Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 141, May 2021 May 2021 | Page 31

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Saokga Sedibeng
Siyabonga Mvelase
Duduzile Kumile
Johannes Morepe
Cian Oldknow
than 13 minutes ! Hailed as “ Miss PB ” by her coach George Bradley , she ’ s been racking them up in just about every distance she ’ s raced since lockdown eased , and this run brought her a gold medal as part of the victorious Gauteng women ’ s team .
David Manja clocked 1:02:11 and took three seconds off his best , Philani Buthelezi improved his best by 18 seconds with a 1:02:23 , while Kabelo Melamu went almost a minute faster in 1:02:32 . Dylan van der Merwe hacked almost four minutes off his best with a 1:03:57 clocking , while Megan Dempster broke 79 minutes for the first time with
her 1:18:42 . Ilse Marais ran 1:21:12 and improved by exactly three minutes , Enie Manzini ( 1:21:26 ) went two minutes better than her best , and Simone Verster ( 1:22:19 ) produced a four-minute PB , while Kate Rees clocked 1:23:48 to go almost three minutes faster than her previous best .
“ It ’ s overwhelming , humbling and makes us so proud to see so many superlative performances ,” says club chairman Ed Jardim . “ Quite clearly the consistent training over the ‘ non-competitive ’ period of lockdown has done our athletes well . We cannot wait for when they get really race-fit to produce even more .”
Enie Manzini
Philani Buthelezi
Simone Verster
Kabelo Melamu
Images : David Papenfus / Endurocad , Action Photo , SMacPix & Courtesy Murray & Roberts Running Club
David Manja
Kate Rees
Dylan van der Merwe
Megan Dempster
Ilse Marais
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