Marathon 2005
(2:33:51); 6th in Chicago Marathon 2004 (2:28:28); 1st in Ribarroja Half Marathon
2003 (72:01); 2nd in Hamburg Marathon 2003 (2:27:46); 3rd in Okayama Half
Marathon 2003 (71:07); 4th in Berlin Marathon 2002 (2:26:15); 10th in London
Marathon 2002 (2:28:58); 1st in Amsterdam Marathon 2001 (2:28:40); 3rd in Vienna
Marathon 2001 (2:34:15)
Other PBs:
32:28 (2009), 71:07 (2003)
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TIGIST MEMUYE GEBEYAHU (24) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:36:12, Sabarmati Marathon 2010
2014:
5th in Sabarmati International Marathon (Ahmadabad, IND) (2:49:59)
10th in Kuala Lumpur Marathon (3:03:04)
2013:
4th in ING Europa Marathon (2:52:14)
2012:
2nd in Toulouse Marathon (2:41:20) & Kuala Lumpur Marathon (2:40:34)
3rd in Madrid Marathon (2:36:31)
2011:
1st in Vert Marathon (Rennes, FRA) (2:45:52)
4th in Florence Marathon (2:36:49)
Other performances:
2nd in Sabarmati Marathon 2010 (2:36:12); 13th in Bangalore 10 km 2009 (34:26)
SIMONA JUHÁSZ-STAICU (43) [Hungary]
Marathon PB:
2:29:59, Milan Marathon 2002
Two Oceans:
1st in 2003 on debut (3:37:32, 2nd fastest ever); 4th in 2004 (3:40:52); 3rd in 2006
(3:37:15); 5th in 2007 (3:40:46); 4th in 2011 (3:42:59)
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Comrades:
10 in 2003 (6:54:48)
2015:
3rd in Hungarian Indoor T&F Championships 3000 m (10:09:23)
2014:
1st in Hungarian Marathon Championships (2:51:08)
5th in Hungarian Half-marathon Championships (79:31)
1st vet in Budapest Half Marathon (77:45)
2013:
1st in Hungarian Marathon Championships (2:42:26)
8th in Hungarian T&F Championships 10000 m (37:34.10)
4th in Budapest Half Marathon (76:51)
10th in Jungfrau XC Marathon (3:42:38)
2011:
2nd in Hungarian Indoor T&F Championships 3000 m (10:07.17)
4th in Budapest Half Marathon (80:20)
2010:
1st in the following six races: Budapest International Marathon (2:37:50), BudakesziBudapest Half Marathon (81:21a), Lauf Rund um den Wolfgangsee 27 km
(1:46:39), Virovitica-Barcs Half Marathon (79:33a), Jungfrau XC Marathon
(2:33:46) & Alpine Marathon (3:35:30)
2nd in Vidovdan 10 km (35:51)
2nd in Hungarian T&F Championships 5000 m (16:49.11) & 10000 m (35:01.37)
3rd in Hungarian Half Marathon (75:45)
Other performances:
1st in Jungfrau XC Marathon 2008 (3:39:06); 2nd in Hungarian XC Championships 6
km 2008 (22:01); 3rd in Hungarian Half Marathon 2008 (78:12); 1st in Johannesburg
Marathon 2007 (2:38:34; 1st in Hungarian T&F Championships 10000 m 2007
(34:08.49); 1st in Hungarian XC Championships 6 km 2007 (20:41); 2nd in Budapest
Half Marathon 2007 (78:01); 2nd in Hungarian Indoor Championships 3000 m 2007
(9:45.29); dnf Osaka International Ladies Marathon 2007; 22nd in World Road
Running Championships 20 km 2006 (68:17); 1st in City-Pier-City Half Marathon
2006 (72:49); 1st in Hungarian Half-marathon Championships 2006 (72:10); 1st in
Jungfrau XC Marathon 2006 (3:24:26); 3rd in Prague Half Marathon 2006 (73:24; 2
weeks before Two Oceans); 1st in Johannesburg City Marathon 2006 (2:38:58);
45th in Olympic Games Marathon 2004 (2:48:57); 1st in Budapest Marathon 2004
(2:38:17); 2nd in City-Pier-City Half Marathon 2004 (73:58); 14th in Osaka Marathon
2004 (2:36:46); 39th in European XC Championships 5.6 km 2004 (19:04); 32nd in
World Marathon Championships 2003 (2:34:51); 2nd in Rome City Marathon 2003
(2:32:15); dnf Nagoya International Marathon 2003; 8th in European XC Champs
6.17 km 2002 (20:28); 3rd in Milan City Marathon 2002 (2:29:59); 27th in World Half
Marathon 2001 (72:11); 5th in Avon Global Women’s Championship 2001 (32:27); 1st
in Hungarian Half Marathon 2001 (68:36); 4th in City-Pier-City Half Marathon 2001
(72:50) & 2nd in 2000 (70:11); 1st in Hungarian XC Championships 6 km 1999
(21:32); 3rd in Cologne Marathon 1999 (2:41:08); 6th in Paris Marathon 1999
(2:31:45); 12th in Osaka Marathon 1999 (2:33:10); 4th in Paris Marathon 1998
(2:30:52); 7th in Berlin Marathon 1997 (2:31:12); 1st in City-Pier-City 1995 (70:58); 1st
in World Junior Championships 3000 m 1990 (9:09:57); 32nd in World Junior XC
Championships 1990
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Other PBs:
32:27 (2001), 49:45 (2001), 70:11 (2000) – on nonstandard courses 31:42 and 68:36;
track: 4:08.85 (1986), 8:55.67 (2001), 10:25.86 (steeplechase, 2002), 15:36.69
(2001), 32:36.88 (2001)
ALEMTSEHAY HAILU KAKISSA (30) [Ethiopia]
Marathon PB:
2:37:20, Beirut Marathon 2008
Two Oceans:
9th in 2014 (4:03:56)
Comrades:
dnf in 2014
2015:
1st in the following three races: Springs Striders 32 km (2:08:00), Sasol Half
Marathon (76:27; probably short course), Valentine 10 km (Randburg) (37:25)
2nd in Johnson Crane Marathon (2:53:20)
3rd in Durban City Marathon (2:53:45)
2014:
1st in the following eight races: Pirates 10 km (36:48), Vaal Marathon (2:46:10; short
course), Old Eds 10 km (35:52), Wits 10 km (37:10), Johnson Crane Marathon
(2:50:13), Sasol Marathon (2:49:54), Legends 68 km (4:50:14a) & Pick ‘n Pay Half
Marathon (79:50)
2nd in Kwai Challenge Half Marathon (82:14)
3rd in Soweto Marathon (2:52:32)
4th in the Zululand District 56 km (4:34:37a)
12th in Spar 10 km (Durban) (36:38)
2013:
2nd in the following three races: Jacaranda Challenge Marathon (2:52:05), Liquifruit
Irene Half Marathon (81:59) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (80:29)
12th in Spar 10 km (Johannesburg) (37:22)
Other performances:
14th Pyongyang Marathon 2009 (2:41:09); 1st in Beirut Marathon 2008 (2:37:20); 5th in
Ferrari Marathon 2008 (2:39:05) & 6th in 2007 (2:40:21); 5th in Treviso Marathon
2007 (2:47:17); 2nd in Beirut Marathon 2006 (2:49:33)
Other PBs:
34:47 (2014), 73:05 (2007)
JENNIFER KOECH (36) [Kenya]
Marathon PB:
2:38:39a, Kaapsehoop Marathon 2013
PB on a standard course: 2:45:03, Wally Hayward Marathon 2013
Two Oceans:
9th in 2013 (3:52:28)
2014:
1st in Irene Village Mall Half Marathon (79:20)
2nd in the following three races: Legends 68 km (4:54:31a), Tough One 32 km
(2:10:52) & Gerald Fox Memorial Half Marathon (84:10)
3rd in Township to Township Marathon (2:54:14a)
5th in TomTom Street Mile 10 km (38:56)
2013:
1st in the following twelve races: Akasia Marathon (3:00:47), Johnson Crane
Marathon (2:57:48), Alberton City Half Marathon (80:36), Loskop 50 km
(3:18:11a), Johan Hattle 32 km (2:03:57), Wally Hayward Marathon (2:45:03), Irene
Village Mall Half Marathon (79:29), City to City 50 km (3:27:30a), Rainbow Half
Marathon (80:57), Capital Classic Half Marathon (82:04), Jacaranda Challenge
Marathon (2:49:49) & Kaapsehoop Marathon (2:38:39a)
2nd in RAC 10 km (36:31)
2012:
1st in the following three races: Long Tom 56 km (5:04:36a), Kaapsehoop Marathon
(2:46:30a) & Capital Classic Half Marathon (85:29)
2nd in Wally Hayward Marathon (3:05:07)
3rd in the following three races: Jackie Mekler 25 km (1:45:02), CSIR Half Marathon
(84:23) & Tough One 32 km (2:09:48)
Other performances:
2nd in Wally Hayward Marathon 2011 (3:07:21); 5th in Tough One 32 km 2010 (2:22:44)
Other PBs:
36:31, 60:34 (both 2013), 79:20 (2014), 3:18:11a (2013)
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AZWINDINI GLADYS LUKHWARENI (34)
Represented South Africa in the World Half-marathon Championships (1999). She was suspended for two years
following a positive drugs test in September 2005.
Marathon PB:
2:40:18, Beirut Marathon 2004
Two Oceans:
3rd in 2004 (3:38:56; 1st South African; then 2nd fastest time ever by a South
African); 4th in 2005 (3:43:28); dnf in 2011; dnf in 2014
2015:
2nd in Sasol Marathon (3:02:49; probably short course)
2014:
1st in Wierie Half Marathon (92:28)
2nd in Mafikeng Marathon (3:19:47) & Om die Dam 10 km (40:55)
3rd in Liquifruit Half Marathon (96:26)
2013:
35th in SA 10 km (39:30)
1st in Zoom Zoom Half Marathon (90:00)
2nd in Slow-Mag Half Marathon (87:07)
4th in Jackie Mekler 25 km (1:48:14) & Township to Township Marathon (3:13:35a)
2012:
23rd in SA Half Marathon (85:50)
1st in the following four races: Akasia Half Marathon (84:17), Zio Cash & Carry 10 km
(39:09), Foskor 10 km, Phalaborwa (39:59) & Vaal Mall 15 km (59:06)
2nd in the following three races: ACE Half Marathon (86:22), Eastern Limb Mines 10
km (40:43) & Jackie Mekler 10 km (40:12)
3rd in Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 10 km (39:21a)
4th in Polokwane Mayor’s Half Marathon (85:16)
7th in Gauteng Half Marathon (89:55a) & PetroSA Marathon (3:05:44)
Other performances:
5th in SA Marathon 2011 (2:49:42); 17th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2011 (31:51); 2nd
in Jackie Gibson Marathon 2011 (3:04:29); 3rd in Township to Township 50 km
2011 (3:49:25a); 5th PetroSA Marathon 2011 (2:52:13); 2nd in SA Marathon 2010
(3:01:47); 21st in SA XC Trials 8 km 2010 (30:21); 4th in City to City 50 km 2010
(3:52:51); 1st in Dis-Chem Half Marathon 2005 (77:54); won fourteen races in
2004, among them the Pretoria Marathon (2:51:08), and was 2nd in the SA XC
Championships 8 km (34:02); 1st in City to City 50 km 2003 (3:23:17a); 7th in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2003 (80:40); 4th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2001
(29:47); 10th in SA 10 km 2001 (36:34)
Other PBs:
33:06 (2005), 55:04 (1999), 76:38 (2004), 3:23:17 (2003)
TANITH MAXWELL (38)
Represented South Africa in the Commonwealth Games Marathon (2006), African Games Half Marathon (2007),
World Championships Marathon (2009 & 2013) and Olympic Games Marathon (2012).
Marathon PB:
2:32:33, Berlin Marathon 2010
2015:
1st in Bay to Bay 30 km (1:56:32; fastest time in SA in 25 years) & Peninsula Marathon
(2:53:19a)
2nd in Gran Canaria Marathon (2:39:45)
dnf Durban City Marathon
2014:
1st in the following ten races: Sparksport Challenge 32 km (2:19:18), Top Form 10 km
(36:00), Valentine Night Race (Worcester) (37:45), Checkout 10 km (36:00),
Forest 10 km (36:47), Voet van Afrika Half Marathon (85:23), Mitchells Plain
Titans Half Marathon (82:25), Edgemead 10 km (37:12), Metropolitan 10 km
(38:51) & Build It Half Marathon (82:32)
2nd in the following five races: Century City 10 km (35:06), Sundowner 10 km (37:21),
Lighthouse 10 km (36:16), Starling Plumbers Half Marathon (79:29) & Mt
Edgecombe Half Marathon (79:29)
3rd in Safari Half Marathon (81:28) & Savages Half Marathon (78:39)
4th in Spar 10 km (Pietermaritzburg) (36:43)
6th in Brighton Marathon (2:43:34a)
dnf Houston Marathon
2013:
42nd in World Championships Marathon (2:56:37)
Won twelve races: KZN Half Marathon (79:58), Vienna City Half Marathon (77:20),
Zabalaza Half Marathon (82:24), Umgeni Water 32 km (2:09:22), Bloubergstrand
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2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
Half Marathon (81:56), Old Mutual 10 km (35:28), Gun Run Half Marathon (77:24),
Cape Gate 10 km (36:37), SAPS Striders Heritage Challenge Half Marathon
(80:36), Savages Half Marathon (78:01), Pietermaritzburg 10 km (36:38) &
Correctional Services 10 km (35:22)
3rd in San Diego Holiday Half Marathon (75:59a)
6th in BIG Berlin 25 km (92:18, PB and third fastest time ever by a South African)
12th in Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Half Marathon (76:48a)
13th in Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (36:38) & 14th in Spar 10 km (Durban) (36:22)
81st in Olympic Games Marathon (2:40:27)
1st the following ten races: Sparksport Challenge 16 km (n/t – ran off course),
Battlefields 10 km (36:56), Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (79:12), Oasis
Crescent 10 km (36:02), Constantia Village 15 km (53:22), Kougakus Half
Marathon (80:44a), Waterfall Superspar 10 km (36:28), Savages Half Marathon
(78:21), Builders Warehouse 10 km (37:11) & Alpha Pharm Klinicare 10 km (37:02)
2nd in Spar 10 km (Pietermaritzburg) (36:07)
2nd in Mamre 15 km (53:52)
5th in Foskor Half Marathon, Richards Bay (79:13)
14th in Rotterdam Marathon (2:36:47)
4th in SA Half Marathon 2011 (75:26); 1st in five races in 2011, among them Arthur
Creswell Memorial Half Marathon (79:47) & Savages Half Marathon (79:14); 29th
in London Marathon 2011 (2:39:07); 3rd in SA Half Marathon 2010 (73:22) & 7th in
SA 10 km (34:45); 2nd in Xiamen Half Marathon 2010 (85:21); 4th in Two Oceans
Half Marathon 2010 (76:19); 8th in Berlin Marathon 2010 (2:32:33); 15th in London
Marathon 2010 (2:34:24); 45th in World Championships Marathon 2009 (2:41:48);
4th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (74:52); 3rd in SA Half Marathon 2008 (76:19); 4th in
Warsaw Marathon 2008 (2:36:38); 5th in Vienna City Marathon 2008 (2:40:05); 9th
in Rome Marathon 2008 (2:37:35); 10th in African Games Half Marathon 2007
(78:27); 2nd in SA Marathon 2007 (2:40:46); 12th in Commonwealth Games
Marathon 2006 (2:41:47); 11th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2006 (29:12); 11th in
Messe Frankfurt Marathon 2006 (2:45:21); 1st in SA Half Marathon 2005 (75:52);
7th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2005 (30:39); 6th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2005 (81:01); 6th in Vienna City Marathon 2005 (2:49:29); 9th in Messe Frankfurt
Marathon 2005 (2:41:03); 1st in Peninsula Marathon 2004 (2:48:28a); 2nd in
Edinburgh Marathon 2004 (2:48:42); 3rd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2004
(78:06), 4th in 2003 (79:39) & 8th in 2002 (82:27); 15th in SA 10 km 1997 (37:06)
34:03 (2010), 51:24 (2010), 73:22 (2010)
NTOMBESINTU MFUNZI (33)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships (2008), Africa Southern Region Half-marathon
Championships (2011), Africa Southern Region XC Championships and African XC Championships (both 2012).
Marathon PB:
2:49:38, PetroSA Marathon 2011
Two Oceans:
8th in 2012 (3:52:39); 32nd in 2013 (4:30:21); 8th in 2014 (4:00:52)
Comrades:
22nd in 2013 (8:04:57)
2015:
6th in SA 10 km (36:41)
1st in the following three races: Friendly City Marathon (3:15:00), Kromberg &
Schubert 15 km (56:24) & Valentines 10 km (37:10)
2nd in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (58:56) & Bluewater Bay 15 km (59:08)
2014:
9th in SA XC Championships 8 km (31:03)
10th in SA 10 km (36:56)
Won twenty races: EP Half Marathon (83:24), Friendly City Marathon (3:16:24),
Bluewater Bay 15 km (57:40), Kromberg & Schubert 15 km (57:30), Valentine’s
10 km (37:37), Cassie’s 15 km (56:24), Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km (61:50),
Correctional Services 10 km (35:03), Sunridge Village Family 10 km (35:53), Super
D 10 km (36:54), Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon (81:58), Continental 10 km
(38:48), Mountain Drive Half Marathon (86:50), Volkswagen 10 km (37:14),
Despatch Superspar 10 km (38:27), White Cane 10 km (38:58), Malabar 10 km
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
(37:31), Port Elizabeth City 10 km (36:52), Gelvan 15 km (57:06), & Sundowner 10
km, Uitenhage (36:26)
2nd in Nelson Mandela Bay Freedom Run 10 km (34:57)
6th in Legends Half Marathon (83:30)
8th in Mandela Day Marathon (3:09:01a)
11th in Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon 81:23
1st in the following seventeen races: Bluewater Bay 15 km (57:31), Friendly City
Marathon (3:19:02), Valentine’s 10 km (37:32), Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km
(62:06), Cassie’s 15 km (54:13), Cash & Carry 10 km (37:31), Umhlobo Wenene 10
km (36:47), Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon (85:22), Eastern Cape XC
Championships 8 km (31:33) & 4 km (15:01), Continental 10 km (38:44),
Volkswagen 10 km (35:38), The Human Race 10 km (34:25; the course was only
9.2 km), Despatch Superspar 10 km (37:22), Willows Resort 10 km (40:40),
Klinicare 10 km (36:55) & Port Elizabeth City 10 km (37:04)
2nd in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (56:48) & Clover Milk Run 10 km (36:42)
3rd in the following three races: Motherwell Freedom Run 10 km (35:52), Pick ‘n Pay
Marathon (2:55:09; course 600-700 m too long) & Real Gijimas 10 km (36:27)
22nd in African XC Championships 8 km (30:47)
5th in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 7 km (26:54)
12th in SA 10 km (35:50)
1st in the following fifteen races: Bluewater Bay 15 km (60:02), Friendly City 10 km
(38:26), Lemaitre/PG Glass 10 km (35:55), Valentine’s 10 km (36:00), Woodlands
Dairy 15 km (56:50), Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km (57:25), Builders Warehouse
27 km (1:53:11), Tuff 10 10 km (39:49), The Willows 10 km (40:07), Port Elizabeth
City 10 km (38:30), Umhlobo Wenene 10 km (35:08), EP Half Marathon (79:51),
Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon (86:40), Volkswagen 10 km (35:00) & Continental
10 km (36:52)
2nd in the following three races: PetroSA Half Marathon (78:39), Freedom 10 km
(34:47) & Klinicare 10 km (38:13)
3rd in Clover Milk Run 10 km (35:21)
4th in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon 2011 (81:53); 6th in SA Half Marathon
2011 (76:30); 8th in SA 10 km 2011 (36:01); 9th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2011
(30:39); 10th in SA XC Trials 8 km 2011 (31:43); won twelve races in 2011, among
them EP XC Championships 8 km (30:47), Discovery Algoa FM 10 km (35:56),
Continental 10 km (35:57), Knysna Forest Half Marathon (80:51a), Umhlobo
Wenene 10 km (34:49) & Cassie’s 15 km (55:56); 11th in SA 10 km 2010 (35:29); won
fourteen races in 2010, among them EP Half Marathon (76:30) & Foskor Half
Marathon, Richards Bay (78:23); 6th in both SA 10 km 2009 (34:35) & SA XC
Championships 8 km 2009 (29:34); 10th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (77:34); 1st in EP
Half Marathon 2009 (79:31); 8th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (80:24); 86th
in World XC Championships 8 km 2008 (30:11); 4th in SA Half Marathon 2008
(77:31); 8th in SA 10 km 2008 (34:52); 9th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2008
(31:29); 7th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2007 (29:38); 10th in SA Marathon 2007
(2:58:02); 16th in SA 10 km 2007 (36:05); 16th in both SA 10 km 2006 (36:09) & SA
XC Championships 8 km 2006 (30:01); 10th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006
(78:33); 9th in SA Half Marathon 2005 (79:48); 12th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2005 (84:07)
34:35 (2009), 55:32 (2010), 76:30 (2010 & 2011)
SAMUKELISO MOYO (41) [Zimbabwe]
Marathon PB:
2:37:17, Mangyongdae Prix Int’l Marathon 2008
Two Oceans:
6th in 2007 (3:49:07); 3rd in 2009 (3:58:47); 5th in 2010 (3:55:32); 7th in 2011 (3:50:49);
5th in 2012 (3:49:10); dnf in 2013; 10th (1st vet) in 2014 (4:07:32)
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Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
JANE MUDAU (52)
Marathon PB as master:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
dnf in 2011
1st vet (3rd overall) in Johnson 10 km (37:33; probably short course)
2nd vet in Durban City Marathon (2:57:20)
1st overall & 1st vet in Amakhosikazi 10 km (38:23); also 1st vet in the following five
races: Township to Township Marathon (3:01:53a), Legends Half Marathon
(83:05), Soweto Half Marathon (84:08), Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon
(83:38) & Tom Jenkins 10 km (41:05)
2nd vet in Gauteng Marathon (2:57:39a) & Cape Town Marathon (2:59:37)
1st in the following three races: Pretoria Marathon (2:57:41), Victoria Falls Marathon
(2:54:44) & Cape Town Marathon (2:42:47)
2nd in Gun Run 10 km (36:02)
3rd in Gaborone Marathon (2:42:33) & City to City 50 km (3:37:46a)
4th in Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 28 km (1:47:31a)
1st in Pretoria Marathon (3:00:16) & Foskor Half Marathon, Richards Bay (76:16)
3rd in Polokwane Mayor’s Half Marathon (82:51)
4th in the following three races: Gauteng Marathon (2:44:02a), Township to
Township 50 km (2:53:53a) & Kwai Challenge Half Marathon (82:10)
19th in African XC Championships 8 km 2011 (29:47); 2nd in City to City 50 km 2011
(3:31:23a); 8th in Soweto Marathon 2011 (2:54:13); 1st in Race Against Time Series
Marathon (Durban) 2010 (2:48:56); 3rd in the following three races in 2010:
Township to Township 50 km (3:48:21a), PetroSA Marathon (2:47:54) & Foskor
Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (78:47); 1st in Durban City Marathon 2009 (2:43:11);
3rd in City to City 50 km 2009 (3:40:16a); 5th in Mangyongdae Prix Int’l Marathon
2008 (2:37:17); 1st in Johannesburg City Marathon 2008 (2:46:35); 1st in Cape Town
Marathon 2008 (2:42:11); 1st in City to City 50 km 2008 (3:28:10a); 3rd in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2008 (76:47) & 2nd in 2005 (76:11)
34:16, 75:30 (both 2008)
3rd vet (14th overall) in 2005 (4:16:46); 12th vet in 2006 (4:37:54); 19th vet in 2007
(4:55:42); 5th vet (12th overall) in 2008 (4:17:40); 2nd vet (8th overall) in 2009
(4:10:06); 5th vet (19th overall) in 2010 (4:15:55); 10th vet in 2011 (4:27:52); 1st master
in both 2013 (4:24:55) & 2014 (4:15:49 CR; 12th overall)
rd
23 in 2004 (7:50:52); 62nd in 2005 (8:12:24); 54th in 2006 (8:17:38); 119th in 2007
(8:50:38); 40th in 2008 (8:27:48); 30th in 2009 (8:07:58); 4th vet (14th overall) in
2010 (7:04:17); dnf in 2011; 4th vet (24th overall) in 2012 (7:40:50); 1st master (23rd
overall) in 2013 (8:06:44); 2nd master in 2014 (8:33:26)
st
1 overall & 1st master in Potties Marathon (3:16:54); also 1st master in the following
four races: ACE 10 km (42:13), Johnson Crane Half Marathon (90:40), Akasia 10
km (41:58) & George Claassen Half Marathon (95:00)
1st master in SA Marathon (3:12:01; 10th overall); also 1st master in the following
seventeen races: Loskop 50 km (3:51:11a), Johnson Crane Half Marathon (92:15),
Pretoria Marathon (3:22:25; 10th overall), Zululand District 56 km (5:01:20a; 9th
overall), Jackie Gibson Half Marathon (92:37), Denel 10 km (n/t), Waterberg
Executive Mayor's 28 km (2:08:54a), Love Run 10 km (43:42; 3rd overall), Castle
Walk 10 km (47:01), Mogol Marathon (3:24:05; 3rd overall), Marcel van 't Slot 15
km (63:48), Gauteng Marathon (3:17:36a), Legends 68 km (5:36:53a; 10th overall),
Liquifruit 10 km (42:37), Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (87:45; fastest
time by a SA master in 2014), Tom Jenkins 27 km (2:03:21) & Soweto Marathon
(3:14:23)
1st vet in Johnson Crane Marathon (3:14:16); also 1st master in the following fifteen
races: Loskop 50 km (3:42:30a; 4th overall), Pretoria Marathon (3:14:43), Sunrise
Monster 10 km (45:42; 3rd overall), Edenvale Challenge Half Marathon (91:45),
Springs Striders 32 km (2:19:13; 2nd overall), Pirates Half Marathon (96:10), Om
die Dam 10 km (41:30), Allan Ferguson Half Marathon (92:00), Slow-Mag Half
Marathon (88:01; 3rd overall), Wally Hayward 10 km (41:46), Waterberg Executive
Mayor's 28 km (1:59:54a), PetroSA Marathon (3:17:55), Komatsu Rainbow 10 km
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Other performances:
PAULINA NJEYA (37)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
(43:07; 2nd overall), Jacaranda Challenge 10 km (41:56) & Eastern Limb Mines Half
Marathon (90:15)
2nd vet in Akasia 10 km (41:52)
8th vet in SA Half Marathon 2010 (85:55); 9th vet in SA Half Marathon 2009 (86:24)
28th in 2010 (4:33:09); 14th in 2011 (4:06:29); 10th in 2012 (3:53:29); dnf in 2013; 5th in
2014 (3:50:48)
16th in 2011 (7:18:16); 17th in 2013 (7:40:52)
1st in Mielie Marathon (3:28:08)
2nd in Uthungulu Marathon (3:09:42a; probably short course)
1st in Kloppers Marathon (2:54:58)
1st in Pick ‘n Pay Marathon 2011 (3:05:26); 4th in Long Tom 56 km 2011 (4:49:02a); 10th
in Soweto Marathon 2011 (2:57:28); 1st in Kloppers Half Marathon 2010 (88:21); 3rd
in Bay Ultra 50 km 2010 (4:03:56); 6th in Soweto Marathon 2010 (3:00:43); 5th in
Cape Town City Marathon 2009 (2:48:20); 15th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2009 (84:16), 38th in 2006 (90:28) & 42nd in 2003 (94:32)
37:30, 82:05 (both 2009); track: 35:21.62 (2004)
ZOLA PIETERSE (48)
Regarded as one of the greatest South African athletes ever, she received British citizenship in 1984 and
represented Great Britain in the 1984 Olympics (7th in 3000 m) and twice (1985, 1986) won the world cross-country
title in the colours of Great Britain. She first attained international prominence when she broke two world junior
records in 1983; the next year she slashed the world senior 5000 m record to 15:01.83 in Stellenbosch and then
broke world junior records twelve times over 1500 m, 1 mile, 2000 m, 3000 m and 5000 m. After taking up British
citizenship, she set a world record for 5000 m in 1985, as well a world best for 2000 m, world junior best for 1 mile,
European junior records in 1500 m and 3000 m, and Commonwealth records in 1500 m, 1 mile, 3000 m and 5000 m.
