19 April 2011
Tjipekapora Herunga won both her 100m and 200m races in a windy Mauritius Invitational meet in 12,13 and 24,16 respectively,
Fellow sprinter Hitjiviure Kaanjuka won his 100m heat and ended second in the 200m to Lamine Niang of Senegal, who clocked 20,83. Kaanjuka’s times were 10,75 in the 100m and 20,99 in the 200m.
Promising young athletes Merlin Diamond and Dantago Gurirab, who are currently training and staying in Mauritius, could not participate due to injury, while Corlia Kruger who was participating in the Heptathlon had to retire injured after badly hurting her knee.
Daniel Nghipandulwa continued his good showing and improvement over the 800m distance after setting the new Namibian record of 1:46,62 last weekend in Durban, when he recorded his ever first win during the Yellow Pages Interprovincial meeting.
Nghipandulwa won the 800 in 1:49,62 after making the decisive move with 250m to go before he out sprinted South African Henk Beukes and French Lacasse Fiorent to second and third position with both clocking 1:49,91 in a photo finish.
Up and coming young hurdler Hardus Maritz finished third in the 400m hurdles in a time of 52,49 with Namibian Leroy Bock clocking 53,02, they finished behind Taarig Solomons who won in 52,25 followed by Shaun Van Wyk in second place clocking 25,49.
In the 200m men Marvin Kamuingona won Heat 2 in a time 21,60 and Globien Mayova ended fifth in the 200 women with a time 24,48, both athletes struggled in the 100m ending seventh and eightth respectively.
In the 400m Karupu Basilus finished fourth in his heat with a time of 47,55m while Josef Lundulukeni was fifth with a time of 49,41 and in Heat 1 Armandus Gawaseb ended second with a time of 49,86. Rodger Haitenge ended third in the mens triple jump with a distance of 15,58 and sixth in the long jump with compatriot Markus Alerilwe in eighth with distances of 6,65 and 6,46 respectively.
AllAfrica – All the Time
Taken from:
Herunga Shines in Mauritius