{"id":114191,"date":"2016-02-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114191\/cga-athletes-are-getting-better-and-better\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T08:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T06:03:27","slug":"cga-athletes-are-getting-better-and-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/02\/26\/cga-athletes-are-getting-better-and-better\/","title":{"rendered":"CGA athletes are getting better and better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday was filled with activities as Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) hosted a track and field league meeting at the Germiston Stadium.<\/p>\n

This was the second last league meeting before the CGA Provincial Championships, in March.<\/p>

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The meeting featured the Phalula twins, who have moved on to longer distances on the track from their previous main events, which included 800m and 1 500m distances.<\/p>\n

Lebo-Diana Phalula led the 5 000m women\u2019s event by 300m, finishing her race in a time of 16:47:85.<\/p>

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Keneilwe Sesing came in second, in a time of 17:37:63.<\/p>\n

Returning from an injury, Lebogang Phalula finished third in a time of 17:56:43.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 5 000m, Namaqua Nkhasi, of Cool Running AC, came first in a time of 14:02:47, followed by Joel Marome, of Nedbank, in a time of 14:17:29.<\/p>\n

Gladwin Mzazi finished third in a time of 14:23:79.<\/p>\n

On the same day as the league meeting, CGA also had a team participating at the SA Marathon Championships in Buffalo City, East London.<\/p>\n

In the open men\u2019s category, Ntsindiso Mphakathi finished third with a time of 02:23:12.<\/p>\n

In the open women\u2019s category, Mapaseka Makhanya finished second in a time of 02:51:32.<\/p>\n

Overall, the CGA men\u2019s team walked away with the gold title and the women with the silver title.<\/p>\n

CGA also congratulated Lebogang Shange on breaking his own record for the 20km race in the time of 01:20:06, which took place on February 20, in Australia, as well as Sibusiso Nzima for finishing fourth, clocking his new personal best time of 02:11:42 and bettering his Olympic qualification time.<\/p>\n

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