She won the UK 1500 m title in 1984, the WAAA 3000 m in 1985 and the 1500 m in 1986. She won SA titles in both
the 1500 m and 3000 m in 1982 and 1983, the 1500 m in 1991, in the 3000 m again in 1990 and 1991, and in the 10000
m in 1994. She won SA cross-country titles in 1983, 1994 and 1996, and on the road the SA 10 km in 1982 and 1983
and the SA Half Marathon in 1993 and 1996. She still holds the SA junior record for 10 km with 32:20, set in 1983,
and also owns the following track records: world junior for 1 mile, 2000 m and 3000 m, SA senior and junior for
1500 m, SA senior for 1 mile and SA junior for 5000 m.
Marathon PB:
2:55:39, Jacksonville Bank Marathon 2012
Two Oceans:
5th vet in 2012 (4:29:53); 2nd vet in 2014 (4:07:58; 11th overall)
Comrades:
10th vet in 2012 (8:06:09); 7th in 2014 (6:55:55) (Note: Although she was the first
veteran to finish, she was not wearing age tags and thus was ineligible in the
vets competition.)
2014:
1st in Charleston Marathon (2:59:42)
2nd vet in Tuks Half Marathon (87:56)
2013:
1st (45-49) in SA XC Championships 4 km (14:34); also 1st in the following three races:
Garden Route Mall 10 km (37:54), McDonald's to McDonald's 10 km (36:43) &
Karoo Half Marathon (84:41)
2nd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon (84:49)
2012:
1st overall & 1st vet in Ronnie Davel Memorial 16 km (69:50) & Capital Classic 10 km
(36:48)
1st vet in Eersterivier 15 km (58:29)
2nd (1st vet) in Dan Luyt 15 km (59:20)
3rd (3rd vet) in State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Half Marathon (83:47) & 3rd in
Myrtle Beach Marathon (3:00:14)
4th (1st vet) in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (83:39) & Jacksonville Bank Marathon
(2:55:39)
5th (1st vet) in Loskop 50 km (3:40:02a)
4th vet in McDonald's to McDonald's 10 km (44:54)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st (45-49) in SA XC Championships 4 km 2011 (14:37); 1st in Myrtle Beach 5 km 2011
(18:17); 1st in Kowie Striders 10 km 2011 (40:40); 5th (2nd vet) in Kiawah Island
Marathon 2011 (3:01:51); 9th in Duke Invitational 5000 m 2010 (17:55.13); 69th (10th
vet) in New York City Marathon 2008 (2:59:53); 6th in British 10 km 2003 (34:54);
8th (2nd vet) in SA Half Marathon 2001 (79:51); 11th in SA 10 km 1999 (35:31); 12th in
World Half Marathon 1996 (73:19); 1st in SA Half Marathon 1996 (72:39) & 1st in SA
XC Championships 6 km (21:17); 1st in SA XC Championships 6 km 1994 (23:31); 3rd
in SA Half Marathon 1994 (76:45) & 1st in 1993 (71:49); 1st in SA 10 km 1983 (32:23)
& 1st in SA XC Championships 4 km (13:14); 1st in SA 10 km 1982 (34:20); 1st junior in
SA 10 km 1981 (35:18)
32:20 (1983), 50:15 (1996), 71:04a (1997); PB on a standard course: 71:49 (1993);
track: 4:01.81 (1984), 4:17.57 (1985), 8:28.83 (1985), 14:48.07 (1985)
NINA PODNEBESNOVA (35) [Russia]
Marathon PB:
2:31:37, Russian Marathon Championships 2010
Two Oceans:
5th in 2011 (3:43:56) & 2013 (3:45:14); 1st in 2014 (3:40:07)
Comrades:
13th in 2012 (7:08:00)
2014:
2nd in Russian Half Marathon (73:34)
2013:
3rd in Madrid Marathon (2:38:29)
4th in Siberian International Marathon (2:34:59)
2012:
2nd in Russian Marathon Championships (2:34:30)
12th in Rome Marathon (2:41:31)
2011:
1st in Siberian International Marathon (2:37:22)
3rd in Soweto Marathon (2:45:30)
7th in Russian Half Marathon (75:45) & Rome Marathon (2:32:11)
Other performances:
3rd in Russian Marathon Championships 2010 (2:31:37); 4th in Turin Marathon 2010
(2:34:03); 1st in Zurich Marathon 2008 (2:35:36) & 2007 (2:37:00); 1st in Russian
Marathon Championships 2005 (2:40:46) & 5th in 2004 (2:41:18)
Other PBs:
36:22 (2010), 73:34 (2014)
PAULA QUINSEE (43)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
Other performances:
2:58:54, Port Elizabeth City Marathon 2010
152nd in 2006 (5:04:00); 75th in 2007 (4:49:57); 23rd in 2008 (4:31:08); 15th in 2010
(4:12:32); 4th vet in 2012 (4:24:35)
252nd in 2006 (9:36:42), 90th in 2007 (8:42:53), 58th in 2008 (8:43:20), 14th in 2009
(7:23:37) & 16th vet in 2012 (8:24:24)
st
1 in Sasol Marathon (Secunda) (2:57:44; probably short course)
1st vet (2nd overall) in Sunrise Monster 32 km (2:24:27)
1st vet (3rd overall) in Springs Striders 32 km (2:17:44)
1st vet in Pirates Half Marathon (1:40:20; one day after win in Sasol Marathon)
1st vet in the following five races: Tough One 32 km (2:28:11), Valentine 10 km
(Randburg) (40:54), Vaal Half Marathon (87:25), John Hattle 32 km (2:16:36) &
Spirit of Flight 10 km (39:37)
2nd vet in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (92:52)
1st vet (3rd overall) in John Hattle 32 km (2:18:55) & Old Eds Half Marathon (90:23)
1st vet (2nd overall) in Weskus Marathon 2012 (3:09:23a); 1st vet in Sasol Marathon
(Secunda) 2012 (3:23:50); 2nd vet (2nd overall) in Battlefields Marathon 2012
(3:23:13); 2nd vet (3rd overall) in Buffs Marathon 2012 (3:14:56a); 2nd vet in John
Hattle 32 km 2012 (2:19:52); 14th in SA Marathon 2011 (3:02:13); 2nd in four
marathons in 2010: Knysna Forest (3:15:47a), Pick 'n Pay (3:04:33), Port Elizabeth
City (2:58:54) & Vaal (2:56:49; probably short course); 3rd in Kaapsehoop Half
Marathon 2010 (86:55a); 1st in Long Tom 56 km 2009 (4:56:22a); 2nd in Cradle of
Humankind Half Marathon 2009 (86:54); 4th in Vaal Marathon 2009 (3:09:39); 11th
in Soweto Marathon 2009 (3:07:57); 4th in Pick 'n Pay Marathon 2008 (3:17:45);
12th in Tough One 32 km 2008 (2:27:34); 18th in Johannesburg Marathon 2007
(3:30:20); 539th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2003 (2:00:38)
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HOLLY RUSH (37) [Great Britain]
Marathon PB:
2:37:35, Zurich Marathon 2008
Comrades:
7th in 2013 (7:04:21)
2014:
1st in Bath XC Marathon (3:37:47)
2013:
1st in Pisa Marathon (2:41:52)
7th in Bath Half Marathon (77:45)
8th in London Marathon (2:44:25)
2012:
2nd in Bristol 10 km (34:35)
2011:
2nd in Vattenfall Berlin 10 km (34:39)
3rd in Granollers Half Marathon (75:40)
Other performances:
9th in Commonwealth Games Marathon 2010 (2:49:24); 18th in European
Championships Marathon 2010 (2:42:44); 3rd in Granollers Half Marathon 2010
(74:05); 21st in London Marathon 2010 (2:37:56); 5th in Hamburg Marathon 2009
(2:38:36); 15th in Frankfurt Marathon 2009 (2:37:46); 2nd in Bath Half Marathon
2008 (74:26); 6th in Zurich Marathon 2008 (2:37:35)
Other PBs:
34:14 (2011), 74:04 (2012); track: 16:42.18 (2011)
DANETTE SMITH (26)
She won the SA Long-distance Trail Championships title in 2014.
Marathon PB:
PB on a standard course: 3:01:15, Cape Town Marathon 2014
2015:
1st in Red Hill 36.2 km (2:37:26) & Cango Marathon (2:55:56a; probably short course)
2nd in Peninsula Marathon (2:56:12a)
4th in Bay to Bay 30 km (2:08:31)
2014:
3rd in WP 10 km (37:43); also 3rd in the following four races: Spookhill 15 km (63:24),
Fast & Flat 10 km (37:50), and ran 84:35 in both the Gordon's Bay Half Marathon
& Peninsula Half Marathon (aided course)
2013:
7th in SA T&F Championships 10000 m (39:31.28)
1st in WP T&F Championships 10000 m (40:12.00) & Swartland Half Marathon (89:14)
2nd in Onrus 10 km (38:47)
3rd in the following four races: WP Half Marathon (86:10), Kloofnek Classic Half
Marathon (97:07), Walk to Freedkom 27 km (2:00:50) & Winelands Half
Marathon (89:04)
4th in Voet van Afrika Half Marathon (91:11)
5th in Gino's 10 km (39:31)
7th in Totalsports 10 km (Stellenbosch) (40:20)
Other performances:
23rd in SA Half Marathon 2009 (85:09); 7th in Safari Half Marathon 2009 (85:58)
Other PBs:
37:43, 84:35 (both 2014); track: 39:31.28 (2013)
MELANIE VAN ROOYEN (37)
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
148th in 2008 (5:08:00); 12th in 2013 (3:55:38); 12th in 2014 (4:10:33)
19th in 2009 (7:45:26); 12th in 2010 (7:01:54); 9th in 2012 (6:52:36); 8th in 2013 (7:08:09)
1st in the following five races: Port Elizabeth City Marathon (2:44:40),
Pietermaritzburg Marathon (2:56:24), Gaterite Hyper Cash & Carry Marathon
(3:07:15), Stella Royal 25 km (1:47:43) & Chatsworth Freedom 52 km (3:54:44)
3rd in KZN Half Marathon (81:21)
1st in Loskop Half Marathon (86:21a)
6th in SA Marathon 2011 (2:52:33); 1st in Pietermaritzburg Marathon 2011 (2:57:37) &
2010 (3:01:42)
81:21 (2013), 3:40:07a (2012)
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CAROLINE WOSTMANN (32)
Marathon PB:
Comrades:
205th in 2009 (9:17:39); 68th in 2011 (8:33:29); 15th in 2012 (7:16:48); 83rd in 2013
(4:54:52), 6th in 2014 (6:51:43)
st
2015:
1 in Edenvale Marathon (3:03:12) & Pretoria Bobbies Half Marathon (80:33)
2nd in Bronkhorstspruit 32 km (2:20:20) & Tuks 10 km (36:20)
2014:
1st in the following four races: Port Elizabeth City Marathon (2:44:57), Love Run Half
Marathon (94:40), Capital Classic Half Marathon (91:41) & Ford Motor
Corporation Half Marathon (82:31)
2nd in the following four races: ACE 10 km (39:01), Varsity Kudus 15 km (64:28),
Jackie Gibson Marathon (3:10:59) & Lester Mills Memorial 10 km (38:58)
3rd in Om die Dam 50 km (3:48:51)
4th in Soweto Half Marathon (84:47)
2013:
1st in Akasia 3-in-1 Half Marathon (85:06)
2nd in the following three races: City to City 50 km (3:34:20a), Irene Village Mall Half
Marathon (83:38) & Sunnypark Right Run Half Marathon (83:30)
5th in Marcel van 't Slot 15 km (59:44)
2012:
5th in Soweto 10 km (37:55)
Other PBs:
37:55 (2012), 59:44 (2013), 80:33 (2015), 3:34:20a (2013);
50 km PB on a standard course: 3:41:44 (2013)
DEVON YANKO (32) [USA]
Marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
2:38:55, Houston Marathon 2012 (USA Olympic Trials)
3rd in 2012 (3:47:30)
5th in 2012 (6:39:59)
1st in Surf City Marathon (2:48:21)
1st in Seattle Marathon (2:51:18)
2nd in San Francisco Marathon (2:49:27)
3rd in Akron Marathon (2:49:28) & Napa Valley Marathon (2:52:54a)
10th in Across the Bay 12 km (46:01a)
34th in California International Marathon (2:46:29a)
1st in Oakland Running Festival Marathon (2:47:24)
2nd in the following three races: Chuckanut 50 km XC race (4:22:02), Portland
Marathon (2:50:53) & San Fransisco Marathon (2:52:27)
4th in Berkeley Half Marathon (83:10)
5th in SacTown 10 miles (58:42)
1st in San Fransisco Marathon (2:44:02) & Napa Valley Marathon (2:39:37a)
2nd in Kauai Marathon (2:49:29)
3rd in Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon (3:47:30)
36th in USA Olympic Trials Marathon (2:38:55)
1st in Mad City 100 km (7:46:34) & City of Los Angeles Marathon (2:43:32a)
3rd in San Fransisco Marathon (2:53:55)
21st in New York City Marathon (2:42:44a)
1st in Lake Sonoma 50-mile XC race 2010 (8:26:53); 4th in World 100 km
Championships 2009 (7:59:17); 1st in JFK 50-mile XC race 2009 (6:29:21); 29th in
Boston Marathon 2009 (2:53:20a); 10th in World Cup 100 km 2008 (8:01:52); 1st in
the following four races in 2008: The America Insurance Breakers Marathon
(2:58:51), Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon (3:04:35a), Vermont
Endurance Run 100 miles (XC) (18:31:35) & Chuckanut 50 km XC race (4:40:29); 1st
in the following three races in 2007: Quicksilver Endurance Run 50 km (XC)
(4:37:14), Napa Valley Marathon (2:52:49a) & Jedidiah Smith 50 km (3:32:02); 2nd
in Mad City 100 km 2007 (8:16:41)
58:42 (10 miles), 83:10 (both 2013), 3:32:02 (2007), 7:46:34 (2011)
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HALF MARATHON
MEN
LUSAPHO APRIL (32)
Represented South Africa in the World Road Running Championships (2006), World Half-marathon Championships
(2007 & 2014), and World XC Championships & Africa Southern Region XC Championships (both 2007).
