The third edition of the IAAF Continental Cup will be held on European grounds in the Czech city of Ostrava on 8 & 9 September next month and more than half of the 20-strong South African team is made up of current or former Varsity Athletics stars.
Headlining the group will be Caster Semenya, hot off a record breaking the South African 1000m record, in-form long jumper Ruswahl Samaai and 100m sensation Akani Simbine, all for Varsity Athletics stars. A total of 11 Varsity Athletics athletes will feature with five coming from defending champions Tuks.
The event will be run on a points-based system, similar to that of Varsity Athletics, with athletes competing in straight finals.
“Congratulations to all athletes who have made the African team and trust they will defend the honour of the continent and of our country they were selected from,” said the President of ASA, Aleck Skhosana.
“We are proud of them and are confident that they will go to Ostrava and make us all happy.”
Team SA (Varsity Athletics athletes in blue)
- Caster Semenya (NWU)
- Rikinette Steenkamp (Tuks)
- Zinzi Chabangu (UJ)
- Ischke Seneka (Madibaz)
- Jo-Ane van Dyk (NWU)
- Akani Simbine (Tuks)
- Titi Ncincilili
- Phota Thapelo
- Antonio Alkana
- Cornel Fredericks (Tuks)
- Simon Magakwe (Tuks)
- Henricho Bruintjies (Tuks)
- Emile Erasmus
- Ruswahl Samaai (UJ)
- Khotso Mokoena
- Christopher Moleya
- Hendrik van Wyk
- Victor Hogan
- Tshepang Makhethe (NWU)
- Phil-Mar Janse van Rensburg
