Prize money still safe after Swakop leg

THE second leg of the Coca Cola Regional Athletics Club Championships took place in Swakopmund over the weekend and was well attended by athletes from all over Namibia.

The performances were not that great though, with only Visamuje Ujaha of Swakop Striders and Wenceslaus Klaasman of Nampol achieving more than 1 000 IAAF points for their best performances.

A total of N$50 000 will be at stake in the regional club championships series, but at this stage it seems that the sponsors’ prize money is mostly still safe. In terms of the competition rules, athletes need to compete at all three legs of the series, they need to obtain 1 000 or more points for their top performances, and they need to finish amongst the top 10 best performances of the series to come into consideration for the prize money.

The Swakopmund leg was the second of the series, following the opening leg in Otjiwarongo a week before, and once again the performances were not very impressive.

Ujaha and Klaasman shared first place in the men’s high jump event with a height of 2,10m which amounts to 1 002 IAAF points.

The other top performances of the meeting came from Ernst Narib of Nampol Athletics Club, Sandro Diergaardt of Rehoboth Athletics Club and Tjipe Herunga of Nampol Athletics Club.

Narib won the men’s 200m in a time of 22,16 seconds which amounts to 904 IAAF points, finishing ahead of Sydney Kamuaruuma of Namib Lions (22,29) and Kenneth Titus of Unam (11,06).

Diergaardt won the men’s long jump with a distance of 6,98m which amounts to 918 IAAF points, followed by Klaasman (6,64) and Romario Nghifitikeko of Swakop Striders (6,39).

Herunga won the women’s 200m in 25,38 seconds which amounts to 907 IAAF points, while Refilwe Murangi of Nampol came second in 26,13 and Chantelle du Toit of Triomf Athletics Club third in 26,72.

Dantago Gurirab once again won the men’s 100m sprint in a time of 10,81 seconds which was a bit slower than his winning time of 10.,76 in the first leg at Otjiwarongo. Even Tjiviju came second in 11,04 and Ismael Tjiramba third in 11,06.

Mahmad Bock of Unam won the men’s 400m in 49,20, followed by Kutenda Nyamupfukudza of Golden Cheetahs (50,63) and Vaino Ashuly of Cheetahs Athletics Club (52,22).

Gregg Makari of Unam won the men’s triple jump with a distance of 13,17m, while Ryan Williams of QSB WHS Athletics Club won the shot put in 12,80m; Leeorrel Breytenbach of QSB WHS won the discus in 41,71m; and Johan Smit of QSB WHS won the javelin in 61,68m.

The women’s 100m was won by Refilwe Murangi of Nampol in 12,60 seconds, followed by Tjipe Herunga (12,72) and Chantelle du Toit (13,18).

Gustaf Shekupe of Nampol won both the 400m and 800m events.

She won the former in 59,44 seconds, followed by Tuuliki Angala of Cheetah Athletics Club (1:01,96) and Tangi Mulundu of Unam (1:03,75), while Shekupe won the 800m in 2:26,28, followed by Angala (2:27,20) and Martha Shivolo of Nampol (2:27,24).

Shivolo won the women’s 1 500m in 5:00,46, followed by Salmi Ndiviteko of Nampol (5:01,40) and Kalinasho Matana of Cheetah Athletics Club (5:05,08), while Matana won the 5 000m in 18:37,47, followed by Ruana Lucas of Oshakati Athletics Club (21:27,36 and Elizabeth Elias of Swakop Striders (23:51,12).

Cindy Huber of QSB WHS won the women’s 400m hurdles in 1:15,55, followed by Nelia Landsberg of QSB WHS (1:17,71) and Xy Huber of QSB WHS (1:24,77).

Nathalie Louw of Triomf won both the women’s high jump in 1,65m as well as the long jump in 5,35m, while Nelia Landsberg won the triple jump in 8,50m.

Virginia Kujandeka of Unam won the shot put with a distance of 11,61m, while Karlien Botha of QSB WHS won the discus with 37,79m and Rioche Venter of Swakop Striders the javelin with a distance of 36,70m.

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