Half-marathon PB:
61:16, World Half Marathon 2014
2015:
1st in Border Masters Half Marathon (62:27a) & Cassie's 15 km (44:12)
4th in New York City Half Marathon (61:21a)
2014:
15th in World Half Marathon (61:16)
1st in the following four races: Border Masters Half Marathon (62:39a; short course),
Cassie's 15 km (44:29), Legends Half Marathon (63:13) & Correctional Services 10
km (29:23)
4th in Mandela Day Half Marathon (65:11a)
12th in New York City Marathon (2:16:50a)
15th in Boston Marathon (2:14:59a)
2013:
2nd in SA Half Marathon (63:07)
1st in Hannover Marathon (2:08:32); also 1st in the following four races: Real Gijimas
10 km (28:49), Umhlobo Wenene 10 km (29:48), Kromberg & Schubert 15 km
(46:52) & Eastern Province 15 km (44:30)
2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon (63:37)
2012:
43rd in Olympic Games Marathon (2:19:00)
1st in the following four races: Kromberg & Schubert 15 km (45:32), Lake Farm
Charity Run 25 km (79:06), Lightning Fast 10 km (28:48a) & Old Selbornians 15
km (47:03)
2nd in PetroSA Half Marathon (62:58)
3rd in Clover Milk Run 10 km (29:53)
20th in Vienna City Marathon (2:14:01)
Other performancs:
1st in SA Marathon 2011 (2:13:21); also 1st in seven races in 2011, among them
Hannover Marathon (2:09:25), Two Oceans Half Marathon (63:58), Umhlobo
Wenene 10 km (28:42) & PetroSA Half Marathon (64:13); 20th in Frankfurt
Marathon 2011 (2:1:09); 1st in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (63:54); 1st in
Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km 2010 (43:50); 5th in Hannover Marathon 2010
(2:10:45); 10th in BIG 25 km 2010 (75:02 SA rec); 3rd in SA Half Marathon 2009
(61:49); 1st in eight races in 2009, among them the Eastern Province T&F
Championships 10000 m (29:56.00) & Cassies 15 km (45:32); 3rd in Two Oceans
Half Marathon 2009 (63:55); 8th in Hannover Marathon 2009 (2:14:19); 15th in SA
Half Marathon 2008 (65:09); 2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2008 (63:34); 41st
in World XC Championships 8 km 2007 (38:59); 6th in Southern African XC
Championships 12 km 2007 (38:19); 34th in World Half Marathon 2007 (62:24); 7th
in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2007 (65:01); 18th in World Road Running
Championships 20 km 2006 (59:09; 1st SA runner; fastest SA time for year); 6th in
SA XC Championships 12 km 2006 (34:19); 6th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006
(64:00); 1st junior in SA Half Marathon 2001 (67:17)
Other PBs:
28:25a (2003), 43:50 (2010), 2:08:32 (2013); 10 km PB on a standard course: 28:42
(2011)
LLOYD BOSMAN (27)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
63:11a, Knysna Forest Half Marathon 2013
PB on a standard course: 65:27, Two Oceans Half Marathon 2013
1st in the following five races: Top Gear 10 km (30:13), Schoemanshoek Half
Marathon (69:55), Cango Half Marathon (64:15a; probably short course),
Tortoise Tuff 30 km (1:44:30) & Diaz Marathon (2:35:40)
1st the following 22 races: SWD XC Championships 4 km (11:34), Outeniqua Half
Marathon (67:56a), Two Lagoons 32 km (1:49:37), Mosselbaai Mall Half
Marathon (72:35), George Habelgaarn Memorial 10 km (31:36), Steeple to
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
MARIANO EESOU (23)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
Steeple Half Marathon (68:54), Epilepsy Fun Day 10 km (34:40), Madiba Run 10
km (30:32), Knysna Forest Marathon (2:29:00a), Beaufort West Half Marathon
(72:10), Palm Tyres 10 km (32:07), Madibaz George Half Marathon (68:43),
Bergsig 10 km (32:47), Run with the Stars 10 km (30:18), Sunrise 10 km (30:23),
Meiringspoort 10 km (30:44a), EG Church Bazaar 10 km (30:59), Marthinus
Jenkins Memorial 10 km (32:50), Spur to Spur 10 km (31:22), Waterfront Half
Marathon (74:11), Velskoen 32 km (2:00:30) & Pennypinchers 10 km (30:14)
2nd in the following five races: Palm Tyres Half Marathon (78:33), Tortoise Tuff 10 km
(33:06), Birthday Celebration 10 km (31:55), Sunset 10 km (30:52) & Benevolent
Park 10 km (32:04)
3rd in Cango Half Marathon (69:23a; probably short course)
2nd in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (8:39.85)
Won no fewer than 32 races in 2013 –
Coastline Builders Express 10 km (33:40), Hohenort 15 km (46:47), Cango
Marathon (2:22:55a; probably short course), McDonald's to McDonald's 10 km
(29:49), Pennypinchers 10 km (30:09), Diaz Marathon (2:42:41), Pine Lodge 15 km
(50:19), Tortoise Tuff 30 km (1:46:20), Palm Tyres 10 km (32:08), Safari Half
Marathon (66:08), Outeniqua Half Marathon (67:46a), Volstruiswedlope 10 km
(32:24), Two Lagoons 32 km (1:47:31), Mosselbaai Half Marathon (72:24), Steeple
to Steeple 10 km (33:02), Wilderness Half Marathon (68:04), Epilepsy 10 km
(36:58; doubtful distance), Beaufort West Half Marathon (66:30), Top Gear 10
km (31:59), KMC 10 km (34:10), Cheese Festival 10 km (34:51), Race Against Crime
Half Marathon (77:53), Tramonto Wedding Run Half Marathon (68:42) & 10 km
(32:42), Landbouskou 10 km (32:01), PetroSA 10 km (30:40), Hartenbos Spar 15
km (48:55), Meiringspoort Half Marathon (66:21a), Marthinus Jenkins Memorial
10 km (32:59), Run With the Stars 10 km (29:36), Knysna Forest Half Marathon
(63:11a) & Spur to Spur 10 km (32:44)
2nd in Plett Heart & Sole Half Marathon (73:40)
3rd in Heather Park Superspar 10 km (31:47)
1st in the following eight races: Palm Tyres Half Marathon (74:41), Moordkuil 15 km
(55:35), Casino Night Race 10 km (33:49), Engen 10 km (32:25), Coastline 10 km
(29:49), Spur to Spur 10 km (29:22), Meiringspoort Half Marathon (64:55a) &
Tobiefees 10 km (36:08)
2nd in the following three races: Oujaarsdraffie 10 km (28:51), Candlelight 10 km
(29:47) & KMC Night Run 10 km (29:11)
6th in PetroSA 10 km (29:57)
24th junior in SA 10 km 2007 (31:52); 1st junior in three races in 2007: Casino Nite Race
10 km (30:35), Somerson 10 km (30:45; 1st overall) & Knysna Night Race 10 km
(32:14)
28:51 (2012), 46:47 (2013), 2:21:39 (2014)
63:53, SA Universities Half Marathon 2014
24th in SA 10 km (31:20)
1st in Bay Ultra 10 km (30:40)
2nd in Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (30:41)
20th in SA 10 km (30:36)
1st in the following four races: Woodlands Dairy 15 km (47:53), Despatch Superspar
10 km (31:12), Super D 10 km (30:25) & Knysna Nite Race 10 km (31:00)
2nd in Correctional Services 10 km (30:01) & Gelvan 15 km (48:02)
3rd in the following five races: SA Universities Championships Half Marathon (63:53),
Cassie’s 15 km (46:42), Malabar 10 km (31:11), Clover Milk Run 10 km (30:25) &
Sunridge Village Family 10 km (29:44)
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2013:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
5th in Legends Half Marathon (67:29)
9th in Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (67:04)
14th in SA 10 km (30:20)
1st in the following five races: Bluewater Bay 15 km (47:51), Hydrassist Half Marathon
(67:03), Willows Resort Run 10 km (32:45), Lightning Fast 10 km (28:45a) &
Volkswagen 10 km (30:09)
2nd in Bay Ultra 10 km (31:04) & Alpha Pharm Klinicare 10 km (31:01)
3rd in the following five races: EP 15 km (45:51), Friendly City 10 km (32:36), Sunridge
Village 10 km (30:18), Motherwell Freedom 10 km (30:15) & Umhlobo Wenene 10
km (31:02)
4th in the following three races: Valentine’s 10 km (31:06), Real Gijimas 10 km (29:36)
& Eastern Cape XC Championships 12 km (38:29)
6th in Clover Milk Run 10 km (31:51)
8th junior in SA Half Marathon 2010 (70:31); 7th junior in EP 10 km 2009 (32:50)
28:45a, 45:51 (both 2013); 10 km PB on a standard course: 29:36 (2013)
SITHEMBELE FANEKHO (23)
Half-marathon PB:
65:48, Savages Half Marathon 2014
2014:
1st in Sparksport Challenge 16 km (53:45) & Forest 10 km (30:52)
3rd in Stainbank Cup 15 km (50:21)
5th in Savages Half Marathon (65:48)
6th in Gun Run Half Marathon (66:54)
10th in Zululand District 10 km (30:31)
2013:
19th in SA 10 km (30:34)
1st in Stainbank Cup 15 km (50:16)
2nd in KZN Half Marathon (67:24; course approx. 400 m too long) & Christmas
Challenge 15 km (49:27)
3rd in the following three races: Ulwazi 10 km (28:53), Savages Half Marathon
(66:47) & Corridor Half Marathon (65:21)
4th in Nongoma Half Marathon (71:24)
Other performances:
1st junior in SA Half Marathon 2010 (66:23) & 3rd junior in SA 10 km (30:02); 2nd junior
in Race Against Time Series 10 km (32:49); 1st junior in SA Half Marathon 2009
(67:47); 4th junior in SA Half Marathon 2008 (69:16) & 20th junior in SA 10 km
(31:47)
Other PBs:
28:53 (2013), 49:27 (2013), 2:26:56a (2013)
MELIKHAYA FRANS (25)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
67:40, EP Half Marathon 2010
21st in SA 10 km (31:15)
1st in the following four races: Bluewater Bay 15 km (47:04), Friendly City 10 km
(31:47), Lake Farm Charity Run 10 km (32:40) & Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth)
(30:40)
2nd in the following three races: Woodlands Dairy 15 km (48:43), Kromberg &
Schubert 15 km (47:32) & Bay Ultra 10 km (30:53)
Ran 30 races in 2014 (with 21 podium finishes) –
1st in the following eight races: Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon (68:47), Historic 10 km
(33:00), Continental 10 km (30:56), Motherwell 15 km (47:05), Rockets Half
Marathon (69:12), Gelvan 15 km (47:19), Volkswagen 10 km (30:29) & Port
Elizabeth City 10 km (31:09)
2nd in the following nine races: EP Half Marathon (66:58), Sportsmans Warehouse 15
km (47:40), Bruintjieshoogte 25 km (82:45a), Bay Ultra 10 km (32:04), Super D 10
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
WILLIAM KAPTEIN (22)
Half-marathon PB:
2014:
2013:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
km (31:04), Knysna Forest Half Marathon (70:04a), Malabar 10 km (30:48),
Sunridge Village Family 10 km (29:40) & Friendly City 10 km (32:26)
3rd in the following four races: Woodlands Dairy 15 km (51:15), Brandwag Sundowner
10 km (31:17), Mountain Drive Half Marathon (72:11) & Kromberg & Schubert 15
km (48:49)
4th in the following six races: Clover Milk Run 10 km (30:43), Cassie's 15 km (48:05),
Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (32:08), Legends Half Marathon (67:20),
Correctional Services 10 km (30:57) & Nelson Mandela Bay Freedom Run 10 km
(30:05)
th
6 in PetroSA 10 km (30:49)
9th in Bluewater Bay 15 km (51:33)
1st in Coega 10 km 2013 (30:23); 1st junior in 14 races in 2011, among them SA Half
Marathon (68:59), EP Half Marathon (69:01), Sunridge Village Family 10 km
(32:13), Port Elizabeth City 10 km (31:40), Transnet Rail Engineering 15 km (47:51)
& Clover Mijlk Run 10 km (32:50); 1st junior in EP Half Marathon 2010 (67:40); 1st
junior EP 10 km 2009 (32:01)
29:40 (2014), 47:45 (2010)
63:20, Gun Run Half Marathon 2014
1st in SA U.23 T&F Championships 10000 m (30:20.14)
15th in SA 10 km (30:25)
1st in the following three races: Gun Run Half Marathon (63:20), PetroSA 10 km
(29:46) & Miles of Smiles 10 km (30:58)
4th in Cape Town 10 km (29:05)
1st in the following three races: Paarl 10 km (31:07), Michell's Pass 10 km (32:34) &
Onrus 10 km (31:37)
2nd in the following four races: Boland 10 km (31:48), Lentefees 10 km (32:27),
Rainbow Farms 10 km (32:33) & Prison to Prison Half Marathon (68:21)
3rd in the following three races: PetroSA 10 km (30:47), Voet van Afrika 10 km (31:23)
& Correctional Services 10 km (33:00)
4th in Metropolitan 10 km (32:37)
1st overall & 1st junior in the following five 10 km races in 2011: Michell's Pass (31:13),
Worcester Hospice (31:24), Knysna (31:02), Herfsprag (31:35) & Delta Draf (31:24);
2nd junior in WP 10 km 2011 (31:01); 11th junior in SA 10 km 2010 (30:56); 1st junior in
Gino's 10 km 2010 (31:25); 32nd junior in SA 10 km 2009 (32:34)
29:05 (2014)
DEROCIOUS MAKHOBALO (26)
Half-marathon PB:
65:10, SA Half Marathon 2013
2015:
5th in SA 10 km (30:12)
1st in Springs Striders 32 km (1:46:20)
2nd in the following three races: Johnson Crane 10 km (29:09; probably short
course), Bedfordview 5 km (14:59) & Sasol Half Marathon (65:03; probably short
course)
2014:
5th in SA 10 km (29:45)
1st in the following eight races: Allan Ferguson Half Marathon (66:32), Soshanguve
Morula Half Marathon (67:53), John Hattle 15 km (47:09), Wally Hayward Half
Marathon (67:55), Old Eds Half Marathon (69:21), Wierie Half Marathon (68:45),
Wits 10 km (32:01) & Jackie Mekler 10 km (32:00)
2nd in Gerald Fox Memorial Half Marathon (66:37) & Sasol Half Marathon (65:19)
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2013:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
4th in the following three races: PetroSA 10 km (30:26), RAC 10 km (30:30) &
Gauteng Half Marathon (67:04a)
7th in Mandela Day Half Marathon (66:14a)
5th in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (8:49.71)
5th in both SA 10 km (29:43) & SA Half Marathon (65:10)
1st in the following seven races: Suikerbosrand Half Marathon (69:17), Castle Walk 10
km (32:56), Alan Robb 15 km (45:13), Gerald Fox Memorial 10 km (31:12),
Jacaranda Challenge Half Marathon (66:35), Old Eds 10 km (31:13) & Wierie Half
Marathon (67:25)
nd
2 in the following three races: Johnson Crane 10.5 km (32:13), Allan Ferguson Half
Marathon (66:13) & Pirates 10 km (30:26)
3rd in Jackie Mekler 25 km (79:37)
14th in SA 10 km 2012 (29:35); 15th junior in SA 10 km 2007 (31:15)
29:35 (2012), 45:13 (2013)
DAVID MANJA (23)
Represented South Africa in the African XC Championships (2012), Africa Southern Region XC Championships (2012
& 2013), World XC Championships (2013) & Africa Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (2014).
Half-marathon PB:
63:40, Gun Run Half Marathon 2014
2015:
2nd in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (77:53)
3rd in eDumbe Half Marathon (65:17a)
2014:
2nd in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon (65:26)
1st in Rustenburg Mountain Race 25 km (91:18)
2nd in Gauteng 10 km (31:25) & Gun Run Half Marathon (63:40)
3rd in Kwai Challenge 10 km (31:30) & Mandela Day Half Marathon (64:56a)
23rd in Cape Town Marathon (2:28:06)
2013:
90th in World XC Championships [less than] 12 km (37:41)
3rd in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 12 km (39:29)
1st in the following four races: Loskop Half Marathon (69:53a), Rustenburg
Mountain Race 25 km (86:09), Gauteng Half Marathon (64:58a) & Gun Run Half
Marathon (64:09)
2nd in Jozi South Half Marathon (66:08)
3rd in the following four races: Om die Dam Half Marathon (70:10), Pretoria Half
Marathon (68:19), Kwai Challenge Half Marathon (67:29) & Eastern Limb Mines
Half Marathon (63:50)
2012:
48th in African XC Championships 12 km (42:10)
4th in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 11 km (n/t)
13th in SA 10 km (29:34) & 16th in SA Half Marathon (65:24)
2nd in SA XC Trials 12 km (35:01)
2nd in McArthur Memorial Half Marathon (66:32)
Other PBs:
29:34 (2012), 2:28:06 (2014)
JOEL MMONE (24)
Represented South Africa in the Africa Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (2014).
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
3rd in SA XC Trials 12 km (38:40)
8th in International Asta Footing Taroudant 10 km (28:37)
2014:
1st in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon (65:23)
1st in the following four races: Kwai Challenge 10 km (30:30), Soweto Half Marathon
(67:15), Tom Jenkins 10 km (31:14) & Rustenburg Mountain Race 10 km (32:58)
2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon (64:29) & Mandela Day Half Marathon (64:45a)
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
3rd in Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (64:25) & Eastern Limb Mines Half
Marathon (63:41)
1st in Om die Dam Half Marathon (66:37) & Rustenburg Mountain Race 10 km (30:56)
2nd in Pretoria Half Marathon (68:06) & Loskop Half Marathon (70:15a)
3rd in Two Oceans Half Marathon (63:43)
4th in Gauteng Half Marathon (65:23a)
7th in Marcel van ‘t Slot 15 km (49:10)
5th in SA 10 km (28:59)
2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon (65:01)
12th in SA 10 km 2011 (30:19); 8th junior in SA 10 km 2010 (30:32); 2nd junior in SA 10 km
2009 (30:15); 3rd junior in SA XC Championships 8 km 2008 (24:47); 33rd junior in
SA 10 km 2007 (32:48)
28:37 (2015)
BENEDICT MOENG (32)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
5th in Sunnypark Right Run 10 km (30:55)
2014:
5th in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon (66:01)
3rd in SA T&F Championships 10000 m (29:52.72)
1st in the following three races: Ford Motor Corporation Half Marathon (67:49),
Waterberg Executive Mayor's 28 km (90:33) & Capital Classic Half Marathon
(69:21)
2nd in the following four races: Gauteng North XC Championships 12 km (35:29),
Pretoria 10 km (30:01), Tuks 10 km (30:23), & Mandela Day 10 km (31:01a)
5th in Xiamen International Marathon (2:10:21)
7th in Marcel van 't Slot 15 km (47:26)
2013:
1st in SA Marathon (2:17:32)
4th in SA 10 km (29:27)
1st in Jacaranda Challenge 10 km (30:33) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon
(63:26)
2nd in the following four races: ARWYP 15 km (46:57), Wally Hayward Half
Marathon (67:03), Gauteng Marathon (2:16:33a) & Sunrise Monster 10 km (33:18)
3rd in Irene Lantern 10 km (31:07)
5th in Tuks 10 km (30:25)
2012:
1st in PetroSA Marathon (2:14:16)
1st in Polokwane Mayor’s 10 km (30:20)
2nd in Tuks 10 km (30:48)
3rd in Jakaranda City Challenge 10 km (30:34)
3rd in Executive Mayor Half Marathon (63:21)
2011:
2nd in SA Marathon (2:16:10)
1st in PetroSA Marathon (2:17:43)
2nd in Sunnypark Right to Run 10 km (30:06)
Other performances:
1st in SA Marathon 2010 (2:18:03); 9th in SA Half Marathon 2010 (63:57); 12th in SA 10
km 2010 (29:20); 57th in World Half Marathon 2007 (64:02); 6th in SA 10 km 2007
(29:25); 7th in SA Half Marathon 2007 (64:39); 4th in Soweto Marathon 2007
(2:19:37); 14th in SA 10 km 2005 (29:46); 4th junior in SA 10 km 2000 (30:21)
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STEPHEN MOKOKA (30)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships (2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011), World Half-marathon
Championships (2008, 2009, 2012 & 2014), Africa Southern Region XC
Championships (2009 & 2010), African XC Championships (2011), Africa T&F
Championships (2012), Olympic Games Marathon (2012), World University Games
(2013), and World Championships (2013). In the 2012 SA Half-marathon
Championships he ran 60:57 – the fastest time ever on a standard course in
South Africa. He has won eighteen SA titles on all three surfaces, among them
five in a row in the 10000 m on the track.
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
1st in SA 10 km (29:37)
1st in the following three races: Johnson Crane 10 km (28:00; probably short
course), eDumbe Half Marathon (64:52a) & Durban City 10 km (28:33)
2014:
1st in SA 10 km (29:16)
1st in SA XC Championships 12 km (35:56)
Scored a further twelve victories: 1st in Gauteng North XC Championships 12 km
(34:50); 1st in Shanghai Marathon (2:08:43), Great Scottish Run Half Marathon
(61:25), Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (62:14), Two Oceans Half Marathon
(64:16) & Gauteng Half Marathon (64:38a); also 1st in the following six 10 km
races: Cape Town (28:44), Filadalfia (31:40), George Claassen (30:46), Zwartkop
(30:31), Mandela Day (30:38a) & Tuks (30:06)
2nd in SA Universities Half Marathon (63:30; only ± 19.9 km)
3rd in Great Manchester Run 10 km (29:11)
2013:
20th in World Championships 10000 m (28:11.61)
1st in World University Games 10000 m (28:45.96) & 2nd in Half Marathon (63:37)
1st in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (13:25.94) & 10000 m (28:22.30)
1st in SA Half Marathon (62:45)
Also 1st in the following eight races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (63:35 CR), Tuks
Half Marathon (66:53), Wally Hayward Half Marathon (65:44), Rainbow 10 km
(31:02), Shanghai International Marathon (2:09:29), Ulwazi 10 km (28:27),
Johnson Crane Half Marathon (64:06), George Claassen 10 km (30:18)
2nd in the following five races: SA Students 5000 m (13:31.23) & 10000 m (28:09.70),
ACE Half Marathon (68:48), Great Run Series 15 km (47:30) & Great South Run 10
miles (48:22a)
3rd in the following three races: Capital Classic Half Marathon (69:46), Jozi South
Half Marathon (67:54) & Pretoria 10 km (29:53)
4th in Great Manchester Run 10 km (28:12)
9th in FBK Games 5000 m (13:28.88)
2012:
8th in the World Half Marathon (62:06)
49th in Olympic Games Marathon (2:19:52)
8th in Africa T&F Championships 10000 m (28:29.14)
1st in SA T&F Championships 10000 m (27:40.73)
4th in SA 10 km (28:55)
Also 1st in the following three races: Jacaranda City Challenge 10 km (29:45), Foskor
10 km, Phalaborwa (28:47) & Akasia 3-in-1 10 km (29:56)
2011:
15th in World XC Championships 12 km (35:10)
2nd in SA 10 km (29:16)
2nd in SA XC Trials 12 km (37:58) & SA XC Championships 12 km (36:09)
1st in the following three races: Dis-Chem 5 km (14:43), Cape Town 10 km (28:52) &
Tuks 10 km (29:32)
2nd in Shanghai International Marathon (2:10:29) & Yangshou Jianzhen Half
Marathon (61:42)
12th in TCS World 10 km (29:31) [not World Championships]
Other performances:
23rd in World XC Championships 12 km 2010 (34:23); 1st in Africa Southern Region XC
Championships 12 km 2010 (37:20); 1st in the following four national
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Other PBs:
championship races in 2010: SA 10 km (28:23), SA XC Championships 12 km
(37:32), SA T&F Championships 1500 m (3:38.55) & 10000 m (28:18.54); 1st in the
following five races in 2010: Foskor Half Marathon, Richards Bay (64:00), Zio
Cash & Carry 10 km (29:17), RAC 10 km (29:40), Foskor Half Marathon,
Phalaborwa (63:25) & Clover Milk Run 10 km (28:56); 4th in Seoul Marathon 2010
(2:08:33); dnf Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon 2010; 8th in World Half Marathon
2009 (61:36a); 32nd in World XC Championships 12 km 2009 (36:47); 2nd in
Southern African XC Championships 12 km 2009 (36:04); 1st in 2009 SA Half
Marathon (61:26) & 10 km (28:21); 1st in SA T&F Championships 10000 m 2009
(28:52.22); 2nd in SA XC Championships 12 km 2009 (36:18); 1st in Two Oceans
Half Marathon 2009 (63:42); 9th in Delhi Half Marathon 2009 (61:47); 67th in
World Half Marathon 2008 (71:45); 75th in World XC Championships 12 km 2008
(37:52); 1st in SA Half Marathon 2008 (62:04); 2nd in 2008 SA T&F Championships
5000 m (14:02.81) & 10000 m (29:16.84); 2nd in SA XC Championships 12 km 2008
(42:33); 3rd in SA 10 km 2008 (28:57); 6th in SA 10 km 2006 (29:02); 40th in SA 10
km 2005 (30:25)
28:12 (2013), 2:08:33 (2010); track: 3:38.55, 13:27.22 (both 2010), 27:40.73 (2012)
TUMISANG MONNATLALA (20)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships and Africa Southern Region XC Championships (both
2013), and World Junior T&F Championships (2014).
Half-marathon PB:
74:52, Pirates Half Marathon 2015
2015:
15th in SA 10 km (30:51)
2014:
13th in World Junior T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (9:04.26; 8:56.51 in
heat)
1st in SA Junior T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (8:38.70) & 5000 m
(14:22.40); also 1st in SA Junior XC Championships 8 km (24:49)
th
4 in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (15:01.67) & 5th in 3000 m steeplechase
(9:05.03)
2nd junior in SA 10 km (30:38)
2nd junior in SA XC Trials 8 km (26:15)
1st junior in Cape Town 10 km (30:34) & Tom Jenkins 27 km (95:22)
2013:
19th junior in World XC Championships [less than] 8 km (22:52)
7th junior in Africa Southern Region XC Championhips 8 km (28:44)
1st junior in SA 10 km (30:14)
3rd junior in SA XC Championships 8 km (25:59)
3rd in SA Junior T&F Championships 1500 m (3:53.50) & 3000 m steeplechase
(9:16.97)
6th in SA Senior T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (8:50.33)
6th junior in SA XC Trials 8 km (26:42)
Other PBs:
30:14; track: 3:53.50 (2013), 8:35.91 (2012), 8:38.70 (steeplechase, 2014), 14:22.40
(2014)
GIVEMORE MUDZINGANYAMA (25) [Zimbabwe]
Half-marathon PB:
71:55, Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa, 2011
2015:
2nd in Sasol 10 km (29:54; probably short course)
4th in eDumbe 10 km (30:07)
2014:
1st in the following three races: Birchwood 10 km (30:22), Nongoma Half Marathon
(68:23) & Cape Gate 10 km (30:34)
2nd in the following four races: PetroSA 10 km (30:02), Gun Run 10 km (29:26),
Johnson Crane 10 km (31:28) & Asics 5 km (15:26)
3rd in the following three races: Mandela Day 10 km (31:07a), Kumba Marakele
Marathon (2:33:31) & BAKgat 10 km (27:15; short course)
6th in RAC 10 km (30:46)
8th in TomTom Street Mile 10 km (31:43) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon
(65:00)
9th in Zululand District 10 km (30:24)
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2013:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
2nd in Cape Town 10 km (30:12)
4th in Pirates 10 km (31:13)
1st in Fordyce Midvaal 10 km 2011 (35:33); 2nd in John Hattle 15 km 2011 (47:29); 4th in
Pirates 10 km 2011 (31:36); 25th in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa, 2011 (71:55);
7th in Milkwood Half Marathon 2009 (77:55); 8th in Durbanville Half Marathon
2009 (72:08); 130th in Soweto 10 km 2009 (36:16)
15:26, 29:26 (both 2014), 47:29 (2011), 2:33:31 (2014)
SIBABALWE GLADWIN MZAZI (26)
Represented South Africa in the World Half-marathon Championships and African T&F Championships (both 2012),
World XC Championships, World University Games and Africa Southern Region XC Championships (all 2013).
