Cheetahs win Top 10 Club champs

WINDHOEK – Golden Cheetahs Athletics Club have won the annual Coca-Cola Top 10 Club Championship for the second year running.

One hundred and fifty-nine athletes from as far as the Kavango, Hardap and Karas regions took part in the event staged at the Independence Stadium on Friday evening. Cheetahs’ athletes accumulated 8 969 points, with the women recording 4 563 points and the men 4 406 points.In second place was Winners Athletics Development Club with 8 646 points and in third place was Windhoek Hochland Sports (WHS) Club with 8 381 points.The Namibian Defence Force ended in fourth place with 7 271 points.Winners’ Tjipee Herunga was the top woman sprinter on the day with a time of 55.62 seconds in the 400m, while teammate Martha Shivolo was the top woman in the middle and long distance category for her 2:13.96 in the 800m race.Herunga also won the 200m race on the night, while Shivolo also won the 1500m race.Keshia Kalomo from Cheetahs was the best woman in the jump events with her 5.35 metres in the long jump, while WHS’s Charlize van der Linde was the best in the throw events with 35.78m in discuss.Kalomo ended second after Winners’ Victoria Tjingaete in the 100m dash, while van der Linde also scooped the shot put and javelin disciplines.WHS’s Leroy Bock was the best sprinter on the night with his time of 48.55 in the 400m, while team-mate Eric Verburg was the best thrower on the night for his 52.42m in the javelin.Verburg also won the discuss and shot put events.Cheetahs’ Johannes Skrywer and Salomon Tuaire were the best in the middle and long distance (1500m in 3:59.96) and high jump events (2.10m), respectively.The next athletics event will be the National Schools Championships on 30 and 31 March at the Independence stadium.Another high-level competition, the Frank Fredericks Invitational, will take place on April 13.The Khomas Athletics Region will have its Track and Field Championship on April 21, while the National Championship has been pencilled in for April 28.NampaCheetahs’ athletes accumulated 8 969 points, with the women recording 4 563 points and the men 4 406 points.In second place was Winners Athletics Development Club with 8 646 points and in third place was Windhoek Hochland Sports (WHS) Club with 8 381 points.The Namibian Defence Force ended in fourth place with 7 271 points.Winners’ Tjipee Herunga was the top woman sprinter on the day with a time of 55.62 seconds in the 400m, while teammate Martha Shivolo was the top woman in the middle and long distance category for her 2:13.96 in the 800m race.Herunga also won the 200m race on the night, while Shivolo also won the 1500m race.Keshia Kalomo from Cheetahs was the best woman in the jump events with her 5.35 metres in the long jump, while WHS’s Charlize van der Linde was the best in the throw events with 35.78m in discuss.Kalomo ended second after Winners’ Victoria Tjingaete in the 100m dash, while van der Linde also scooped the shot put and javelin disciplines.WHS’s Leroy Bock was the best sprinter on the night with his time of 48.55 in the 400m, while team-mate Eric Verburg was the best thrower on the night for his 52.42m in the javelin.Verburg also won the discuss and shot put events.Cheetahs’ Johannes Skrywer and Salomon Tuaire were the best in the middle and long distance (1500m in 3:59.96) and high jump events (2.10m), respectively.The next athletics event will be the National Schools Championships on 30 and 31 March at the Independence stadium.Another high-level competition, the Frank Fredericks Invitational, will take place on April 13.The Khomas Athletics Region will have its Track and Field Championship on April 21, while the National Championship has been pencilled in for April 28.Nampa