{"id":111656,"date":"2016-01-22T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111656\/track-and-field-athletes-charging-ahead\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T13:06:03","slug":"track-and-field-athletes-charging-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/01\/22\/track-and-field-athletes-charging-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Track and field athletes charging ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather in Germiston was cool when the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) hosted the second track and field league meeting of the year at the Germiston Stadium last Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an action-packed half-day programme with lots of competition in both track and field events,\u201d said CGA\u2019s Mbalenhle Ngema.<\/p>

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\u201cThe big guns of long distance battled it out in the 5 000m event with Tumisang Monatlala leading the bunch 30 seconds into the race, followed closely by junior man Ikageng Ggorekwe.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, ten minutes into the race Marco Bucarizza took the lead and maintained it all the way to the finish line.<\/p>

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\u201cBucarizza finished first in a time of 14 minutes and 42 seconds,\u201d said Ngema.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeneilwe Sesing, on the other hand, led the women\u2019s 5 000m event from start to finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, Sesing is the strongest long distance female athlete, but we anticipate intense competition amongst the women as the season progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the field we have aspiring high jump athletes, Matome Shabangu and Vernom Lategon, who are performing exceptionally well.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth athletes do, however, feel there is still room for improvement and have to work harder and focus more on training as we head towards the SA Championships in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems 2016 will be a highly competitive season.\u201d<\/p>\n