Half-marathon PB:
61:12, Delhi Half Marathon 2013
2015:
2nd in SA 10 km (29:43) also 2nd in the following two races: eDumbe Half Marathon
(65:15) & Durban City 10 km (28:44)
2014:
2nd in SA 10 km (29:32)
3rd in SA XC Championships 12 km (36:36)
1st in SA Universities Half Marathon (63:29); also 1st in the following five races: Clover
Milk Run 10 km (29:51), Pretoria 10 km (29:50), Marcel van 't Slot 15 km (44:38
CR), Mandela Day Half Marathon (64:42a) & Gun Run 10 km (28:22; fastest 10 km
by a South African in 2014)
2nd in Cape Town 10 km (28:47) & Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (64:25)
8th in Ottawa 10 km (29:28)
9th in Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon (63:10)
12th in Prague Half Marathon (61:55) & Gauteng Marathon (2:29:17a DB)
17th in Fukuoka Marathon (2:17:43)
2013:
1st in World University Games Half Marathon (63:37)
4th in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (13:58.34) & SA Half Marathon (64:22)
1st in SA Students Half Marathon (65:28) & 3rd in 10000 m (29:18.69)
1st in the following five races: Gauteng North XC Championships 4 km (11:47);
Johnson Crane 10.5 km (32:03), Pretoria 10 km (29:38), Waterberg Executive
Mayor’s 10 km (28:53a; short course); Lester Mills Memorial 10 km (31:26)
4th in Tuks 10 km (30:22) & Two Oceans Half Marathon (63:57)
7th in Delhi Half Marathon (61:12)
2012:
12th in African T&F Championships 5000 m (14:19.49)
1st in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (13:29.84) & 2nd in 10000 m (28:20.18)
2nd in SA XC Championships 12 km (35:01)
6th in SA 10 km (29:01)
3rd in SA Students T&F Championships 1500 m (3:46.80) & 5000 m (14:30.93)
1st in the following four races: George Claassen 10 km (30:24), Tuks 10 km (29:18),
Sasol 10 km (28:45; probably short course) & Gun Run 10 km (29:08)
2nd in Zio Cash & Carry 10 km (29:12) & Edendale 10 km (30:39)
3rd in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (64:03)
4th in Irene Milk Run 15 km (46:33)
7th in Göteborg GP 5000 m (13:49.65)
Other performances:
5th in World University Games Half Marathon 2011 (67:32) & 6th in 10000 m
(29:34.65); 9th in SA 10 km 2011 (29:59); 1st in Gun Run Half Marathon 2011 (63:41);
1st in Sasol 10 km 2010 (28:40) & Vital Run 10 km (30:21); 8th in SA 10 km 2009
(29:06); 28th in SA 10 km 2008 (30:09); 2nd junior in SA 10 km 2006 (29:46); 3rd in
SA Youth T&F Championships 3000 m 2005 (8:44.48); 12th junior in SA 10 km 2005
(30:47)
Other PBs:
28:22, 44:38, 2:17:43 (all 2014); track: 13:24.50 (2012), 28:09.33 (2011)
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ZOLANI NGQAQA (26)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
13th in SA 10 km (30:46)
1st in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (48:41) & Kromberg & Schubert 15 km (46:22)
3rd in Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (31:26)
33rd in SA 10 km (31:09)
3rd in SA Universities T&F Championships 10000 m (31:21.94)
1st in the following nine races: EP Half Marathon (66:26), Bluewater Bay 15 km
(48:01), Friendly City 10 km (31:28), Kromberg & Schubert 15 km (48:33),
Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (30:46), Sportsmans Warehouse 15 km (47:26),
Lake Farm Charity Run 10 km (32:37), Malabar 10 km (30:20) & Sunridge Village
Family 10 km (29:39)
2nd in the following five races: Continental 10 km (31:04), Knysna Nite Race 10 km
(31:23), Volkswagen 10 km (30:45), Motherwell 15 km (47:10) & Cassie's 15 km
(46:29)
3rd in Bruintjieshoogte 25 km (83:57a) & Super D 10 km (31:56)
7th in Mountain Drive Half Marathon (77:04)
9th in Woodlands Dairy 15 km (53:20)
15th in SA 10 km (30:26)
1st in Sunridge Village 10 km (29:45
2nd in EP 15 km (45:47) & Motherwell Freedom 10 km (30:05)
1st in Sunridge Village 10 km (30:21) & Valentine's 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (30:20)
1st in Sunridge Village Family Run 10 km 2011 (30:00); 1st in Madiba Bay 10 km 2010
(30:26); 3rd in Ebenezer 10 km 2009 (30:14); 1st junior in thirteen races in 2008,
among them EP Half Marathon (66:21) & EP 10 km (30:06), Cancer Run 10 km
(30:25), Powertech Batteries 15 km (48:52), & Kromberg & Schubert 15 km
(46:53); also 2nd junior in SA Half Marathon 2008 (65:53) and 14th junior in SA 10
km (30:55); 2nd junior in SA Half Marathon 2007 (68:51) & 17th junior in SA 10 km
(31:28); 1st overall & 1st junior in Muirite 10 km 2007 (30:31) & 1st junior in Aberdare
Cables 10 km 2007 (30:4)
29:39 (2014), 45:47 (2013)
NAMAKOE NKHASI (22) [Lesotho]
Note: Although he was placed as first junior in a number of races in 2013, he was not a junior anymore, as he was
born in 1993.
2015:
1st in Sasol Half Marathon (64:28; probably short course)
2014:
1st in Asics 5 km (14:43) & RAC 10 km (30:05)
2nd in H. Ntsobi Memorial 10 km (29:26; probably short course)
3rd in Wally Hayward 10 km (31:11)
2013:
3rd in SA T&F Championships 10000 m (29:16.49)
1st in City to City 10 km (31:04) & Diepkloof 10 km (31:39)
4th in Asics 5 km (14:49)
PBs:
14:43, 30:05 (both 2014)
CHABELI SIDWELL NYEDIMANE (31)
Half-marathon PB:
2014:
6th in Soweto Half Marathon (69:38)
2010:
11th in SA 10 km (29:08)
1st in Kloppers Half Marathon (63:15)
Other performances:
14th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (63:23); 16th in SA 10 km 2009 (29:32); 8th in Matha
Series Half Marathon 2008 (64:37); 19th in SA 10 km 2006 (29:50)
Other PBs:
29:08 (2010)
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SIBUSISO NZIMA (28)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships (2009) and World Championships Marathon (2013).
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
1st in Valentine 10 km (Randburg) (31:19)
2nd in Palms Mall 15 km (46:25)
3rd in Sasol Half Marathon (65:32; probably short course) & Durban City 10 km
(28:55)
5th in eDumbe Half Marathon (66:00a)
2014:
14th in SA 10 km (30:24)
1st in the following four races: Springs Striders 32 km (1:45:47), Pirates 10 km (32:20),
Nkululeko Half Marathon (66:45) & Sasol Half Marathon (65:07)
2nd in the following four races: Rehidrat Sport 5 km (14:56), ARWYP 15 km (47:25),
PetroSA Half Marathon (63:05; probably short course) & Valentine 10 km (31:46)
3rd in Corridor Half Marathon (n/t, aided) & Gauteng 10 km (31:46)
5th in Tom Jenkins 27 km (86:42)
6th in the following three half marathons: Mandela Day (66:03a), Eastern Limb
Mines (64:21) & Nelson Mandela Bay City (64:58)
2013:
43rd in World Championships Marathon (2:26:32)
1st in the following five races: George Claassen Half Marathon (71:01), ARWYP 15 km
(46:33), Ulwazi Half Marathon (66:34), Rainbow Half Marathon (68:49) & Varsity
Kudus 15 km (48:37)
2nd in the following three races: Jacaranda Challenge 10 km (31:01), Liquifruit Irene
Half Marathon (66:07) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (63:32)
3rd in Asics 5 km (14:46)
6th in Hamburg Marathon (2:13:42, debut)
2012:
7th in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (14:03.52) & 8th in 10000 m (29:38.06)
12th in SA 10 km (29:32)
1st in the following four races: Edumbe Half Marathon (63:01; probably short
course), PetroSA Half Marathon (62:33), Aganang Heritage 20 km (62:00) &
Edendale 10 km (30:16)
2nd in Tuks 10 km (30:08) & Jakaranda City Challenge Half Marathon (66:06)
3rd in Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 28 km (86:52a)
6th in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (64:44) & Hyderabad 10 km (29:35)
Other performances:
2nd in SA T&F Championships 10000 m 2011 (28:31.51) & 3rd in 5000 m (13:51.75); 7th in
SA 10 km 2011 (29:49); 7th in SA XC Trials 12 km 2011 (38:44); 2nd in SA Half
Marathon 2010 (62:10); 3rd in SA 10 km 2010 (28:29); 4th in SA T&F Championships
5000 m 2010 (13:54.82); 95th in World XC Championships 12 km 2009 (39:03); 1st in
SA XC Championships 12 km 2009 (36:17); 6th in SA 10 km 2009 (28:59); 12th in SA
Half Marathon 2009 (62:34); 12th in SA T&F Championships 5000 m 2009
(15:09.62); 1st in SA 10 km 2008 (28:52); 9th in SA XC Championships 12 km 2008
(43:41); 1st in RAC 10 km 2008 (29:58); 10th in SA 10 km 2007 (29:34)
Other PBs:
13:58 (2009), 28:29 (2010), 44:15 (2009), 2:13:42 (2013); track: 8:17.79 (2009), 13:37.21,
28:31.51 (both 2011)
ETIENNE PLAATJIES (27)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
64:27a, Meiringspoort Half Marathon 2014
PB on a standard course: 64:59, Gun Run Half Marathon 2013
1st in Cango Marathon (2:22:59a; probably short course)
1st in the following five races: Knysna Forest Half Marathon (65:27a), Sunset 10 km
(30:07), Meiringspoort Half Marathon (64:27a), Schoemanshoek Half Marathon
(65:13) & Cango Half Marathon (66:24a; probably short course)
2nd in Tortoise Tuff 30 km (1:42:35) & Sunrise 10 km (30:50)
3rd in PetroSA Half Marathon (64:00; probably short course)
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2013:
Other PBs:
18th in Hannover Marathon (2:46:10)
1st in the following six races: Heather Park Superspar 10 km (30:19), Cango Half
Marathon (64:25a; probably short course), Volstruiswedlope Half Marathon
(67:02), Two Lagoons 10 km (30:41), Wilderness 10 km (32:31) & Riebeeckberg
Half Marathon (67:43)
2nd in in KMC Nite Race 10 km (30:13) & Tramonto Wedding Run Half Marathon
(70:19)
rd
3 in Beaufort West Half Marathon (66:46)
30:13 (2013); track: 3:41.67, 8:12.76 (both 2009), 9:03.13 (steeplechase, 2007),
14:14.88 (2013)
XOLISA TYALI (26)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships (2007, 2010 & 2011), Africa Southern Region XC
Championships (2010), Africa Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (2011), and African XC
Championships (2011).
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
1st in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (64:46) & Safari Half Marathon (65:10)
2nd in the following four races: Varsity Kudus 15 km (49:49), Legends Half Marathon
(65:45), Soweto Half Marathon (67:15) & Pretoria Half Marathon (67:02)
3rd in RAC 10 km (30:18) & Gun Run Half Marathon (64:36)
4th in Gauteng Marathon (2:16:03a) & PetroSA Half Marathon 64:40; probably short
course)
7th in Tom Jenkins 27 km (87:03)
2013:
1st in Joe Stutzen Half Marathon (67:19) & Cape Town 10 km (30:09)
3rd in Tuks Half Marathon (67:58) & Gun Run Half Marathon (64:37)
4th in Greater Edendale 10 km (31:52) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (63:55)
6th in RAC 10 km (31:32)
2012:
3rd in SA T&F Championships 10000 m (28:29.20) & 6th in 5000 m (13:59.97)
7th in SA 10 km (29:03)
1st in the following four races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (64:54), Cape Town 10 km
(29:40), Gun Run Half Marathon (64:06) & Pretoria Half Marathon (66:20)
2nd in the following three races: Dis-Chem Half Marathon (66:16), Gauteng Marathon
(2:17:59a) & City to City 10 km (30:18)
3rd in Soweto 10 km (29:55)
Other performances:
101st in World XC Championships 12 km 2011 (39:20); 20th in African XC
Championships 12 km 2011 (38:38); 1st in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon
2011 (65:08); 2nd in SA Half Marathon 2011 (62:43); 3rd in SA XC Championships 12
km 2011 (36:35); 4th in SA 10 km 2011 (29:22); 5th in SA XC Trials 12 km 2011 (38:29);
2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2011 (64:18); 9th in Soweto Marathon 2011
(2:21:31); 71st in World XC Championships 12 km 2010 (35:40); 3rd in Africa
Southern Region XC Championships 12 km 2010 (37:35); 2nd in SA XC
Championships 12 km 2010 (38:03); 3rd in SA XC Trials 12 km 2010 (33:26); 4th in
Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (64:20); 5th in SA XC Championships 12 km 2009
(36:52); 5th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (61:58); 9th in SA 10 km 2009 (29:08); 6th in
SA XC Championships 12 km 2008 (43:24); 10th in SA 10 km 2008 (29:27); 45th
junior in World XC Championships 8 km 2007 (26:41); 1st junior in SA 10 km 2007
(29:26); 8th junior in SA 10 km 2006 (30:38)
Other PBs:
29:03 (2012), 2:16:03a (2014); PB on a standard course: 2:20:07 (2013); track: 14:14.96
(2008), 28:29.20 (2012)
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MESERET MENGISTU BIRU (25) [Ethiopia]
Half-marathon PB:
2014:
1st in the following three races: Cape Town Marathon (2:30:57), Soweto Marathon
(2:36:02) & Tom Jenkins 27 km (97:38)
11th in Yangzhou International Half Marathon (72:18)
2013:
1st in the following four races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (72:43 CR), Siberian
International Marathon (2:32:00), Bali Marathon (2:38:17) & Gianyar Marathon
(2:38:17)
3rd in Mangyongdae Prix International Marathon (2:29:22)
8th in Singapore Marathon (2:45:13)
Other performances:
3rd in Bolder Boulder 10 km 2011 (34:06a); 8th in Rome Marathon 2011 (2:33:40); 6th in
World Half Marathon 2010 (69:31); 2nd in Florence Marathon 2010 (2:30:45); 8th in
Rotterdam Marathon 2010 (2:34:07); 1st in Reims Half Marathon 2009 (69:45); 2nd
in Peachtree 10 km 2009 (31:32a); 11th in World Half Marathon 2008 (72:03a)
Other PBs:
31:32a (2009), 49:51 (2010), 2:29:22 (2013); 10 km PB on a standard course: 32:26
(2009)
SUZETTE BOTHA (43)
Half-marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
Comrades:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
80:40, Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon 2013
27th in 2006 (4:24:40); 13th in 2007 (4:08:16); 6th in 2009 (4:05:28), 13th in 2010
(4:10:27); 12th in 2011 (3:59:43); 3rd vet in 2012 (4:24:11)
134th in 1995 (8:52:20); 96th in 2005 (8:27:14)
1st overall & 1st vet in PDAC 25 km (1:42:12a); also 1st vet in Pietermaritzburg Half
Marathon (84:06)
1st vet in the following three races: Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (84:15), Starling
Plumbers Half Marathon (83:10) & Spar 10 km (Pietermaritzburg) (38:36)
3rd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon (89:05)
1st vet in SA Marathon (2:49:38; 4th overall)
1st in Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (80:40 – the fastest half marathon by a vet in
SA in 2013)
1st vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon (81:09 CR)
1st in PDAC 25 km (94:57a)
1st overall & 1st vet in the following four races: Battlefields Marathon (2:55:50),
Thorntree 15 km (60:09), Summer Holiday Half Marathon (72:21; probably short
course and/or doubtful timing) & Orion Half Marathon (88:22)
Also 1st vet in Spar 10 km (Pietermaritzburg) (39:00) & Swift Hulamin Half Marathon
(81:51 – the fastest half marathon by a vet in SA in 2012)
1st in Buffs Marathon 2011 (2:49:59a); 1st in Midmar Marathon 2010 (2:56:24); 1st in
Hillcrest Villagers Marathon 2009 (3:06:03); 35th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2008 (91:11); 1st in Buffs Marathon 2006 (2:48:10a); 19th in SA 10 km 2005 (37:03);
1st in Buffs Marathon 2005 (2:48:35a)
37:03 (1998 & 2005), 2:48:10a (2006); PB on a standard course: 2:49:38 (2013)
ANNIE BOTHMA (19)
2013). She was WP junior 10 km champion three times and won a gold medal in the 5000 m and a silver in the 3000
m at the 2013 WP Junior Championships. She was the fastest junior in South Africa over 10 km, 15 km and the half
marathon in 2013, and won the awards as WP Athlete of the Year (overall) and WP Junior Athlete of the Year for
road, cross-country and track & field, as well as for the best road running performance in WP, in 2013.
Half-marathon PB:
79:09, Bloubergstrand Half Marathon 2014 (WP junior record)
2015:
1st in Dan Luyt 15 km (55:53; ran approx. 250 m extra)
1st in Top Form 10 km (34:39 CR & PB)
2014:
1st overall & 1st junior in Mitchells Plain 10 km (36:32), Onrus 10 km (35:48), &
Ravensmead 15 km (54:48)
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
JANENE CAREY (43)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2nd overall & 1st junior in the following four races: Gun Run Half Marathon (80:04),
Old Mutual 10 km (36:47), Oujaarsdraffie 10 km (35:20) & Bloubergstrand Half
Marathon (79:09, WP junior record)
1st junior in Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (36:16)
2nd junior in Reconciliation Day 10 km (36:29) & Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (35:57)
85th junior in World XC Championships [less than] 6 km (23:45)
12th junior in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 6 km (24:43)
1st junior in SA 10 km (36:47)
1st in SA Junior T&F Championships 5000 m (17:24.00)
2nd junior in SA XC Championships 6 km (22:29)
3rd junior in SA XC Trials 6 km (23:05)
1st overall & 1st junior in Reconciliation Day 10 km (35:06), Eersterivier 15 km (56:41) &
Prison to Prison Half Marathon (79:40)
1st junior in Gun Run 10 km (36:35) & Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (37:17)
1st overall & 1st junior in Onrus 10 km (37:30)
1st junior in the following four races: WP 10 km (37:51), Sundowner 10 km (37:53), Pro
Sano Challenge 10 km (37:44) & Mamre 15 km (58:41)
2nd junior in Spar 10 km (Durban) (37:44) & Fast & Flat 10 km (37:10)
1st junior in Eersterivier 15 km 2011 (59:51)
34:39 (2015), 54:48 (2014); track: 17:20.36 (2013)
80:41, Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009
1st overall & 1st vet in Stella Royal 10 km (40:32)
1st vet (3rd overall) in Hillcrest Half Marathon (88:27)
2nd vet in DG Panelbeaters 16 km (65:33)
1st overall & 1st vet in Gaterite Challenge Half Marathon (99:15)
Also 1st vet in the following twelve races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (86:39),
Ronnie Davel Memorial 16 km (73:19), Hillcrest Half Marathon (86:44), Dick King
Half Marathon (91:27; 2nd overall); Christmas Challenge 15 km (62:51),
Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (87:11), Savages Half Marathon (88:27),
Totalsports 10 km (Durban) (38:58), Merewent 10 km (38:48), South Coast Half
Marathon (88:00a), Mineshaft 15 km (62:57) & Stella Royal 10 km (41:15)
2nd vet in the following nine races: Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (87:11), Starling
Plumbers Half Marathon (85:37), Stainbank Cup 15 km (70:31) and in six Spar 10
km races – Cape Town (38:30), Port Elizabeth (38:38), Durban (39:39), Pretoria
(40:27), Johannesburg (42:02) & Pietermaritzburg (39:21)
3rd vet in Checkout Half Marathon (92:47)
1st vet in SA 10 km (37:13)
1st overall & 1st vet in the following five races: PDAC 25 km (1:46:01a), Woodview 10
km (38:57), Merewent 10 km (37:23), Heritage Challenge 15 km (61:12) & South
Coast Half Marathon (87:06a)
Also 1st vet in the following eleven races: Sparksport Challenge 16 km (68:00;
doubtful timing), Umgeni Water 15 km (61:04), Calder Cup/Sulin Trophy 10 km
(37:06), Forest 10 km (38:02), Savages Half Marathon (83:31), Ulwazi 10 km
(36:17), Checkout 10 km (39:08), KZN XC Championships 4 km (14:08), Edgewood
10 km (41:09), Christmas Challenge 15 km (63:05; 2nd overall) & Hillcrest Half
Marathon (87:36)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series (veteran category): 1st in Cape Town
(37:59), 1st in Port Elizabeth (38:25), 2nd in Durban (37:30), 2nd in Johannesburg &
3rd in Pretoria (40:05)
nd
2 vet in Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (85:33)
3rd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon (84:50)
1st vet in SA 10 km (38:24)
2nd vet in SA Half Marathon (84:31)
1st overall & 1st vet in the following four races: Sparksport Challenge 16 km (65:01),
Hillcrest Villagers Half Marathon (85:18), Gaterite Hyper 4-in-1 Half Marathon
(82:52) & Verulam 10 km (39:13)
1st in Halfway Half Marathon (87:30) & Kearsney Striders Half Marathon (92:26)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
2nd (1st vet) in Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (84:33), Stella Royal 10 km (39:07) &
Verulam Challenge 10 km (37:54)
1st vet in the following eleven races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (85:37), Starling
Plumbers 10 km (38:55), Spar 10 km (Durban) (37:47), Totalsports 10 km (Durban)
(38:35), Savages Half Marathon (84:05), Merewent 10 km (38:26), Dolphin Coast
10 km (38:02), Umhlanga Hindu Society 10 km (40:23), Spar 10 km (Randburg)
(39:28), Stainbank Cup 15 km (62:30) & Illovo Sugar Christmas Challenge 15 km
(61:57)
2nd vet in Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (37:26) & Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (37:58)
4th in PDAC 25 km (1:43:58)
24th in SA Half Marathon 2011 (84:10); 1st in three races in 2011: Gaterite Challenge
Half Marathon (90:04), Calder Cup 10 km (38:46) & South Coast Half Marathon
(86:37); 14th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2011 (83:00) & 18th in 2010 (86:09);
29th in SA 10 km 2009 (37:22); 10th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (80:41);
24th in SA Half Marathon 2008 (83:31); 30th in SA 10 km 2008 (37:50); 13th in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2008 (83:25); 15th in SA Half Marathon 2007 (83:34); 28th in
SA 10 km 2007 (37:53); 15th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2007 (86:21) & 26th in
2006 (87:18)
36:27, 58:22 (both 2006)
JENNA CHALLENOR (33)
Represented South Africa in the World Half-marathon Championships (2014).
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
1st in the following three races: Hillcrest Half Marathon (79:13), Stella Royal 25 km
(96:08) & Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (77:40)
6th in Durban City 10 km (35:17)
2014:
1st in the following three races: PetroSA Marathon (2:41:44), Kearsney Striders Half
Marathon (82:28) & Hillcrest Half Marathon (78:58)
2nd in the following four races: Nkululeko Half Marathon (79:06), Sardine Half
Marathon (78:41), Mandela Day Half Marathon (77:25a) & Savages Half
Marathon (76:48)
3rd in Totalsports 10 km (Durban) (34:43)
4th in Totalsports 10 km (Stellenbosch) (34:27)
7th in Two Oceans Half Marathon (76:59) & Spar 10 km (Durban) (35:01)
10th in Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (34:40)
2013:
1st in the following four races: Sparksport Challenge 16 km (64:00; doubtful timing),
Stella Royal 10 km (37:15), Totalsports 10 km (Durban) (34:59) & Spar 10 km
(Pietermaritzburg) (35:24)
2nd in the following six races: Hillcrest Half Marathon (83:47), Pietermaritzburg Half
Marathon (81:31), Calder Cup/Sulin Trophy 10 km (35:46), Ulwazi Half Marathon
(81:02), Checkout 10 km (35:40) & Mandela Day 10 km (36:01a)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 5th in Pretoria (35:04), 8th in
Johannesburg (36:54), 9th in Port Elizabeth (35:18), 10th in Durban (35:47) & 11th in
Cape Town (36:21)
2012:
1st in Verulam Challenge 10 km (36:09)
Other performances:
7th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2011 (30:18); 12th in SA 10 km 2011 (36:53); 14th in SA
Half Marathon 2011 (78:42); 1st in seven races in 2011, among them Stella Royal 10
km (36:56), Dick King Half Marathon (80:36), SAPS Challenge Half Marathon
(82:16) & Stainbank Cup 15 km (60:03); 13th in SA XC Trials 8 km 2010 (28:31); 10th
in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (81:36); 7th in SA XC Championships 8 km
2009 (30:00); 8th in SA Half Marathon 2009 (76:43); 11th in SA 10 km 2009 (35:18);
6th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (79:22); 1st in Calder Cup/Sulin Trophy 10
km 2008 (36:28); 1st in Dick King Half Marathon 2008 (81:16)
Other PBs:
34:27 (2014), 56:24 (2008), 2:41:44 (2014)
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NOLENE CONRAD (29)
Represented South Africa in the Africa Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (2010), World Halfmarathon Championships, African T&F Championships, African XC Championships and Africa Southern Region XC
Championships (all 2012), and the World and Africa Southern Region XC Championships (both 2013).
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
1st in SA XC Trials 8 km (28:57)
1st in Pirates Half Marathon (82:29)
2nd in Century City 10 km (34:41)
4th in International Asta Footing Taroudant 10 km (33:20)
2014:
1st in SA 10 km (33:37)
2nd in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (16:44.17)
2nd in the following three races: Reconciliation Day 10 km (35:34), Spar 10 km
(Pietermaritzburg) (35:37) & Wits Half Marathon (84:56)
3rd in Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (33:28)
4th in Hannover Marathon (2:54:59 DB) & TomTom Street Mile 10 km (38:22)
7th in Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon (77:11) & Tom Jenkinks 27 km (1:43:35)
14th in Spar 10 km (Johannesburg) (39:11)
15th in Freihofer's Run for Women 5 km (16:53)
24th in Bolder Boulder 10 km (36:42)
2013:
1st in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (10:44.42) & 3rd in 5000 m
(16:30.65)
1st in SA Students Championships 3000 m steeplechase (10:21.20)
1st in Old Eds 10 km (37:54) & Cape Town 10 km (36:18)
3rd in Edenvale Half Marathon (80:48)
4th in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (80:27) & Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (38:47)
Ran the following races on a European tour: 4th in iFam 3000 m steeplechase
(10:18.82), 5th in Montbéliard 3000 m steeplechase (10:07.24), 12th in Nijmegen
3000 m (9:32.28)
5th in Jozi South Half Marathon (80:14)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 6th in Cape Town (34:03), 10th in Port
Elizabeth (35:33), Pretoria (36:14) & Johannesburg (37:06), and 13th in Durban
(36:14)
2012:
7th in African T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (10:15.30)
2nd in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 7 km (25:18)
3rd in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (10:15.87) & 7th in 1500 m
(4:29.14)
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6 in SA 10 km (34:47)
SA Students T&F Championships: 1st in 3000 m steeplechase (10:28.11) & 5000 m
(17:14.03), 3rd in 1500 m (4:35.31)
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1 in the following three races: Sundowner 10 km (35:59), Reconciliation Day 10 km
(35:12) & Cape Town 10 km (34:31)
2nd in Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (36:12)
3rd in Soweto 10 km (35:44)
8th in Meeting de Montreuil 5000 m (15:57.92 PB)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 3rd in Pretoria (36:43), 6th in
Randburg (36:33), 6th in Cape Town (34:56) & 9th in Port Elizabeth (35:14)
th
Other performances:
7 in SA 10 km 2011 (35:55); 1st in Gun Run Half Marathon 2011 (76:26); 1st in Kudus
Wits Half Marathon 2011 (80:51); 10th in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon
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Other PBs:
2010 (84:46); 3rd in SA T&F Championships steeplechase 2010 (10:35.52); 5th in SA
10 km 2010 (34:36); 6th in SA Half Marathon 2010 (75:47); 1st in WP 10 km 2010
(34:17); 5th in SA 10 km 2009 (34:24); 11th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2008
(31:45); 22nd in SA 10 km 2008 (37:00); 8th in SA XC Championships 8 km 2006
(28:54); 1st in WP 10 km 2006 (34:11); 3rd in SA XC Championships 8 km 2005
(30:04); 7th in SA 10 km 2005 (35:10); won nine races in 2005 and 2004, among
them the Gun Run Half Marathon, WP 15 km & Dan Luyt 15 km
33:20 (2015), 53:36 (2005), 2:54:59 (2014); track: 9:20.92, 9:54.42 (steeplechase),
15:57.92 (all 2012)
GRACE DE OLIVEIRA (53)
Represented South Africa in the World Half-marathon Championships in 1992, 1993, 1994 (36th in PB 73:36) and
1995, and in the World Championships Marathon in 1997. Has a remarkable record of high placings in both the SA
Half Marathon and Marathon. Married to top distance runner Eloi.
Half-marathon PB:
Two Oceans:
3rd in 1994 (3:54:43); 5th in 1997 (3:54:32); 4th in 1999 (3:51:43); 3rd in 2000 (3:51:31); 7th
in 2001 (3:55:17); 9th (2nd vet) in 2002 (3:57:10); 10th (2nd vet) in 2003 (3:54:47); 9th
(1st vet) in 2004 (3:58:01); 9th (1st vet) in 2005 (4:00:38); 12th (1st vet) in 2006
(3:59:36); 50th in 2007 (4:41:45); 9th (3rd vet) in 2008 (4:10:19); 3rd master in 2012
(4:48:34). Won the husband-and-wife prize with Eloi in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005,
2006 and 2007.
Comrades:
2nd in 1999 (6:34:53; 1st South African); 3rd in 2000 (6:38:44; 1st South African); 7th in
2001 (6:41:04); 6th (2nd vet) in 2002 (6:43:12); 11th (2nd vet) in 2003 (7:00:04); 8th
(2nd vet) in 2004 (6:46:59); 13th (1st vet) in 2005 (7:05:54); 10th (3rd vet) in 2006
(7:24:11); 10th (4th vet) in 2007 (6:57:37); 12th (4th vet) in 2008 (7:21:41)
SA Marathon:
5th in 1992 (2:43:09), 1st in 1994 (2:46:00), 2nd in 1995 (2:49:28), 2nd in 1997 (2:46:29),
2nd in 1998 (2:47:01), 2nd vet in 2007 (3:00:05), 9th (2nd vet) in 2008 (2:59:52)
rd
SA Half Marathon:
3 in 1986 (76:26), 2nd in 1992 (78:04), 3rd in 1993 (74:51), 3rd in 1994 (74:50), 2nd in
1995 (74:51), 6th in 1996 (77:10), 3rd in 1997 (78:15), 6th in 1999 (78:25), 9th (1st vet)
in 2000 (79:53), 4th vet in 2010 (83:07), 3rd vet in 2011 (87:08)
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2013:
1 master in the following thirteen races: Hillcrest Half Marathon (99:13),
Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (99:24), Stella Royal 25 km (1:58:04), Calder
Cup/Sulin Trophy 10 km (42:16), Cavanagh Half Marathon (1:46:47; 1st overall),
Heritage Challenge 10 km (41:20), Totalsports 10 km (Durban) (42:32), Merewent
10 km (41:37), Checkout 10 km (44:24); also 1st master in five Spar 10 km races –
Port Elizabeth (41:19), Durban (41:04), Pietermaritzburg (42:56), Pretoria (42:42)
& Johannesburg (42:41)
2nd master in Two Oceans Half Marathon (94:59)
3rd master in Spar 10 km (Cape Town), 41:47
2012:
1st master in the following five races: Hillcrest Marathon (3:16:46), Stella Royal 25 km
(1:57:20), Savages Half Marathon (98:11), Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (42:23) &
Spar 10 km (Durban) (42:09
Other performances:
4th vet in SA 10 km 2011 (40:09); 1st overall & 1st vet in Stella Royal 25 km 2011
(1:49:49); 2nd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2011 (87:03); placed as follows
in the Spar Grand Prix Series in 2011: 1st vet in Port Elizabeth (39:21), 2nd vet in
Bellville (39:35), 1st master in Johannesburg (41:48) & 1st master in Pretoria
(40:20); 2nd (1st vet) in Hillcrest Villagers Half Marathon 2010 (88:34); 1st vet in
Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (85:58); 1st vet in Foskor Half Marathon 2009
(85:36); 2nd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (85:43); 2nd vet in Soweto 10
km 2009 (40:38); 2nd vet in SA 10 km 2008 (38:36); 1st vet in Loskop 50 km 2008
(3:42:48a); was 2nd vet in three Spar 10 km races in 2008: Port Elizabeth (38:32),
Bellville (39:06) & Durban (39:42); in 2007 she was the 1st vet in 9 races, among
them the SA 10 km (37:06) & Newlands Marathon (3:11:35); 2006 – 1st vet in SA
10 km (36:47) and 17 other races, among them the Cavanagh Ultramarathon 54
km (4:25:38) plus 4th (3rd vet) in SA XC Championships 4 km (17:21); 1st in
Newlands Marathon 2005 (3:11:34); 2nd (1st vet) in Indian Ocean Marathon 2005
(3:07:29); 4th (1st vet) in Loskop 50 km 2005 (3:35:57a); 1st in Maritzburg
Marathon 2004 (3:10:43); 9th (1st vet) in Spar 10 km 2004 (Cape Town, 36:40); 1st
in Umgeni Water Marathon 2003 (3:05:40); 1st in Cavanagh 54 km 2003 (4:15:31);
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Other PBs:
1st in Chatsworth 52 km 2003 (4:00:41); 2nd (1st vet) in Loskop 50 km 2003
(3:27:03a); 5th (1st vet) in City to City 50 km 2003 (3:35:34a); 1st in Peninsula
Marathon 2002 (2:47:59a); 2nd in Loskop 50 km 2002 (3:32:42a); 2nd in DAC
Marathon 2002 (3:01:29); 3rd (1st vet) in Voet van Afrika Half Marathon 2002
(81:35); 2nd in Soweto Marathon 2001 (2:54:10); won the Voet van Afrika Half
Marathon five times in a row: 1996-2000; 19th in SA 10 km 1999 (36:08); 8th in SA
10 km 1998 (35:29); 8th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 1998 (83:27)
33:48 (1996), 52:38 (1992); 2:42:35 (1994); 3:27:03a (2003); PBs as vet: 36:40 (2004),
80:58 (2002), 2:59:52 (2008)
CHRISTINE KALMER (29)
Represented South Africa as a junior (2005) and a senior (2013) in the World XC Championships, and as a senior in
the World Half-marathon Championships (2012) and the Africa Southern Region XC Championships (2013). While
studying at the University of Arkansas she finished 1st in the SEC Indoor Championships 5000 m and 4th and 6th in
the 3000 m, 2nd in the SEC Championships 5000 m, 4th in the NCAA Div. I Mid-East Regional Championships 5000 m,
3rd in the SEC XC Championships, 4th in the NCAA Southern Regional XC Championships, 14th in the NCAA Div. I
5000 m and 117th in the NCAA Div. I XC Championships.
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2nd in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (78:05) & Springs Striders 32 km (2:09:41)
3rd in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (83:23)
2014:
2nd in SA 10 km (34:20)
1st in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (78:51) & Jackie Gibson Half Marathon (78:04)
2nd in Cape Town 10 km (35:23)
3rd in McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (80:41)
5th in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (84:06) & Gauteng Half Marathon (82:43a)
9th in Tom Jenkins 27 km (1:47:22)
10th in Spar 10 km (Johannesburg) (37:21) & 11th in Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (35:04)
13th in Freihofer's Run for Women 5 km (16:38) & Spar 10 km (Pretoria) (37:53)
26th in Bolder Boulder 10 km (37:25)
2013:
2nd in SA 10 km (33:55)
5th in SA Half Marathon (78:03) & SA XC Trials 8 km (31:50)
1st in Alberton City 10 km (35:27)
2nd in Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (38:07)
3rd in Dis-Chem Half Marathon (79:59) & Johnson Crane Half Marathon (81:10)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 3rd in Durban (34:13), 5th in Port
Elizabeth (34:26), 6th in Pretoria (35:21), 7th in Cape Town (34:35) & Johannesburg
(36:47)
2012:
2nd in SA Half Marathon (75:23)
4th in SA 10 km (34:15)
5th in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase (11:05.85) & 6th in 5000 m
(17:18.30)
2nd in the following three races: Dis-Chem Half Marathon (81:57), Bobbies 25 km
(1:42:47) & Midrand 15 km (56:52)
3rd in the following three races: Johnson Crane Half Marathon (81:26), RAC 10 km
(36:54) & Waterberg Executive Mayor’s 28 km (1:46:59a)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 4th in Durban (34:48), 5th in Port
Elizabeth (34:34), 5th in Randburg (36:15), 9th in Pretoria (38:23) & 11th in Cape
Town (35:28)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
3rd in SA T&F Championships 3000 m steeplechase 2011 (10:25.33) & 4th in 5000 m
(16:13.93); 5th in SA Half Marathon 2011 (75:58); 6th in SA 10 km 2011 (35:52); 8th in
SA XC Trials 8 km 2011 31:28; won four races in 2011, among them Alberton City
15 km (55:52) & Varsity Kudus 15 km (58:28); 7th in Two Oceans Half Marathon
2011 (78:04); 4th in SA 10 km 2010 (33:53); 4th in SA T&F Championships 3000 m
steeplechase 2010 (10:44.68) & 8th in 5000 m (17:24.04); 7th in SA Half Marathon
2010 (75:54); 9th in SA XC Trials 8 km 2010 (27:51); 53rd junior in World XC
Championships 6.15 km 2005 (23:12); 2nd in SA Junior T&F Championships 1500 m
2004 (4:33.91) & 3000 m (9:49.42); 1st in SA Junior T&F Championships 3000 m
2003 (9:53.17) and 3rd in 1500 m (4:35.62); 1st in SA Youth T&F Championships
3000 m 2001 (9:21.40) and 2nd in 1500 m (4:20.65); 1st junior (4th overall) in SA 10
km 2001 (35:15); 1st junior in SA 10 km 2000 (34:16)
33:53 (2010), 55:09 (2009); track: 4:20.65 (2001), 9:21.40 (2001), 10:25.33
(steeplechase, 2011), 16:11.77 (2009)
GOODNESS REFILWE LICHABA (21)
2015:
8th in Sasol Half Marathon (96:32; probably short course)
2014:
20th SA XC Trials 8 km (34:18)
3rd Asics 5 km (19:54)
8th in Sweat Shop 10 km (43:01)
2013:
1st in Suikerbosrand 10 km (50:35)
2nd in Vaal 10 km (39:42) & Lakeside Mall 10 km (41:01)
3rd in Old Eds 10 km (42:53)
17th in Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (45:42)
PBs:
19:54, 39:59 (both 2014)
NOBUHLE (TSHUMA) MAHLANGU (20) [Zimbabwe]
Note: Although she was placed as first junior in a number of races in 2014, she was not a junior anymore, as she
was born in 1994.
Half-marathon PB:
85:15, Executive Mayor's Half Marathon 2013
2015:
3rd in Sasol Half Marathon (83:42; probably short course) & eDumbe 10 km (38:11)
2014:
1st in the following six races: Birchwood 10 km (37:13), John Hattle 15 km (58:48),
Nongoma Half Marathon (83:49), BAKgat 10 km (36:12), Johnson Crane 10 km
(35:14) & Liquifruit 10 km (37:27)
2nd in the following three races: eDumbe 10 km (37:08; probably short course), Fred
Morrison 10 km (36:49) & PetroSA 10 km (37:05)
3rd in Gun Run 10 km (36:27) & Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (80:05)
4th in the following four races: Zululand District 10 km (37:37), Mandela Day 10 km
(37:48a), Rehidrat 5 km (18:55) & Pretoria Half Marathon (92:07)
2013:
1st junior (2nd overall) in Wierie Half Marathon (86:52)
1st junior (3rd overall) in Springbok Vasbyt 10 km (44:27)
9th in Executive Mayor's Half Marathon (Polokwane) (85:15)
Other PBs:
35:14, 58:48 (both 2014)
MAPASEKA MAKHANYA (29)
2013).
Half-marathon PB:
74:43, Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon 2014
2015:
1st in Irene Nite Race 10 km (34:34 CR)
2014:
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2013:
2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st in the following three races: Pretoria 10 km (34:47), Nelson Mandela Bay City Half
Marathon (74:43) & Soweto Half Marathon (82:09)
2nd in Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (37:09) & Gauteng Marathon (2:36:36a)
3rd in Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) (33:27) & Tom Jenkins 27 km (1:39:21)
4th in Two Oceans Half Marathon (75:35) & Ceské Budejovice Half Marathon (75:52)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 5th in Cape Town (33:59), 6th in
Durban (34:35) & Pretoria (34:46), 7th in Johannesburg (36:27)
3rd in Africa Southern Region XC Championships 8 km (31:34)
1st in SA T&F Championships 1500 m (4:16.08) & 5000 m (15:53.61)
Won the Spar Grand Prix Series with the following performances: 1st in Pretoria
(33:37) & Durban (32:49), 2nd in Cape Town (33:23), 3rd in Port Elizabeth (34:03) &
13th in Johannesburg (37:56)
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1 in Gauteng Marathon (2:37:06a)
2nd in Tuks 10 km (34:19)
5th in World Challenge 3000 m (Dakar) (9:08.87)
1st in Varsity Kudus 15 km (57:43)
1st in Varsity Kudus 15 km 2011 (56:59); 9th in SA 10 km 2008 (35:03); 5th in Transnet 10
km 2008 (36:41); 4th in SA T&F Championships 1500 m 2007 (4:23.84); 5th SA T&F
Championships 3000 m steeplechase 2005 (11:04.11)
32:49 (2013), 56:59 (2011), 2:36:36a (2014); track: 2:03.36, 4:08.18 (both 2010),
9:08.87 (2013), 10:58.20 (steeplechase, 2004), 15:53.61 (2013)
RUTENDO NYAHORA (26) [Zimbabwe]
Represented Zimbabwe in the All-Africa Games Half Marathon and African XC Championships (both 2011).
Half-marathon PB:
74:56, Achmea Half Marathon 2012
2015:
1st in Tuks 10 km (35:34) & Pretoria 10 km (35:22)
2nd in George Claassen Half Marathon (80:17)
3rd in eDumbe Half Marathon (79:10)
2014:
1st in the following four races: Tuks 10 km (34:30), Sunrise Monster 32 km (2:15:47),
Waterberg Executive Mayor's 28 km (1:41:57a) & Zululand District 10 km (35:34)
2nd in the following three races: McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (77:46), Dis-Chem
Half Marathon (80:14) & Totalsports 10 km (Durban) (34:16)
3rd in the following four races: Gauteng Half Marathon (76:28a), eDumbe Half
Marathon (79:19a; probably short course and/or doubtful timing), Totalsports 10
km (Johannesburg) (37:23), & Old Mutual 10 km (Bulawayo) (34:59)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 2nd in Durban (33:41), Pretoria
(33:50) & Johannesburg (34:40), 4th in Cape Town (33:30) & 5th in Port Elizabeth
(33:44)
2013:
1st in the following five races: Irene Lantern 10 km (35:16), Marcel van ‘t Slot 15 km
(53:54 CR), City to City 10 km (35:31), Jacaranda Challenge 10 km (35:08) &
Pretoria 10 km (35:29)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 1st in Cape Town (33:12), 1st in Port
Elizabeth (33:06), 2nd in Durban (33:55), 3rd in Johannesburg (35:00) & 4th in
Pretoria (34:32)
3rd in in the following three races: Tuks 10 km (35:15), Legends Half Marathon
(76:09) & McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (78:15)
2012:
1st in the following thirteen races: Tuks 10 km (34:34), Om die Dam Half Marathon
(79:22), Kwai Challenge 10 km (34:15), Jackie Mekler 10 km (35:15), Edumbe Half
Marathon (73:01; probably short course), Polokwane Mayor’s Half Marathon
(76:11), Marcel van ‘t Slot 15 km (54:29 CR), Gauteng Half Marathon (75:28a),
Executive Mayor Half Marathon (75:04), City to City 10 km (35:37), Aganang
Heritage 20 km (76:27), Gutu Half Marathon (76:39) & Edendale 10 km (35:40)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
2nd in Pretoria Half Marathon (79:21) & Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (76:07)
4th in Achmea Half Marathon (74:56)
Placed second in four Spar Grand Prix races: Durban (34:26), Pretoria (35:28),
Randburg (35:34) & Cape Town (32:55)
7th in All-Africa Games Half Marathon 2011 (79:35); 13th in African XC Championships
8 km 2011 (28:58); 1st in six races in 2011, among them George Claassen Half
Marathon (78:55), Tuks 10 km (35:02), Jackie Gibson Half Marathon (77:48) &
Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (76:44); 2nd in 2011 Spar races in Bellville
(33:23), Durban (33:25), Pretoria (35:40) & Johannesburg (35:20); 5th in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2011 (76:23); 1st in five races in 2010, among them Akasia
10 km (34:42), Om die Dam Half Marathon (78:14) & PetroSA Half Marathon
(78:29); 7th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (79:37)
32:55 (2012), 53:54 (2013)
DIANA LEBO PHALULA (31)
One of the Phalula twins, she represented South Africa in the World XC Championships and Africa Southern
Region XC Championships (both 2013), and Africa Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (2014).
Half-marathon PB:
72:53, MTN Half Marathon, Johannesburg, 2014
2015:
1st in Johnson Crane 10 km (33:06; probably short course) & eDumbe 10 km (34:03a)
2nd in Rehidrat 5 km (17:21) & Durban City 10 km (33:55)
2014:
2nd in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon (76:17)
1st in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (16:16.96), 2nd in 1500 m (4:20.43) & disq in 800
m
2nd in SA Open T&F Championships 5000 m (16:28.87)
3rd in SA 10 km (34:53)
1st in the following six races: Tom Jenkins 10 km (35:01), TomTom Street Mile 10 km
(35:43), Polokwane Mayoral Half Marathon (75:22), Two Oceans Half Marathon
(74:00), Rehidrat Sport 5 km (16:55) & eDumbe 10 km (33:44a; probably short
course and/or doubtful timing)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 1st in Port Elizabeth (32:27) & Cape
Town (33:03), 4th in Pretoria (34:17) & Durban (34:02) & 5th in Johannesburg
(35:21)
2nd in the following three races: Tuks 10 km (35:12), Wiezo Run 10 km (34:39) &
Hamburg Half Marathon (73:16)
3rd in MTN Half Marathon (72:53)
4th in Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (38:51) & Nelson Mandela Bay City Half
Marathon (75:51)
2013:
53rd (1st South African) in World XC Championships [less than] 8 km (26:22)
1st in SA 10 km (33:48)
2nd in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (16:27.20) & 3rd in 1500 m (4:22.91)
1st in SA XC Trials 8 km (30:23)
Also 1st in the following three races: Tuks 10 km (33:55), Rehidrat Sport 5 km (17:41)
& Eastern Limb Mines Half Marathon (78:53)
2nd in City to City 10 km (36:46)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 2nd in Port Elizabeth (33:36), 4th in
Johannesburg (35:37), 7th in Durban (35:15) & 9th in Pretoria (36:01)
rd
3 in the following three races: Jozi South Half Marathon (76:56), Totalsports 10 km
(Johannesburg) (38:29) & Varsity Kudus 15 km (56:38)
10th in Memorial Rahal 10 km (34:34)
2012:
2nd in SA 10 km (33:37)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st in the following six races: Soweto 10 km (34:36), Totalsports 10 km
(Johannesburg) (35:45), Midrand 15 km (56:04), Pirates 10 km (36:05), RAC 10 km
(34:15) & Colgate 15 km (54:38)
2nd in the following three races: Jozi South Half Marathon (79:39), Gauteng Half
Marathon (77:41a) & Kwai Challenge 10 km (34:55)
3rd in Foskor Half Marathon, Phalaborwa (76:38)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 3rd in Randburg (35:43), 6th in
Pretoria (37:49) & 13th in Cape Town (35:47)
2nd in SA 10 km 2011 (35:01); 3rd in SA T&F Championships 5000 m 2011 (16:08.74) &
4th in 1500 m (4:20.95); 1st in Spar 10 km (Port Elizabeth) 2011 (33:34); 2nd in SA
T&F Championships 5000 m 2010 (15:58.34) & 3rd in 1500 m (4:13.98); 1st in Race
Against Time Series 10 km 2010 (36:30); 1st in SA T&F Championships 1500 m
(4:13.05) & 5000 m 2009 (15:57.15); 2nd in SA 10 km 2009 (33:09); 1st in RAC 10 km
2009 (34:03); 1st in Cape Town 10 km 2009 (33:08); 1st in SA 10 km 2008 (33:01);
26th in SA 10 km 2006 (37:15); 2nd in Matha Series 10 km 2006 (Port Elizabeth)
(33:42); 4th in SA 10 km 2005 (34:28); 1st in Soweto 10 km 2004 (35:41); 1st in DisChem 10 km 2004 (35:44); 2nd in Standard Bank 10 km 2003 (35:30); 1st (also 1st
junior) in Westgate 10 km 2002 (35:58); 2nd junior in SA 10 km 2000 (35:11)
32:27 (2014), 54:38 (2012); track: 2:02.94 (2006), 4:13.05 (2009), 9:21.54 (2009),
15:48.45 (2010)
LEBOGANG PHALULA (31)
One of the Phalula twins, she tested positive for the banned substance methylhexaneamine at the Spar Grand Prix
10 km in Pretoria on 27 August 2011 and was banned for three months, until 28 December 2011. This invalidated her
third place in the SA Cross-country Championhips that year. Represented South Africa in the World XC
Championships (2005, 2009, 2010 & 2011).
Half-marathon PB:
75:04a, Gauteng Half Marathon 2014
PB on a standard course: 75:29, Nelson Mandela Bay City Half Marathon 2014
2015:
1st in Durban City 10 km (33:50) & Rehidrat 5 km (17:15)
2nd in eDumbe Half Marathon (78:40a)
2014:
1st in the following five races: Cape Town 10 km (33:22), Mandela Day 10 km (33:47a),
Totalsports 10 km (Johannesburg) (36:01), MTN 10 km (34:09) & RAC 10 km
(35:31)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 1st in Johannesburg (34:34) & Durban
(33:06), 3rd in Pretoria (34:05), 6th in Port Elizabeth (34:06) & 17th in Cape Town
(36:45)
3rd in Rehidrat 5 km (18:48)
5th in Tom Jenkins 27 km (1:42:46)
6th in Singelloop 10 km (33:42)
Earlier performances in SA 10 km Championships:
16th in 2012 (36:38), 3rd in 2011 (35:07) & 2009 (33:32), 2nd in 2008 (33:02) & 2007
(33:59), 9th in 2006 (35:31), 3rd in 2005 (34:23), 4th junior in 2001 (37:15)
World XC Championships 8 km:
79th in 2011 (28:29), 15th in 2010 (25:43), 29th in 2009 (28:23) & 49th in 2005 (14:35, 4.2
km)
SA Senior T&F Championships:
800 m: 2nd in 2009 (2:04.96), 1st in 2008 (2:09.54), 2007 (2:06.15), 2006 (2:02.43) &
2005 (2:04.23); 1500 m: 2nd in 2012 (4:14.22), 2011 (4:13.89) & 2010 (4:11.10), 3rd in
2009 (4:20.19), 2nd in 2008 (4:25.61), 3rd in 2006 (4:24.29), 2nd in 2005 (4:19.56), 6th
in 2004 (4:26.51) & 2003 (4:26.09); 5000 m: 5th in 2010 (16:42.98) & 3rd in 2003
(16:44.15)
SA XC Championships:
8 km – 1st in 2014 (27:40), 3rd in 2010 (30:01), 2nd in 2009 (28:42) & 2008 (29:56), 1st in
2007 (28:09), 2nd in 2006 (27:59); 4 km – 1st in 2005 (13:24), 3rd in 2004 (14:17)
Other PBs:
33:02 (2008), 55:42 (2001)
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BULELWA SIMAE (37)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
4th in SA 10 km (36:31)
2nd in Dan Luyt 15 km (59:07) & 27 for Freedom 27 km (1:46:35)
3rd in Bay to Bay 30 km (2:03:54)
2014:
7th in Africa Southern Region Half Marathon (79:18)
21st in SA 10 km (39:04)
1st in the following nine races: WP Half Marathon (80:42 CR), Tyger Run Half
Marathon (83:00), Sundowner 10 km (36:40), Avbob 15 km (55:15), Slave Route
Half Marathon (84:07), Mamre 15 km (58:19), Beaufort West Half Marathon
(86:50), Eersterivier 15 km (55:37) & Old Mutual 10 km (36:26)
2nd in the following ten races: WP XC Championships 8 km (28:17), 27 for Freedom 27
km (1:56:09), Dave Spence Memorial 10 km (37:25), UCT Memorial 10 km (37:58),
Safari Half Marathon (80:37), Voet of the Wine Route 10 km (38:06), Fast & Flat
10 km (35:23) Spookhill 15 km (57:23), Pinelands 10 km (37:28) & Landmarks Half
Marathon (82:28)
3rd in the following three races: Bay to Bay 30 km (2:12:13), Bike & Tekkie Challenge
10 km (n/t – ran off course) & Telkom 10 km (36:22)
4th in the following three races: Constantia Village 15 km (58:57), Gun Run Half
Marathon (81:01) & Nelson Mandela Bay Freedom Run 10 km (35:34)
5th in Totalsports 10 km (Stellenbosch) (36:34) & PetroSA Half Marathon (89:00;
probably short course)
th
13 in Two Oceans Half Marathon (84:54)
2013:
Ran 33 races (including 24 podium positions) –
7th in SA 10 km (36:01)
9th in SA Marathon (3:02:54) & SA XC Championships 8 km (33:05)
1st in the following eleven races: Walk to Freedom 27 km (1:50:11), Bonitas 10 km
(35:44), UCT Memorial 10 km (36:46), Safari Half Marathon (82:32), Voet of the
Wine Route 10 km (38:56), Fast & Flat 10 km (35:37), Mamre 15 km (55:42),
Saldanha Half Marathon (85:45), Landmarks Half Marathon (85:33), Mitchells
Plain Half Marathon (87:19) & Niel Joubert Plaaswedloop 13 km (52:13)
2nd in the following eight races: Gino’s 10 km (36:37), Motherwell Freedom Run 10
km (35:41), Dave Spence Memorial 10 km (36:57), Beaufort West Half Marathon
(85:06), Totalsports 10 km (Stellenbosch) (36:49), Tekkie Challenge 10 km
(37:31), Cape Gate 10 km (37:00) & Century City 10 km (35:44)
3rd in the following five races: WP XC Championships 8 km (30:09), Dan Luyt 15 km
(61:01), Constantia Village 15 km (54:27), Clover Milk Run 10 km (37:28) &
Sundowner 10 km (39:55)
15th in Two Oceans Half Marathon (82:06) & Spar 10 km (Cape Town) (37:12)
2012:
Ran 38 races (including 28 podium positions) –
22nd in SA 10 km (37:30)
1st in the following ten races: Afrikaans op ‘n Drafstap Aandwedloop 10 km (46:13),
Voet of the Wine Route 10 km (39:20), Metropolitan 10 km (38:43), Brackenfell 10
km (39:33), UCT Memorial 10 km (37:39), Dave Spence Memorial 10 km (37:29),
Totalsports 10 km (Stellenbosch) (36:25), Gun Run Half Marathon (81:28), Road
to the Vineyard 10 km (36:49) & Tygerberg 30 km (2:03:32)
2nd in the following twelve races: WP 10 km (36:05), WP Half Marathon (83:30),
Century City 10 km (36:39), Bay to Bay 30 km (2:06:33), Vital Run Half Marathon
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
(89:07), Slave Route Challenge Half Marathon (88:48), Eersterivier 15 km (58:21),
Cape Gate 10 km (37:12), Landmarks Half Marathon (86:03), Bloubergstrand Half
Marathon (82:39), Avbob 15 km (57:13) & Onrus 10 km (37:41)
3rd in the following six races: Reconciliation Day 10 km (38:48), Constantia Village 15
km (55:00), Khayelitsha 10 km (37:24), Fast & Flat 10 km (35:44), Saldanha Half
Marathon (85:28) & Gino’s 10 km (36:33)
4th in the following four races: Sundowner 10 km (38:43), Safari Half Marathon
(80:58), Mamre 15 km (56:00) & Cape Town 10 km (38:13)
Ran 35 races in 2011, of which she won fifteen, among them WP XC Championships 8
km (28:28), WP 10 km (35:03), Tygerberg 30 km (2:02:46), Landmarks Half
Marathon (82:19) & Mamre 15 km (56:41), and was second in eleven; also 9th in
SA Half Marathon (77:02), 13th in SA 10 km (36:59) & 16th in SA XC Championships
8 km (31:48)
35:03, 53:47 (both 2011), 3:02:54 (2013)
RONEL THOMAS (43)
Represented South Africa in the World Marathon Road Relay (1996 and 1998), the World XC Championships (2000,
2002 & 2010), the World Half-marathon Championships (2001) and the Southern African Half Marathon (2006).
Half-marathon PB:
75:26, Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006
2015:
1st vet in ACE 10 km (42:02)
2nd vet in Akasia 10 km (45:25) & Tuks 10 km (41:32)
2014:
1st vet in SA XC Championships 4 km (14:33)
1st overall & 1st vet in Pretoria Bobbies 10 km (40:30); also 1st vet in the following
seven 10 km races: all five Spar races – Cape Town (38:25), Port Elizabeth (38:32),
Durban (39:39), Pretoria (39:34) & Johannesburg (41:03), as well as Filadelfia
Gardens (41:13) & Tuks (41:28)
2nd vet in SA 10 km (40:37); also 2nd vet in the following three races: Two Oceans Half
Marathon (86:40), Pretoria 10 km (41:28) & Tom Jenkins 10 km (43:03)
2013:
2nd vet in SA XC Championships 4 km (15:39)
3rd vet in SA 10 km (39:00)
1st vet in the following four 10 km races: Pretoria Bobbies (42:06), Zoom Zoom
(40:14), Waterberg Executive Mayor's (39:06a) & Spar (Johannesburg) (40:48)
2nd vet in the following four 10 km races: Tuks (43:08), Pretoria (42:59), as well as in
two Spar races – Port Elizabeth (39:47) & Pretoria (39:42)
2012:
1st vet (40-44) in SA Masters T&F Championships 1500 m (5:07.74) & 5000 m
(18:39.83)
1st vet in the following seven 10 km races: George Claassen (40:33), Akasia (40:06),
McCarthy Toyota (39:23), Waterberg Executive Mayor's (39:07a), Pretoria 10 km
(38:37; 3rd overall), as well as in two Spar races – Cape Town (37:17) & Port
Elizabeth (37:51)
2nd vet in Two Oceans Half Marathon (87:04) & Spar 10 km (Durban) (38:38)
Other performances:
1st in Kromberg & Schubert 15 km 2011 (64:30) & Bela-Bela 10 km (42:48); 66th in
World XC Championships 8 km 2010 (27:53); 18th in SA 10 km 2010 (37:01); 19th in
SA 10 km 2009 (36:20); 7th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (80:08); 28th in SA
10 km 2008 (37:46); 8th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2008 (81:14); 1st in Southern
African Half Marathon 2006 (72:57, probably short course); 1st in SA XC
Championships 4 km 2006 (27:41); 1st in SA 10 km 2006 (33:27); 2nd in SA 20 km
2006 (70:46); 4th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006 (75:26); 1st in SA XC
Championships 2005 (30-34, 4 km, 14:01); 9th in SA 10 km 2005 (35:18); 3rd in Two
Oceans Half Marathon 2005 (77:10); 1st in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2004
(76:46); 1st in SA XC Championships 4 km 2003 (14:31); 43rd in World XC
Championships 4 km 2002 (14:35); 2nd in SA XC Championships [shorter than] 4
km 2002 (10:41); 59th in World Half Marathon 2001 (77:50); 6th in SA Half
Marathon 2001 (79:34); 7th in SA 10 km 2001 (35:44); 42nd in World XC
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Other PBs:
Championships 4 km 2000 (13:44); 11th in SA 10 km 2000 (35:13); 10th in SA 10 km
1999 (35:22); 6th in SA 10 km 1998 (35:10); 9th in SA Half Marathon 1998 (78:57)
33:27 (twice in 2006), 56:21 (1998)
MAMORALLO TJOKA (30) [Lesotho]
Represented Lesotho in the Commonwealth Games Marathon (2006), Africa Southern Region Half-marathon
Championships (2007) and Olympic Games Marathon (2008 & 2012).
Half-marathon PB:
74:25, Matha Series Half Marathon, Port Elizabeth, 2009
Two Oceans:
8th in 2007 (3:52:55); 3rd in 2011 (3:42:12); 4th in 2012 (3:48:50), 2013 (3:44:40) & 2014
(3:46:13)
Comrades:
dnf in 2011
2014:
1st in the following three races: Pietermaritzburg Half Marathon (81:11), Zululand
District 56 km (4:19:26a) & eDumbe Half Marathon (76:20a; probably short
course and/or doubtful timing)
2nd in the following three races: Mandela Day 10 km (36:35a), Nelson Mandela Bay
City Half Marathon (75:12), Tom Jenkins 27 km (99:04)
3rd in Gauteng Marathon (2:38:26a) & Spar 10 km (Johannesburg) (34:43)
2013:
1st in the following three races: McCarthy Toyota 10 km (37:13), Om die Dam 10 km
(36:16), Rustenburg Mountain Race 25 km (1:46:50)
2nd in Gauteng Marathon (2:38:46a)
2012:
90th in Olympic Games Marathon (2:43:15)
1st in Soweto Marathon (2:45:20; her 7th victory in the race)
2nd in Edinburgh Marathon (2:43:57) & Tuks Half Marathon (74:28, short course)
3rd in Township to Township 50 km (2:53:44a)
Other performances:
1st in Soweto Marathon 2011 (2:43:40) & 2010 (2:48:36); 2nd in PetroSA Marathon
2010 (2:46:38); 3rd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (75:50); 1st in City to City 50
km 2009 (3:31:04a); 2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2009 (75:43); 3rd in Soweto
Marathon 2009 (2:52:32); dnf Olympic Games Marathon 2008; 1st in Soweto
Marathon 2008 (2:53:48); 1st in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2008 (75:04); 2nd in
Durban City Marathon 2008 (2:39:38); 1st in Africa Southern Region Half
Marathon 2007 (82:44); 1st in Soweto Marathon 2007 (2:47:57); 13th in
Commonwealth Games Marathon 2006 (2:43:35); won thirteen races in 2006,
including the Soweto Marathon (2:47:00); 7th in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2006
(77:14); won seventeen races in 2005, including the Two Oceans Half Marathon
(75:58) & Soweto Marathon (2:49:45)
Other PBs:
32:36 (2007), 58:20 (2005), 2:38:26a (2014); PB on a standard course: 2:39:38 (2008)
MELISSA VAN RENSBURG (VAN AS) (33)
Half-marathon PB:
80:51a, Meiringspoort Half Marathon 2014
PB on a standard course: 86:13, Madibaz George Half Marathon 2014
2015:
1st in Cango Half Marathon (84:13a; probably short course)
2014:
1st in the following six races: Palm Tyres Half Marathon (90:40), Top Gear 10 km
(38:17), Spur to Spur 10 km (37:50), Meiringspoort Half Marathon (80:51a),
Madibaz George Half Marathon (86:13) & Sunrise 10 km (39:46)
nd
2 in the following four races: Knysna Forest Half Marathon (86:30a), McDonald's
to McDonald's 10 km (38:56), Madiba Run 10 km (39:03) & Run with the Stars 10
km (38:32)
2013:
1st in the following twelve races: Meiringspoort Half Marathon (82:47a), Coastline
Builders Express 10 km (40:09), Pine Lodge 15 km (60:48), Outeniqua Half
Marathon (89:09a), Two Lagoons 10 km (39:39), Wilderness Half Marathon
(91:49), Run with the Stars 10 km (39:06), Tramonto Wedding Run Half
Marathon (87:53), Landbouskou 10 km (39:16), Spur to Spur 10 km (39:17), Palm
Tyres 10 km (39:08) & Candlelight 10 km (38:57)
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2012:
Other performances:
Other PBs:
MARLI VAN STADEN (21)
Half-marathon PB:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
Other PBs:
2nd in the following five races: Garden Route Mall 10 km (39:06), Engen 10 km
(38:08), PetroSA 10 km (39:59), Heather Park Superspar 10 km (39:40) & Knysna
Nite Race 10 km (39:39)
6th in Knysna Forest Half Marathon (88:43a)
1st in the following three races: Palm Tyres Half Marathon (90:31), Candlelight 10 km
(41:55) & Vlakte Half Marathon (84:59a)
2nd in Meiringspoort Half Marathon (83:51a)
3rd in Knysna Nite Race 10 km (42:06)
1st in Vlakte Half Marathon 2011 (85:05a); 2nd in Cango Half Marathon 2011 (85:18a);
1st in Heather Park Superspar Half Marathon 2010 (86:37); 1st in Meiringspoort
Half Marathon 2010 (82:15a)
37:50 (2014), 60:48 (2013)
85:41, Mac McLachlan Memorial Run Half Marathon 2014
13th in SA 10 km (37:44)
3rd in Woodland Dairy 15 km (61:11)
16th in SA 10 km (38:21)
1st in the following three races: Mac McLachlan Memorial Run Half Marathon
(85:41), Sunrise Monster 10 km (43:00) & Jackie Mekler 25 km (1:44:00)
3rd in George Claassen 10 km (39:20)
21st in Two Oceans Half Marathon (87:43)
1st junior in Discovery Beach Run 17 km (84:07a)
1st in Andrew Greyling Half Marathon (91:05)
9th in Jackie Mekler 25 km (1:53:10)
1st junior (2nd overall) in Oujaarsdraffie 10 km (42:20)
37:44 (2015)
IRVETTE VAN ZYL (27)
Represented South Africa in the World XC Championships (2005), World Half-marathon Championships and Africa
Southern Region Half-marathon Championships (both 2010), and Olympic Games Marathon (2012). She holds two
SA junior records – for 15 km (see PBs) and 20 km (71:23, 2006).
Half-marathon PB:
70:56a, New York City Half Marathon 2011
PB on a standard course: 71:09, SA Half Marathon 2010
2015:
1st in Johnson Crane Half Marathon (74:48)
2014:
1st in the following four races: Totalsports 10 km in Durban (33:49) & Stellenbosch
(32:20), Mandela Day Marathon (2:47:15a CR) & Spar 10 km (Pretoria) (33:32)
2nd in Tom Jenkins 10 km (35:22)
4th in Spar 10 km (Johannesburg) (34:58) & 5th in Spar 10 km (Durban) (34:29)
7th in Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon (74:24)
dnf Cape Town Marathon & Yokohama Marathon
2013:
Won all twelve her races in early 2013: Tuks Half Marathon (77:28), Bronkhorstspruit
32 km (2:08:59), McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (74:55), Varsity Kudus 15 km
(54:39), George Claassen 10 km (34:55), Johnson Crane Half Marathon (78:52),
ACE Half Marathon (81:28), Pretoria Half Marathon (78:13), Sunrise Monster 32
km (2:07:41), Dis-Chem Half Marathon (77:47), Edenvale Half Marathon (76:18) &
Pirates Half Marathon (81:52); later also won PetroSA Half Marathon (77:22)
3rd in Gauteng Half Marathon (77:06a) & Two Oceans Half Marathon (75:18)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 3rd in Pretoria (34:21), 5th in Cape
Town (33:59), 7th in Port Elizabeth (35:03) & 11th in Durban (35:50)
th
10 in Lisbon Half Marathon (74:25) & London Marathon (2:31:26)
14th in World 10 km (36:24) [not World Championships]
2012:
dnf Olympic Games Marathon
1st in SA 10 km (33:21)
2nd in SA T&F Championships 5000 m (16:25.89)
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Other performances:
Other PBs:
1st in the following six races: Dis-Chem Half Marathon (77:08), George Claassen 10
km (34:54), Scalata al Castello 5 km (16:25), Tough One 32 km (2:04:44), Jozi
South Half Marathon (78:28) & McCarthy Toyota Half Marathon (79:39)
2nd in the following five races: Two Oceans Half Marathon (76:22), Tuks 10 km
(35:12), Soweto 10 km (35:04), Kwai Challenge Half Marathon (79:17) & Johnson
Crane Half Marathon (77:27)
Placed as follows in the Spar Grand Prix Series: 1st in Randburg (34:34), 3rd in Durban
(34:39), Port Elizabeth (34:15) & Cape Town (33:32)
13th in New York Mini 10 km (34:04)
16th in World’s Best 10 km (34:40)
18th in London Marathon (2:33:41) & New York City Half Marathon (72:36a)
1st in SA 10 km 2011 (34:03), also 1st in six other races, among them Dis-Chem Half
Marathon (76:28 CR), George Claassen 10 km (34:34), McCarthy Toyota Half
Marathon (77:26), Cape Town 10 km (33:20) & Sunrise Monster 32 km (2:12:28);
won the Spar Grand Prix Series in 2011 after finishing as follows: 1st in Durban
(32:50), Pretoria (34:55) & Johannesburg (34:22), 2nd in Port Elizabeth (33:38) &
4th in Bellville (34:28); 2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2011 (72:04); 9th in New
York City Half Marathon 2011 (70:56a); 13th in Freihofer’s Run for Women 5 km
2011 (16:35); 15th in Delhi Half Marathon 2011 (74:24); 17th in New York Mini 10 km
2011 (33:56); 49th in World Half Marathon 2010 (84:52); 1st in Africa Southern
Region Half Marathon 2010 (76:54); 1st in SA T&F Championships 10000 m 2010
(34:20.17) & 4th in 5000 m (16:20.55); 1st in both SA 10 km (33:15) & SA Half
Marathon (71:09) 2010; won fourteen other races in 2010, among them the Spar
10 km races in Durban (33:45), Pretoria (34:26) & Johannesburg (34:23), and
Tough One 32 km (2:04:54); 2nd in Two Oceans Half Marathon 2010 (72:55); 1st in
SA T&F Championships 10000 m 2009 (34:30.70) & 2nd in 5000 m (16:22.17); 34th
in SA Half Marathon 2009 (86:03); 13th in SA 10 km 2007 (35:34); 26th junior in
World XC Championships 6.15 km 2005 (22:24); 1st in SA Junior T&F
Championships 5000 m 2005 (17:40.17) & 2nd in 3000 m (9:52.54); 2nd junior in SA
XC Championships 6 km 2005 (22:08)
32:20 (2014), 51:06 (2002; still the SA junior record), 2:31:26 (2013); track: 16:04.82
(2011), 34:20.17 (2010)
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INTERESTING PARTICIPANTS
Prof Tim Noakes:
Retired Professor of Sports Science at UCT, author of the internationally acclaimed and recognised
definitive book on running “The Lore of Running”, as well as “The Real Meal Revolution” which promotes
the popular high fat low carb lifestyle, Tim has run 15 ultras and will be running his 6th Half Marathon.
Leslie Pangemanan:
The Run4Schools Foundation founder and athlete will be running his 11th Two Oceans Marathon to raise
money for a good cause.
Zola Pieterse (Budd):
Regarded as one of the greatest South African athletes ever, this former Olympian ran her first Old Mutual
Two Ocean Ultra Marathon in 2012. This year, Zola will be running her 3rd Ultra Marathon.
Gideon Sam:
As president of SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), Mr Sam led the SA Institute
for Drug-Free Sport’s I Play Fair team during the 2014 Old Mutual Two Oceans Half Marathon. This will be
his 2nd Half Marathon.
Peter Taylor:
Peter runs the Ultra Marathon barefoot every year to raise money and awareness for the SA Guide Dog
Association. He will be running his 28th Ultra Marathon.
Janez Vermeiren:
Janez is well-known in South Africa as a presenter for Top Billing and The Man Cave. He particularly enjoys
cycling and running and is looking forward to 3rd Two Oceans Half Marathon. He will participate with Half
Marathon novice and co-presenter, Lunga Shabalala.
Jimmy Nevis:
Cape Town’s beloved singer-songwriter of chart toppers like “Heartboxing” and “Elephant Shoes” will
attempt his 1st Half Marathon this year.
Gugu Zulu:
Gugu is a racing driver, TV Presenter and a motivationl speaker with a passion for cars. He will be running
his 5th Half Marathon in 2015.
Letshego Moshoeu Zulu:
Letshego is a South African biokineticist and adventure enthusiast from Johannesburg, and married to
Gugu Zulu. She has already run 4 Ultra Marathons, and will be running her 2nd Half Marathon this year.
Anet Schoeman:
Anet is well-known among Afrikaans runners as a fitness and lifestyle writer for Rooi Rose magazine. Anet
was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a bilateral mastectomy shortly after running her first Two
Oceans Half Marathon in 2010. She returned to run a PB (sub-2) in 2011.
Tony Abrahamson and Louis Massyn will both be running their 40th Two Oceans Ultra! Louis Massyn has
also completed 40 Comrades Marathons!
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56KM ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND HISTORY
** Due to the recent Southern Peninsula fires that caused significant damage to Chapman’s Peak’s
fragile vegetation, the 2015 Ultra Marathon has been moved to run over Ou Kaapse Weg.
Start:
The race starts in Main Road, Newlands and the fish horn is sounded prior to the starter’s cannon. The
fish-horn is part of the old Cape way of life, as the sale of fish was traditionally announced by the blowing
of the horn.
The Post Huys:
16 kilometres into the race, on the right-hand side of the road is the POST HUYS, dating back to 1673.
Originally built as a lookout post and signal station, the building received a direct hit during the battle of
Muizenberg in 1795. It was restored and opened to the public and is regarded as the oldest habitable
building in the country, built one year before the Castle.
False Bay:
False Bay derives its name from the sailing days when ships arriving from the East confused Cape Hangklip
as Cape Point, hence the name False Bay.
Muizenberg:
Muizenberg derives its name from Sergeant Wynand Willem Muijs. He was in charge of a cattle post near
Zandvlei, which was of strategic importance as it guarded the road to Cape Town. Muijs was later
promoted to Captain and became the commander of the Cape Garrison. Muizenberg was a popular haunt
of Rudyard Kipling and the Cecil John Rhodes Museum is in Main Road.
St James:
This comes at 17 kilometres into the race. The bay is named after the first church built here. In 1903, the
first Marine Biological Station was built here, but this no longer exists.
Kalk Bay:
This is a busy spot during winter, especially during the snoek season. Fish are sold from the boats here
to both traders and the public. Price negotiations are often still done in sterling.
Silvermine River Mouth (20 km):
Once notorious for its quicksand, no reports of difficulties have been heard for a long time.
Fish Hoek:
Fish Hoek had its own municipality who passed the law that no liquor can be sold in the town. These laws
hold to this day.
21km mark:
As the runners pass through Fish Hoek, they have completed 21 kilometres and encounter their first climb
at the circle as they leave Fish Hoek. Many runners feel that this is where the concentration has to start
– this does not apply to the elite runners though!
Kommetjie Road:
This stretches for about 5 kilometres through Sun Valley, but for many runners it seems never-ending.
Often the sight of spectators along this stretch is very welcome.
Louw’s Corner:
This is a popular spectator spot and they are extremely vociferous in their support. The 28 km mark is at
the base of Ou Kaapse Weg, and this is where runners will need to adjust their pace for the hill ahead.
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Ou Kaapse Weg – 28.6km – 33km:
The Ou Kaapse Weg climb with its 315m elevation, is a tough one for many. Without the sun shelter
traditionally provided by Chappies, and exposed to the elements, pacing becomes important. Runners
must remember to keep some fuel in the tank for the last 400m of this climb, and not go too fast during
their bone-jarring descent towards the 36km mark.
Marathon Mark (just before Ladies Mile):
This is where the Ultra Marathon really starts. With the major climb of the day out of the way, the race
now becomes a mental game and runners need to focus on the finish line.
Southern Cross Drive – 45km – 47.6km (181m):
Traditionally, runners would have to contend with Constantia Nek. This time, however, they need to
conquer Southern Cross Drive. If their pacing was done right up and down Ou Kaapse Weg, Southern
Cross Drive won’t pose too much of a problem. Here, runners will need to draw their energy from fellow
athletes.
Kirstenbosch:
The famous Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has been crowned the 2015 Garden of the Year.
From the steep descent starting at the top gate, to the brief respite at the bottom entrance, runners
get to gather their strength and prepare for the final hill to the finish. This is also a spectator hotspot.
University of Cape Town – 56km:
The race finishes at UCT, and takes runners along Rhodes Drive, past Cecilia Forest and the world-famous
Kirstenbosch Gardens. After the Rhodes Drive intersection with Union Avenue, runners have another
tough little hill, locally known as “Chet’s Hill”. There is a 2.8km run along the M3 and past the old zoo
before entering the UCT Campus for the final 300 metre run on the UCT rugby fields to the finish line.
Mutual Two Oceans Half Marathon is the biggest and most popular half marathon in South Africa and this
year celebrates its 18th year. 2012 saw the introduction of a new route for the first 10km.
HALF MARATHON ROUTE DESCRIPTION
The half marathon starts in Main Road, Newlands next to the Newlands Swimming Pool at 06h00. The
route proceeds along the Main Road to Protea Road, where the runners make a right turn into this road.
From here, they run up to Paradise Road, through the traffic circle and then on to Edinburgh Drive. They
turn left into Edinburgh Drive (the southbound lanes only) and proceed up over the hill and onto the M3
through to the Kendal Road off ramp. From here, they turn right into Kendal Road, over the M3, to
Spaanschemat River Road, where they turn right and run through until Barbury Road, where they turn
and run back to Ladies Mile Extension, where they turn right and run through to the Constantia Road and
Parish Road intersection, next to the stone church.
Participants cross over Constantia Road into Parish Road, which is the old route. They run along Parish
Road until Southern Cross Drive where they turn left and run up this road, which is the toughest section
of the route and this takes them up to Rhodes Drive. At this point, the runners join the Ultra Marathon
route just before the 14km mark. The route now follows Rhodes Drive past Kirstenbosch Gardens to
Union Avenue. After the Rhodes Drive intersection with Union Avenue, there is a 2.8km run along the M3
and past the old zoo before entering the UCT Campus for the final 300 metre run on the UCT rugby fields
to the finish line. Participants are given three hours and ten minutes to complete the 21km distance, with
the final cut off at 09h20. The silver medal cut off is 90 minutes.
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RACE HISTORY
Over the years, the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon has earned a reputation as the world’s most
beautiful marathon. The first race was held in 1970 and saw 26 runners line up to face the unknown
challenge. Since then, the race has become a national institution and a firm favourite with local,
upcountry, and international athletes. The event attracts over 30 000 participants across all the distances
and provides them with a mixture of breathtaking scenery, a gruelling test of fitness for both the elite
and recreational runner, and an unrivalled race organisation and atmosphere.
Participants consistently vote it as one of the best in South Africa and it continues to attract strong fields
and an increasing number of international entrants. The event has become synonymous with the Easter
Weekend in Cape Town, with the pre-race activities at the expo, family day, and fun runs on Good Friday.
En-route entertainment on the race day provides fun, excitement, and a unique experience to runners,
family, friends, and spectators alike.
This year the event celebrates its 46th anniversary and Old Mutual’s 16th year as title sponsor. Old Mutual
is proud to continue its association with this great event, which is the premier event in their road-running
portfolio. Participants have various distances to choose from – the scenic 56km Ultra Marathon, the
popular 21km Half Marathon, either a 10km or 22km Trail Run, the International Friendship Run, the 5.6km
or 2.1km Fun Runs, as well as the Toddlers’ Trot or Nappy Dash for the little ones. For more information,
visit the official race website at www.twooceansmarathon.org.za.
Looking back through the years …
2014 RECORD ULRA MARATHON ENTRIES, AND RACE DAY MARKED BY HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS:
Lesotho runner, Lebenya Nkoka from team Maxed Elite, won the Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon
in a time of 03:09:52.
Second place went to veteran Hendrick Ramaala (Nedbank), who ran his first Two Oceans Ultra in a time
of 03:11:33, while Masilo Matjiane from Lesotho crossed the finish line in 03:12:00, taking the third
position.
In the women’s race, it was third time lucky for Russian champ Nina Podnebesnova, who finally achieved
a win after coming 5th in 2013 and 2011 respectively. She crossed the finish line in a time of 03:40:07, three
minutes ahead of Ethiopian Shitaye Debellu (03:43:37).
For the second year, Russian twins Elena and Olesya Nurgalieva couldn’t perform as they had hoped, with
the sisters battling flu. Elena took third place in a time of 03:43:59, with Olesya only managing 6th place.
In the Half Marathon race, athletes battled windy conditions from start to finish. Defending champion
Stephen Mokoka (Team Transnet) won the men’s race in 01:04:16 – almost a minute slower than his 2013
time – beating Joel Mmone (Nedbank) and Sibabalwe Mzazi (Team Transnet) to the finish.
The women’s race belonged to Diana Lebo Phalula (Maxed Elite), who comfortably ran to victory in a time
of 01:14:00. Rene Kalmer came second in 01:14:23, with Gezashigh Gemeda of Ethiopia taking third in
01:15:02.
A record field of athletes lined up for a windy and chilly start at the 2014 Old Mutual Two Oceans
Marathon. Despite the cold start, the heat and wind contributed to a slower Ultra Marathon, which
resulted in a record number of athletes completing the Ultra in between six and seven hours.
The wind also contributed to a slower Half Marathon.
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The Half Marathon once again reached its entry capacity of 16 000, while, for the first time, the Ultra
Marathon sold out before the official entries closing date. The Trail Runs also set entry records, when the
10km sold out in a matter of minutes, and the 22km Trail Run in around two hours.
The Expo returned to the Cape Town International Convention Centre, where runners and sports
enthusiasts could experience the latest in sports equipment, fashion, nutrition and health.
2014 marked the 15th year of the partnership with naming-rights sponsor Old Mutual, whose support has
helped make this event one of the top marathons in the world, while adidas celebrated their 2nd
anniversary as technical sponsor.
Old Mutual also introduced a R1-million incentive for breaking the existing 56km course records, which
have been in place for over 20 years.
2013 ULTRA MARATHON UPSET AS NOVICE TAKES THE CROWN: A record field of athletes lined up at the
start of the 2013 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in cold and windy conditions, although the rain that
marked 2012 did not make an appearance. And while Race Day will be remembered for its record field and
number of record-breaking runs, the biggest upset was caused within the Ultra Marathon camp when a
novice runner took the title.
David Gatebe beat a highly competitive field at the 44th Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in a time
of 03:08:54. Gatebe, who is a sports officer at the Implats Mine in Rustenburg, pulled away from the
group at around 34km and managed to maintain his distance from the chasing group.
For the first time since 2007, the Russian twins – Elena and Olesya Nurgalieva – could not achieve a win,
with Zimbabwean Thabita Tsatsa taking top honours in a time of 03:39:54 after Natalia Volgina, who was
first to cross the line on race day, was disqualified for a drug offence.
The Half Marathon saw both the Men’s and Women’s winners establishing new course records despite
the windy conditions. Stephen Mokoka (Team Transnet) won the Men’s race in a time 01:03:36, while
Ethiopian runner Biru Meseret Mengista stormed to victory in the Women’s race in a time of 01:12:43,
shaving more than two minutes off the course record, set in 2012 year by Rene Kalmer.
A record field of close to 23 000 runners lined up for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in 2012, with
the Half Marathon attracting the biggest field in the event’s history, with just over 14 000 participants
lining up and half of them are women. The Half Marathon is the biggest one in the country and broke all
entry records when entries closed in January. Some 2 000 entries were received in 36 hours before entries
were closed.
The Trail Run also set a new record when all 800 entries sold out in under 24 hours.
2012 HALF MARATHON BREAKS ALL RECORDS & THE FOURTH BIGGEST FIELD IN THE ULTRA, PLUS A
NEW ROUTE INTRODUCED FOR THE HALF: A record field of close to 26 000 runners, including the
defending champions and over 1 500 international runners, lined up for the event. The 56km ultra
marathon has attracted a field of just under 9 200, making it the fourth biggest in the event’s history. The
largest field was in 2004, when the race made a welcome return to Chapman’s Peak and attracted 9 769
runners.
Entries for the half marathon opened in November and 8 000 entries were received in just two days. Five
days later the entries were at 11 000 and the 16 000 mark was reached in less than two weeks. These 16
000 runners will get to experience the new route over Edinburgh Drive, and be a part of the biggest half
marathon in the country and in Africa. The route has been changed for the first ten kilometres and
participants will make their way from the start in Main Road to the M3, up Edinburgh Drive, which will not
only provide spectacular views out over Muizenberg and one ocean, but also help to alleviate some of
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the congestion experienced at the start. From the M3 runners will meet up with the old route in
Constantia.
The trail run also broke all previous records with the 800 entries going in just under three hours. This is
the third year the trail run is being held and it’s becoming a “must do” event on the calendar.
Of last year’s top 10 men in the 56km, all ten have entered. In the women’s race, five of the top 10 have
entered. Only one of the Nurgalieva twins will be competing on race day as defending champion Olesya
has pulled out with a week to go due to her pregnancy. Elena has confirmed she will definitely be taking
part. The men’s defending champion George Ntshiliza, will be lining up on race day. In the 21km, six of
last year's top 10 in the men have entered and Lusapho April will be back to defend his title. Six of last
year’s top 10 have also entered in the women’s race. However last year’s winner and course record holder
Helalia Johannes, will not be back to defend her title.
2011 HALF MARATHON ATTRACTS THE BIGGEST FIELD EVER AND INCREASED PRIZE MONEY ATTRACTS
A TOP FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL RUNNERS:
The 2011 event saw a record field of close to 23 000 runners line up on Easter Saturday for the ultra and
half marathon in perfect running weather. 14 147 runners took part in the half marathon, making it the
biggest field in the event’s history and in South Africa, with the ultra attracting 8 645 entries. This truly
Capetonian event attracted over 30 000 participants across all the different events.
George Ntshiliza became the first South African ultra winner since 2007, when he sprinted to the closest
finish in years and a cheque for R250 000. He ended a run of three victories by other African countries,
Zimbabwe, Kenya and Lesotho respectively, as he crossed the finish line at UCT in 3:08:31 after 56 thrilling
kilometres. In the women’s race the Nurgalieva twins from Russia dominated yet again, with Olesya
winning her third Two Oceans title to go with her wins in 2008 and 2010, plus a cheque for R250 000. She
and sister Elena now have three wins each.
This year Lusapho April defended his men’s half marathon title in 1:03:58, and Helalia Johannes of Namibia
held off South Africa’s Irvette van Blerk by eight seconds to win the women’s race in a new course record
of 1:11:56.
The trail run on Good Friday morning saw just over 1 000 runners take on a tough, challenging 22km or
10km on the mountain trails of Devil’s Peak and Newlands Forest above the University of Cape Town
(UCT). In only its second year, the trail event sold all 1 000 entries in just 23 hours of entries opening and
the 14 000 entry slots for the 21km were sold out in just two months, with the last 2 000 entries snapped
up in just 36 hours!
This year’s fun runs on Good Friday attracted close to 4 800 participants over the various distances, which
included a 56m nappy dash for kids, 300m toddlers’ trot, 2.5km and 5km fun runs. These fun runs are all
about family and giving people a chance to experience the amazing event spirit.
Close to 1 000 international participants gathered at the V&A Waterfront for the International Friendship
Run (IFR) – a scenic 5km run/walk through Cape Town, past some of the City’s famous landmarks that
included the Cape Town Stadium, Sea Point Promenade, Green Point Park and Green Point lighthouse in
Mouille Point.
Runners from all over the world got into the event spirit with their family and friends, jogging with the
flags from their various countries. They were treated to the warm South African hospitality and got to
see what makes this city so special.
The 2011 IFR included a shoe drop to underprivileged schoolchildren along the route, as part of a
collaboration with the event’s official charity – the Bobs for Good Foundation. Through runners’
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generosity, a donation of R209 000 was made to the Foundation, which equated to an additional 2 090
children each receiving a brand new pair of South African made leather school shoes.
Just over 1 300 runners came from outside South Africa’s borders to take part in either the ultra or half
marathon, with 77 different countries represented. This year the United Kingdom sent the biggest
contingent of runners, with Germany and the United States also well represented.
2011 saw the successful introduction of RaceTec, the event’s new electronic timing partner who will be
on board for the next five years. This brings two iconic Cape Town events together as RaceTec is owned
and managed by Cape Town Cycle Tour and used at many mass timed events around the country.
A strategic decision was also taken by the Two Oceans Marathon Association (TOMA) to bring the IT
component in-house, resulting in a comprehensive IT system rewrite and a new, more user-friendly online
entry system.
An overhauled and improved medical plan was introduced for this year’s event, with Netcare 911, the
medical sponsor working very closely with the Western Cape Provincial Government Emergency Metro
Services to ensure that all the participants received the best possible medical attention and care during
the event.
Harold Berman and Chet Sainsbury researched and developed the Two Oceans Marathon history, which
was displayed at the Expo for the first time – something not to be missed.
2010 LESOTHO RUNNERS DOMINATE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ULTRA FIELDS & OCEANS GOES OFF ROAD
WITH A TRAIL RUN: Saturday 3 April saw the running of the 41st Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in
ideal running conditions. The race was yet another special one drawing a record field of just over 20 000
participants. Mayor of Cape Town, Dan Plato, started both races.
2010 was a watershed year for South Africa and saw the successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup.
Coupled with this, road running enjoyed a boom with participation figures on the increase across the
country over all distances. The 56km ultra event had 2 000 more participants than 2009 and was one of
the biggest fields in the event’s history. Of the 8 831 ultra runners, 30% of them ran it for the first time.
The race started in cool conditions, with a slight drizzle sifting down from the grey clouds enveloping
Table Mountain. These perfect running conditions saw a foreign brigade once again dominate the ultra,
taking the top nine positions and producing a titanic duel between three Lesotho runners. Lesotho
athlete Mabuthile Lebopo led home the foreign-laden top 10 in 3:06:18, the fastest winning time since
2005. The tiny mountain country of Lesotho, which is entirely enclosed by South Africa, filled the first
three positions and had five runners in the top ten.
Olesya Nurgalieva took the honours in the woman's race in 3:41:53, with her twin sister Elena settling for
second spot just over 100 metres adrift in 3:42:19. Although this was the twins' slowest win and Olesya's
second victory, the pair have never finished lower than fourth over a seven year period, highlighting the
dominance they have in the event. Only two runners not named Nurgalieva have won in the past seven
years.
Border athlete Lushapo April, won the half marathon edging out Mr Price's Kalvin Pangiso on the run into
the UCT field to take the tape in 1:03:54. Zimbabwean, Pangiso was only 30 metres adrift at the tape in a
race that saw the top six athletes dip under 65 minutes. In the women’s half marathon, René Kalmer
broke the course record by 37 seconds with her 72:39, but she was chased hard by Irvette van Blerk, who
finished only 16 seconds behind.
2010 saw the introduction of a trail run to further enhance the event and make it a fully inclusive festival
of running. Runners could choose either an 8 or 18km and the interest was overwhelming. Entries were
limited to 400 in each distance and both were sold out within a few weeks of entries opening.
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2009 EVENT CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY & 10 YEARS WITH TITLE SPONSOR OLD MUTUAL: The 40th
edition of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon certainly proved to be a special one. The event attracted
a record field of participants and close to 20 000 runners all lined up in Newlands on Saturday 11 April.
Combined with the fun runs on Good Friday, the event hosted in excess of 26 000 participants, making it
by far the biggest event on the South African road running calendar.
Zimbabwean Marko Mambo was hoping to pick up his fourth win to become the first male to do so and
join Monica Drögemöller as the only other four-time winner. However, this was not to be as an unknown
novice John Wachira of Kenya running in the colours of the ADT Club passed him only 1,5km from the
finish to win in a time of 3:10:06. Mambo finished second some 46 seconds behind him. 3rd place went
to little known Lesotho runner Mpesela Ntlotsoeu running in the colours of Toyota club and finishing in a
time of 3:11:56. The first South African athlete home was Butiki Jantjies in 6th position overall with a time
of 3:13:53. Only three South Africans finished in the top 10.
This years women’s field was lacking in depth or talent, and it was left up to the Nurgalieva twins who
added the only real sparkle and flair to the race. They finished tie first in a time of 3:40:43 with the race
officials awarding the win to Elena, thereby notching up her third win. Samukeliso Moyo of Zimbabwe
finished a distant 3rd in 3:58:47, with Farwa Mentoor finishing 4th (and first South African) just under the
4 hour mark in 3:59:45.
A major score for the event was the successful opening of Chapman’s Peak Drive for the duration of race
day, as it had been closed to the public since June 2008.
The half marathon had a record field of 13 221 entries, with 10 615 (80%) finishing within the 3 hour cut off.
This was substantially up on the 2008 entry of 11 213, and the organisers had to turn away over a 1 000
entries for the 21km as logistically and operationally it is just not possible to accommodate that size field
under the current conditions. South African Stephen Mokoka won in 1:03:42 with course record holder
Helalia Johannes of Namibia having an easy win (1:13:34) in the women’s race.
2008 NEW RACE DIRECTOR, NEW TECHNICAL SPONSOR & CHARITY & THE HALF MARATHON BREAKS
ENTRY RECORDS AGAIN: Rowyn James took over as Race Director and the race attracted a field of close
to 19 000 participants. The wind blew away any chances of a course record and Zimbabwean Marko
Mambo returned to pick up his third win (having previously won in 2004/5) in a time of 3:11:35, the slowest
since 2000, but it earned him his permanent blue number and he joins Siphiwe Gqele as only the second
three-time winner, although Gqele won three times in a row. The ultra had 6 693 entries with 5 776 (86%)
finishing within the 7 hour cut off.
The 2008 race belonged to Olesya (after Elena won in 2004/5) as she clocked the second fastest time in
the race’s history winning in 3:34:53. Elena finished second, 32 seconds behind her sister. The half had a
record field of 11 213 entries, with 9616 (86%) finishing within the 3 hour cut off. Zimbabwean George
Majaji won in 1:03:31 with Mamorallo Tjoka from Lesotho involved in a titanic battle with Thabita Tsatsa
of Zimbabwe in the women’s race. Tjoka ended up winning in 1:15:05 with Tsatsa only 3 seconds behind
her.
2008 also saw new technical sponsor PUMA come on board, as well as NOAH (Nurturing Orphans of AIDS
for Humanity) as the official race charity and a cheque for R211 000 was handed over to them through the
kind generosity of the runners.
2007 HALF MARATHON BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY: Just over 19 000 people took part in the ultra and
the half marathon. Combined with the fun runs on Good Friday, the total number of people that took
part was close to 25 000 runners and walkers. Bethuel Netshifhefhe, who won in a time of 03:07:56, was
the first South African to win the ultra since 2003, when Mluleki Nobanda took line honours. Since then
the race has been dominated by Zimbabwean runners. Russian athlete Biktagirova won her first attempt
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at an ultra distance event in 03:35:04, the second fastest time ever for this race. She was 4:28 behind the
course record, which was set in 1989 by Frith van der Merwe.
41 runners qualified for their permanent light blue numbers in the half marathon, having run all 10 since
the half marathon was first introduced in 1998.
In his last Two Oceans as Race Director, Chet Sainsbury did not achieve a Sainsbury medal, this time
missing the 5-hour cut-off by 14:26. Nine-time Comrades winner Bruce Fordyce (51) finished almost 40
minutes later in 5:54:06.
In the half marathon, Kenyan Willy Mwangi beat Enos Matalane by 20 seconds in 63:05, while Namibian
Helalia Johannes defended her title successfully in 73:16, breaking her course record of 73:35 by 19
seconds. Behind her South Africans René Kalmer (73:42) and Zintle Xiniwe (74:52) both set huge PBs.
Former world marathon record holder Tegla Loroupe was fifth in 77:40 and said she had been travelling
too much to expect a better result.
2007 saw the introduction of the International Friendship Run on Good Friday. All international entrants,
plus their family and friends were invited to take part, and close to 1 000 participants did the 5 km fun
run/walk from the Good Hope Centre on a scenic route through the city centre to the finish at the V&A
Waterfront.
2006 CELTIC HARRIERS CELEBRATES THEIR CENTENARY: The 2006 event saw close to 18 000
participants line up for the ultra and the half marathon. The half marathon had just under 10 000 runners,
a record field. This year’s event also saw the introduction of more changes, all aimed at improving the
race for all involved. The half marathon cut off was extended to three hours and the race started at
06h20, followed by the ultra at the new start time of 07h00. This was not a popular start time and was
changed to 06h20 in 2007.
A new medal, the Sainsbury Medal, was introduced for ultra runners completing the event between 4 and
5 hours. Chet Sainsbury himself missed winning the medal that was named after him by 4 minutes! 2006
is the 37th consecutive running of the race and the Expo and Race Registration moved to the Good Hope
Centre in Cape Town from UCT.
2005 BOTH ULTRA MARATHON TITLES SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED! Both 2004 ultra winners successfully
defended their titles. Marko Mambo predicted at the media conference that he was going to run 3:05:00
and if anyone wanted to beat him, they would have to run faster to do just that. He became only the
seventh male in the history of the race to win two years in a row. He won the race in a time of 3:05:39
and was spot on with his prediction. In the women’s race, the Russian Nurgalieva twins repeated their
success of 2004, with another Russian Marina Bychkova placing third. Elena Nurgalieva won the race in
a time of 3:38:12. Yelena's close tussle with her twin sister Olesya was again a highlight of the women's
race.
New York marathon champion Hendrick Ramaala took line honours in the half marathon in a new record
time of 1:03:27. The top 3 athletes all broke the previous record for the half marathon, set by Luwis
Masunda in 2003. Mamorallo Tjoka won the women’s race in 1:15:58.
The entrants did not reach the record levels of 2004, but this was to be expected as 2004 had been the
year when the race returned to Chapman's Peak after a four-year break. Even so, it was still the secondbiggest field ever, with entrants in the half marathon exceeding those in the ultra marathon for the first
time.
2004 RECORD ENTRIES: Chapman’s Peak was reopened and attracted a record field for both the 56 km
ultra marathon (9 938) and the 21 km half marathon (8 359). Close to 18 000 people will line up at the
start line, the most participants in the history of the event. The cut off for the half marathon was
increased by 5 minutes, giving participants 2 hours and 35 minutes to complete the race. The half
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marathon route was also changed slightly to remove the extra “much hated” dog’s leg down Southern
Cross Drive.
Novice Marko Mambo won the ultra-marathon race in a time of 3:07:41. He destroyed a field that included
the winners from 2001, 2002 and 2003, finishing more than two minutes ahead of the second-placed
athlete. Russian twin Elena Nurgalieva ran neck and neck for virtually the whole distance with her sister
before winning the women’s race in 3:37:51. Elijah Mutandiro was first to cross the finish line in the half
marathon in a time of 1:04:02, with Ronel Thomas taking first place in the women’s race in 1:15:46. Alex
Jones, age 76, became the oldest person to finish the 56 km event.
Incessant rain in the Southern Suburbs on race-day turned the finishing area at UCT sports fields into a
muddy quagmire.
2003 ENTRIES EXCEED 14 000 FOR THE FIRST TIME: Once again, the total number of entries increased,
although the trend of diminishing numbers of ultra marathon entries continued. As in 2002, a novice won
the ultra marathon. Heavy fog early in the morning hampered television coverage of the race, but the
mist lifted a bit later and the weather was fine – quite humid but virtually wind-free. 2003 was the last
time the race went over the alternative route via Ou Kaapse Weg. Mluleki Nobanda won the ultra
marathon in 3:09:21, with Hungarian athlete, Simone Staicu taking the women’s title in 3:37:32, the second
fastest time ever. Luwis Masunda won the half marathon and set a new course record in a time of 1:03:46.
Charne Rademeyer was the first woman home in a time of 1:15:48.
2002 A RECORD NUMBER OF HALF MARATHON ENTRIES: 5 251 runners entered for the fifth Two Oceans
Half Marathon, an increase of 8.4% over the 2001 field. Many runners and walkers had requested that the
cut-off time of 2 hours 30 minutes be extended. The organisers, aware that such a move would mean a
considerable increase in the number of entries and realising that the last stretch of the route is too narrow
to accommodate both the frontrunners in the ultra and the backmarkers in the half, decided that an
extended cut-off would not be possible at that time. The cut-off for the half marathon was eventually
extended to 2 hours 35 minutes in 2004.
2001 CHANGES TO QUALIFYING TIME AND MINIMUM AGE FOR ENTRANTS: In 2001, the organisers had
another look at the qualification standards and decided to relax the previous marathon qualification time
of 4 hours 30 minutes to 5 hours. Another change was that the minimum age for ultra entrants was
increased from 18 to 20, as Athletics South Africa's new rules stipulated that runners had to turn 20 during
the year of competition.
At the other end of the scale, a new prize category was introduced for Great Grandmasters, to honour
the ultra runners who are 70 and over. John Coulthard was the first runner to win the Great Grandmaster
prize – his winning time was 5:32:32. The oldest finisher was Gert Koen (75) who finished 6 169th out of 6
987 in a time of 6:30:8. AST was appointed the technology partner and implemented an online
registration system via the Internet for the first time.
2000 CUT-OFF EXTENDED TO 7 HOURS AND CHAPMAN'S PEAK CLOSES: The cut-off time was extended
again, from 6 hours 30 minutes to 7 hours. However, this major change almost went unnoticed, because
the Two Oceans Marathon was about to face one of the biggest challenges in its history. In January 2000,
Chapman's Peak Drive had to close to traffic after a devastating fire and a series of rock falls. The race
organisers were faced with a huge problem, as a Two Oceans Marathon without Chappies was almost
unthinkable. They now had to devise an alternative course that would be as challenging and scenic as
the route the runners had been using for the past 30 years. For the next four years, the race would go
over Ou Kaapse Weg, with the race distance being maintained at 56 km. Joshua Peterson narrowly beat
Vladimir Kotov, a veteran from Belarus, by only 8 seconds finishing in 3 hours 13 minutes and 12 seconds.
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1999 ANGELINA SEPHOOA WINS FOR THE THIRD TIME: Angelina Sephooa emulated Siphiwe Gqele's feat
(in 1983, 1984 and 1985) and won the women's race for the third time in three attempts, thus achieving a
permanent blue number in the shortest possible time.
1998 A NEW START, A NEW MEDAL, A NEW QUALIFYING TIME, A NEW FINISH AND A NEW HALF
MARATHON: In 1998, the race moved to a new venue. Runners would now start in Main Road Newlands
and finish on the University of Cape Town's rugby fields. This change was necessitated by the major
building alterations at Brookside. The previous cut-off time of 6 hours was extended to 6 hours 30
minutes and a new Blue Medal was introduced to cater for these runners.
Another important break with tradition was to increase the previous qualifying time from 4 hours
15 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes. 1998 also saw the introduction of the first Two Oceans Half Marathon,
which attracted 3593 entrants that first year. Of these, 2942 managed to complete the race within the 2
hour 30 minute cut-off. Ziyaad Dhansay, who is physically handicapped, crossed the line in 3:31:26. His
achievement was greeted with rousing applause from the spectators and runners.
1997 SINQE WINS FOR A SECOND TIME: Zithulele Sinqe's second consecutive win was also the fourth
fastest time in history - only Thompson Magawana (twice) and Johnny Halberstadt had run faster.
Angelina Sephooa was the women's winner; she would go on to win the race in the following two years
as well.
1996 FIRST SILVER FOR A GRANDMASTER (60+): Bob Haselum of Rand Athletic Club broke the magical
four-hour barrier to earn the coveted silver medal. His time was 3:58:30 and this record still stands today.
Zithulele Sinqe won the men's race and Maria Bak from Germany was the first woman home; she
completed five more Two Oceans marathons after 1996 and finished in the top 10 every time without
recording another win.
1995 FOREIGN ATHLETES DOMINATE THE WOMEN’S RACE: Four athletes from Europe finished in the top
5 of the women's race, and a Polish runner came second in the men's race. Simon Malindi won the race
at his first attempt in a time of 3 hours 10 minutes 53 seconds.
1994 THE GREAT TRAIN DELAY: There was consternation the day before the race when the organisers
learned that a train carrying 500 entrants had broken down at Beaufort West. After many frantic phone
calls to the railway authorities, the organisers received the happy news that the runners would arrive in
time to register for the race.
1993 BLIND TWO OCEANS MEDALLISTS: Renette Bloem (29) and Dirk Fourie (64), who are both blind,
showed the other runners that no handicap is so large that it cannot be overcome. Well-known local
runner Robbie Dallas-Orr piloted Renette, a counselling psychologist from Stellenbosch. Brigid Taylor
(27) became the youngest woman to earn a permanent number, when she completed her 10th Two
Oceans Marathon.
1992 THE WETTEST TWO OCEANS IN HISTORY: The runners that lined up for the start on Saturday 18
April 1992 knew from the start that they were in for difficult conditions. Three cold fronts had hit Cape
Town the day before and a fourth was predicted for race day. Just after Fish Hoek, the runners had to
fight a strong head wind and shortly after 10h30 heavy rains started falling. All but the front-runners had
to contend with freezing temperatures and low visibility.
Israel Morake won the race that year 3:15:56. Monica Drögemöller, a popular local favourite, won the
women's race by crossing the line in 3:49:16. She is the only runner to date who has won the Two Oceans
four times.
1991 A RECORD ENTRY OF 9 227: The 22nd Two Oceans Marathon 56 km Ultra attracted 9227 entrants.
Rondebosch Boys’ High School made the school premises available to accommodate underprivileged
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runners. This was the start of a new tradition and many other schools have offered their premises in the
years that followed.
1990 THE FIRST FRIDAY RUN: In 1990, Professor Kevin Rochford approached the Two Oceans Committee
with a proposal for a special Friday run, in order to accommodate those runners whose religious beliefs
prevented them from running on a Saturday. Kevin, who finished 17th in 1975, was unable to run the race
for 15 years because he had a special dispensation to observe the 'Saturday Sabbath'. The committee
granted his request, which was the start of a new tradition. On Friday 13 April 1990, committee members
Chet Sainsbury, Chris Goldschmidt and 19 other runners (including Kevin) lined up for the first Friday run
– everyone managed to complete the race within the 6-hour cut-off time.
1989 FRITH VAN DER MERWE SETS NEW COURSE RECORD FOR WOMEN: In 1989, Frith van der Merwe
astonished everyone by breaking Monica Drögemöller's course record of 3:44:29 by 13 minutes and 53
seconds and finishing 22nd overall (thereby beating Johnny Halberstadt). Frith's winning time of 3:30:36
was established on a day when more than 2 000 runners failed to complete the race because of the
extreme heat. Frith went on to win the Comrades Marathon later that year in a time of 5:54:43. She
finished 15th overall and set a course record that has yet to be equalled. Frith is the only woman who has
won the Two Oceans and the Comrades in the same year. PJ Sullivan, the only runner who had run all the
Two Oceans marathons, was awarded the double laurel permanent number for successfully completing
his 20th Two Oceans.
1988 THOMPSON MAGAWANA SHATTERS ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS: On 2 April 1988, Thompson
Magawana broke two world records and established a course record for the Two Oceans that has yet to
be equalled or bettered. In doing so, he not only improved on his 1987 winning time by 1 minute 47
seconds, but also bettered the world best times for the 30-mile and 50-kilometre distances. Thompson's
record of 3:03:44 still stands. His achievement is all the more remarkable because it is possible that even
then he was already infected with a virus that would eventually lead to his early death in 1995.
1987 THOMPSON MAGAWANA BREAKS HALBERSTADT’S RECORD: Thompson Magawana bettered
Johnny Halberstadt's course record by 6 seconds and won the race on his first attempt. Thulani (Ephraim)
Sibisi, winner in 1986, finished second.
1986 BEVERLEY MALAN FAILS TO MAKE IT FOUR WINS: A slow race saw Thulani (Ephraim) Sibisi winning
in a time of 3 hours 9 minutes 30 seconds. Mark Page, who famously duelled with (and lost to) Bruce
Fordyce during two Comrades Marathons, achieved his best Two Oceans placing, finishing second. Threetime winner Beverley Malan ran her best time ever but still only managed third place in the women's race.
1985 SIPHIWE GQELE AND BEVERLEY MALAN SCORE THE FIRST TWO OCEANS TRIPLE WINS: Siphiwe
Gqele, a miner from Bracken Athletic Club, became the first Two Oceans entrant to win the race three
times (1983, 1984 and 1985). What made this achievement even more remarkable was his consistency:
his finish times for the 3 races were 3:11:54 (1983), 3:10:57 (1984) and 3:11:57 (1985). Siphiwe was the first
runner who took only three years to gain a permanent number.
Beverley Malan became the first woman to be awarded a permanent number for winning the race three
times (1982, 1983 and 1985). Marie-Jeanne Duyvejonk rounded off the day when she was the first woman
to earn a permanent number by completing ten Two Oceans marathons.
1984 NUMBER OF ENTRIES EXCEEDS 3 000: A new record number of entrants, 3 770 runners, entered for
the 1984 Two Oceans Marathon. The oldest entrant was 75-year-old Liege Boulle, who finished
comfortably in 5:42:47.
1983 A CLOSE FINISH: Siphiwe Gqele finished the race in 3:11:54, with Warwick Ewers just behind him in
3:11:58, the closest finish in the history of the race.
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1982 THE FIRST FEMALE SILVER MEDALLIST: Beverley Malan was the first woman to break the 4-hour
barrier and earn a silver medal in a time of 3:59:08.
1981 JOHNNY HALBERSTADT DOMINATES: In his first attempt at the 56 km ultra, Johnny Halberstadt
destroyed all opposition, winning by a margin of nearly four minutes and setting a new race record that
would not be broken until 1987. His 1981 winning time of 3 hours 5 minutes 37 seconds is still the third
fastest in history, and has only ever been bettered by Thompson Magawana (who did it twice). Gail
Ingram won the women's race for the second consecutive year.
1980 ANOTHER NEW WOMEN'S RECORD: Gail Ingram of Varsity Kudus beat Di Alperstein's record by
over eight and a half minutes by finishing in 4:14:05.
1979 HUGH AMOORE IS AWARDED THE FIRST PERMANENT BLUE NUMBER: In 1979, it was decided to
award permanent numbers to all runners who had achieved three wins, or five gold medals, or 10 finishes.
Hugh Amoore pipped PJ Sullivan (the only other contender) for the coveted Permanent Number One. 1
229 runners from 88 clubs entered for the 1979 race. Two new course records were set: Vincent
Rakabaele broke the 3 hour 10 minute barrier in a time of 3:08:56 and Di Alperstein smashed the 1978
women's record by finishing in 4:22:58.
1978 JANET BAILEY BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO BREAK THE 5-HOUR BARRIER: Janet, supported
by Sybrand Mostert, finished the race in 4:34:28 and uttered the famous last words 'never again'. Even
though her feet were badly blistered, she managed to beat the previous women's record by 26 minutes
and 49 seconds. Brian Chamberlain won the race that year in 3:15:23, only 1 second slower than his
winning time in 1977.
1977 THE RACE BECOMES A “PRE-RACE ENTRIES” ONLY EVENT: By now, it was becoming clear to the
organisers that the race had the potential to develop into a mammoth event. This led to the introduction
of more stringent rules about seconding and runners were no longer allowed to enter on the day. Brian
Chamberlain won the race in 3:15:22. Marie-Jeanne Duyvejonk was the first woman to cross the line in
5:03:52.
1976 THE FIRST BLACK WINNER: Gabashane Vincent Rakabaele became the first black runner to win an
ultra marathon in South Africa in 3:18:05, after dicing with Alan Robb for most of the way. Marie-Jeanne
Duyvejonck from Belgium came close to breaking the 5-hour barrier by finishing in a time of 5:01:07. She
won the first trophy to be awarded to a female winner.
1975 THE FIRST BLACK ENTRANTS AND THE FIRST FEMALE FINISHER: In 1975, the government of the
time had a policy that allowed different race groups to mix, provided permission had been obtained to
hold a 'multi-national' event. The Minister of Sport, Dr P G J Koornhof, gave his official approval on
condition that the 'different race groups would not mix unnecessarily'. Everyone ignored this and the
runners happily united in their quest to conquer the distance.
George 'Goodenough' Qokweni, a male nurse from the Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital, and eight runners
from Paarl East Athletic Club, were the first runners to demolish the racial barriers. Ulla Paul, a petite
mother of three, became the first woman to complete the race within the official 6-hour limit. First male:
Derek Preiss 3:22:01; First female: Ulla Paul 5:14:51.
1974 THE FIRST FEMALE ENTRANT: Theresa Stadler, who was 40 years old at the time, was the first
female runner to enter for the Two Oceans Marathon. She completed the race in 07:33:00, which was
outside the official cut-off time, but inspired other women to follow her example. A new tradition was
created in 1974 when the race date was officially established as the Saturday of the Easter weekend.
Derek Preiss became the first and only male runner to win both the Two Oceans and the Comrades in the
same year. He was to repeat this feat in 1975.
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1973 THE RACE IS HELD OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST TIME: This was the first year that
the Two Oceans Marathon event was held over the Easter weekend but it took place on Easter Monday
and not Saturday, as was to become the custom in the years that followed. This was also the first time
that a young doctor named Tim Noakes entered the race. Tim was to go on to become a world-renowned
authority in sports science, particularly long distance running. Don Hartley won again in 3:24:06.
1972 THE RACE IS OFFICIALLY NAMED THE TWO OCEANS: 96 of the 115 entrants lined up on 6 May 1972
and the entry fee was doubled to R2. Don Hartley won in 3:25:12.
1971 THE RACE MOVES TO BROOKSIDE: The entry fee doubled to R1 and the number of finishers swelled
to 31. Rob Knutzen won in 3:42:31. The race distance was confirmed as 56km in accordance with IAAF
course measurement rules at the time.
1970 THE FIRST RACE, Saturday 2 May 1970: The race was never intended to be anything more than a
training run to enable Cape Town runners to prepare for the Comrades Marathon. The 26 runners who
set out on the 35-miler from Impala Park were not aware that they were the pioneers of an event that 37
years later would attract more than 9 000 entrants. Entry fee was 50 cents and 15 people finished the
race. Dirkie Steyn won the event in 3:55:50 and ran barefoot.
RACE LEGENDS
Mention any major race and there will always be talk about the big names that become a part of the race’s
folklore. With Two Oceans, there have always been debates about who have been the greatest runners,
but there are a few names in both the men and women’s categories that stand out. The first name is that
of Thompson Magawana, who will be remembered for his emphatic victory and record breaking run in
the 1988 Two Oceans Marathon. He had already broken the previous record by six seconds in 1987. When
he crossed the finish line in the 1988 race, the clocked stopped at 3:03:44. In the process, he established
a new world best for 50 km and 30 miles.
His new record immediately prompted talk about the 3-hour barrier. Magawana’s two-in-a-row also
raised the question of whether he would be the second male athlete to win three Two Oceans in a row.
Sadly, Magawana, who never really fulfilled his true potential, passed away in 1995.
Another name that comes to mind is that of Zithulele Sinqe, one of the greatest distance runners ever
produced in South Africa. A multiple SA Marathon Champion, as well as a former SA Marathon and Half
Marathon record holder, Sinqe won the Two Oceans twice (1996/7) and narrowly missed a third
consecutive title in 1998 after suffering a hamstring injury. He did not line up in the 1999 race due to the
same niggling hamstring injury. Zet was tragically killed in a road accident in December 2011 and the world
lost a true road running legend. Zet’s commentating skills and knowledge will be sorely missed during
this year’s live broadcasts of both the Two Oceans and the Comrades marathons.
Gabashane Vincent Rakabaele was another of the event’s legends. One of the best distance runner to
come out of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, he was the first black athlete to win an official Comrades
medal. In 1976, he had one of the most exciting head to head clashes with Alan Robb and went on to win
the ultra in a course record of 3:18:05, beating Robb by a mere 6 seconds. In 1977 he finished 43rd after a
bad training season but in 1978 he was second to Brian Chamberlain and in 1979 won for the second time
to regain the record Chamberlain (3:15:22) had taken from him in 1977. His time was 3:08:56 and he won
by almost 10 minutes.
Rakabaele’s record stood until 1981 when, after a dramatic tussle between him and Johnny Halberstadt,
the latter clocked 3:05:37 to beat the Lesotho runner by 3 min 40 sec. Nine years later Rakabaele won
the veterans (masters) title in 3:18:10. The running world lost a truly great athlete when he died in 2003,
but the world at large only received news of his passing late last year.
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Zimbabwean Marko Mambo is yet another legend this event has produced. He recorded his third win in
2008 in a time of 3:11:35, the slowest since 2000, but it earned him his permanent blue number and he
joins Siphiwe Gqele as only the second three-time winner, although Gqele won three times in a row.
Mambo won previously in 2004 and 2005.
Looking at the women’s race, the women who stand out most are Frith van der Merwe and Angelina
Sephooa. Towards the end of 1980 and early in 1990, the name on everyone’s lips was Frith van der
Merwe, a former national Marathon Champion, former national Marathon record holder and the first
woman to break six hours for the Comrades. Frith is still ranked in the top five in South Africa in every
distance on the road, apart from the 100 km, and many of her records at major events across the country
still stand.
In 1989, Frith shattered the women’s record for the Two Oceans by a whopping 13 minutes and 53 seconds
(3:30:36), went on to win the Comrades that same year, and broke six hours. After 1993, Frith
experienced injuries and was forced to take a long lay off from running. In 1999 Frith ran her first Two
Oceans since 1993, finishing in just over four hours (4:04:23).
Angelina Sephooa will go down in history as one of the greatest Two Oceans winners. Not only did she
win the race three times, but her victories were over some of the best ultra runners in the world.
Sephooa, who hailed from Lesotho, represented her country at the Commonwealth Games in 1998.
Although not very fast, Sephooa had the ability to maintain a steady pace, which saw her win the titles in
1997, 1998 and 1999. Sadly, Angeline passed away in January 2006 and Africa lost a great athlete.
In 1998, she raced all the way to the marathon mark with Germany’s Birgit Lennartz. Halfway up
Constantia Nek, Angelina surged ahead and was never challenged again. She followed the same tactics
in 1999 when she diced Gwen van Lingen. Knowing that Gwen was the naturally faster athlete, she
maintained a hard pace form early on in the race. She made her move again at Constantia Nek and it
proved to be decisive. Her race with Griffiths pulled her to the third fastest time ever – 3:38:09.
Simone Staicu from Hungary ran the second fastest time ever in the 2003 race when she clocked 3:37:32;
her first attempt at this ultra marathon. The Nurgalieva twins and Madina Biktagirova have since run
faster times. Monica Drögemöller is another legend in the women’s event and is the only woman to have
won the event four times (1988, 1990 to 1992).
The last few years has seen the Nurgalieva twins dominate the women’s ultra event. Between them, they
have notched up six wins – Elena in 2009, 2005 and 2004 and Olesya in 2008, 2010 and 2011. 2009 saw
them cross the finish line together in a time of 3:40:43 with the race officials awarding the win to Elena,
who notched up her third win. Coupled with their eight Comrades victories and successes at various
international marathons, it’s no surprise that Elena and Olesya are celebrities in both their home country
Russia and here in South Africa.
In 2010, Noel Stamper completed his 40th Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon to achieve the first four
laurel Blue Number. Since completing his 41st Ultra, he has not been able to complete due to a leg injury.
Noel is a true legend of this great Ultra event, having run every Two Oceans Ultra since 1970 until his
injury.
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TWO OCEANS MARATHON NPC BENEFICIARIES 2015
The Two Oceans Marathon NPC believes that the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon is much more than
just a great day out for our runners. It is a fantastic way to make a sustainable difference in the
community, and especially in the areas impacted by the race.
Our efforts to give back to the community, support initiatives with the areas of Education, Environment,
Health and Athletics Development.
The following beneficiaries continue to receive our support:
SANParks:
The combination of marathon and mountain is an exciting collaboration between TOMI, SANParks and
the Honorary Rangers and will provide support for a key Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) project.
The SANParks Honorary Rangers in the Table Mountain region comprise of 35 volunteers who support
TMNP by fundraising and working on a variety of conservation projects. Their 2014 project was the
renovation of the People’s Trail Hut, located in TMNP’s Back Table. The hut serves as a base for the
school groups and youth organisations that participate TMNP’s environmental education and youth
development programmes. The renovations have taken about a year (and over 5 000 hours) to
complete – which included stripping the hut from floor to ceiling to make it a brighter and more
welcoming space.
www.sanparkshr.org and www.tmnp.co.za
SANCCOB:
SANCCOB is a leading marine-orientated, non-profit organisation that has treated more than 95 000
oiled, ill, injured or abandoned endangered African penguins and other threatened seabirds since 1968.
Independent research confirms that the wild African penguin population is 19 percent higher due to
SANCCOB’s conservation efforts. It is an internationally recognised leader in oiled wildlife response,
rehabilitation and chick rearing; contributes to research which benefits seabirds; trains people to care
for the birds and educates the public to develop behavioural patterns which benefit marine life and the
environment it depends on.
www.sanccob.co.za
Centre for Early Childhood Development:
Established in 1994, the CECD focuses improving the education and care for our country’s most vulnerable
citizens: young children from disadvantaged communities. This is done through training programmes that
build the capacity of those working with young children, providing physical infrastructure upgrades and
education equipment provision to ECD centres in urban and rural areas, through research and evaluation,
and through resource and information provision to the field nationally.
CANSA:
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) offers a unique integrated service to the public and to all
people affected by cancer. As a leading role-player in cancer research, they are able to realign their health
programmes as well as strengthen their watchdog role to the greater benefit of the public. They host an
impressive number of health and education campaigns, care and support services and other projects in
aid of cancer patients.
Cape Kidney Association:
The Cape Kidney Association is a grassroots Non-Profit Association that raises funds to assist with the
needs of patients and families suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease. The Association was established in
1978 by a group of concerned Nephrology health care professionals and presently consists of a variety of
professional staff working in the renal kidney areas, renal patients on dialysis and those who have been
transplanted, as well as their relatives.
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SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Title sponsor:
Old Mutual
Contact: Frank Brooks (082-496 6070)
Technical sponsor:
adidas
Contact: Adrian de Souza (082-821 4418)
Beverage sponsor:
Coca-Cola
Contact: Dan Davis (083-460 3941)
Powerade
Contact: Bernhard Pieters (060-520 0293)
IT support:
Enhanced
Contact: Armand Bothma (082-354 0459)
Medical care:
METRO EMS
Contact: Dr. Wayne Smith (082-991 0760)
Travel partner:
Penthouse Travel Sporting Tours
Contact: Marie Howarth (084-919 1262)
Race day vehicles:
Thorp Motor Group
Contact: Warren Thorp (083-233 5991)
Beer Sponsor:
SA Breweries (Castle Lite)
Contact: Shane Bowler (082-924 2237)
Runners’ refreshments:
Peninsula Beverage
Contact: Matthew Jewell (083-233 9988)
Official Beneficiaries:
SANParks & SANParks Honorary Rangers
SANCCOB
CANSA
Centre for Early Childhood Development
Cape Kidney Association
Security:
Eyethu Security
Contact: Charl Barnard (076-277 7762)
Other partners:
Action Photo
AVIS
Biddulphs
Cape Town Tourism
Chep SA
City of Cape Town
Food Lover’s Market
MEDAC / Rockets
Modern Athlete
Nampak
RaceTec
Runner’s World
South African National Parks
TransAct
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Tsogo Sun
WESGRO
Western Cape Government
Runner biographies:
Compiled by:
Riël Hauman
Email: [email protected]
Leonie Mollentze
Cell: 082 550 1514
Email: [email protected]
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