adminLovemore Dube, Sports Editor
UNITED States-based Sean Banda showed Under-18 boys a clean pair of heels in the 100m of the Bulawayo Athletics Board track and field championships at White City Stadium yesterday. Banda is on a scholarship and is in Zimbabwe on holiday.He was first in 11.29 seconds on the slow track.
Running as an independent since he is on holiday and not attached to any club here, Banda was pushed to the finishing line by Sikhulile Secondary School athlete Sherperd Gumede in 11.74 second. Third spot went to Sparrows’ Cleopas Ncube in 11.98 seconds.
In the senior men’s category Reinhard Ndlovu of Nyasha Charumbira’s Academy was first in 10.89 seconds. Independent athlete Nigel Tomu was close by in 10.98 seconds with Tapiwa Pfanyi third in 11.23 seconds.
In the girls’ Under-18 100m event, Clara Mandireva hit the tape in 13.61 seconds. A committed display by Edna Tsika earned her a good time of 13.81 seconds for a second place finish with Tracy Machingura completing the non-attached athletes’ dominance of the podium positions finishing in 14.56 seconds.
Townsend High School star, Yvonne Vanhuvaone won the 200m sprint in 26.58 seconds with Ruth Taafudza second in 27.93 seconds while Emmaculate Nyathi of Sparrows settled for the bronze medal position in 28.26 seconds. Ndlovu returned to haunt the opposition in the 200m winning in 22.32 seconds while Tomu was number two with a time of 22.93 seconds beating Andrew Chenjera (22.87 seconds) of Charandura’s academy to third in a competitive race.
In the boys’ Under-18 half a lap competition, Andile Khumalo of Milton High School might have sealed his place in the Bulawayo team for the Zimbabwe National Youth Games in August with a winning time of 22.89 seconds.
Gumede of Sikhulile settled for second in 23.28 seconds while Mncumbatha Secondary School’s Pride Mugwagwa finished third in 23.62 seconds.
5000M MEN
DANIEL NCUBE NEMANE 1 15.52.02MINS
BRIGHT SIWELA SPORT TURK 2 16.27MINS
VAFANA NKHOSILATI PUMULA 3 16.44.5MINS
NCUBE JUNIOR MILTON 4 16.50.1MINS
DYSON MUSIHWA SPARROWS 5 17.09.1MINS
VONGAI GONZO SPORTS TURK 6 17.11.3MINS
MUTANGA MAKONI CLUB 7 12.44.3MINS
BEBETA MUHLANGA NORTHLEA 8 17.44.9MINS
DUMO MUKWANAZI LUVEVE 9 18.18.2MINS
VUKOSI NGWENYA SPARRFOWS 10 18.22.7MINS
SIMBARASHE CHIBANDA LUVEVE 11
3000M JNR WOMEN
PRECAUTION MOYO 30.09.97 NEMANE 1 11.20.9MINS
ARINORA NYAMUTE 25.11.95 MAKONI 2 11.30.0MINS
TALENT MAPOSA 07.02.98 NEMANE 3 11.30.9MINS
DELIGHT NCUBE 20.07.98 SPARROWS 4 11.31.5MINS
PATIENCE GURURE 27.03.99 EMAKANDENI 5 11.31.5MINS
NYARADZI MOYO 16.12.95 SPARROWS 6 12.51.3MINS
400M U/14 BOYS HT 1
ANDILE KHUMALO 15.10.95 MILTON 1 52.0sec
LESLY CHIBHARO 12.02.96 SPARROWS 2 54.5sec
MTHABISI G PHIRI 08.06.95 SPARROWS 3 55.7sec
NATHAN MUNEMO 29.12.97 INHLOSI 4 56.6sec
WILBERT MKANDLA 29.03.97 SPARROWS 5 57.5sec
BLESSED MOYO 03.03.96 INHLOSI 6 57.9sec
NYASHADZASHE DZIMIRI 16.12.95 AMHLOPE 7 58.8sec
SIFISO MOYO 15.07.96 COWDRYPARK 8 59.0sec
MOSES NCUBE 25.06.98 NJUBE 9 59.1sec
BLESSING ZONDO 24.09.98 NJUBE 10 60.1sec
GUEST SONONO 30.01.98 N.C.A 11 61.7sec
MONDLI NDLOVU 30.05.95 SPARROWS 12 62.8sec
JOSEPH MOYO 07.09.95 INHLOSI 13 63.4sec
BRENDON MOYO 09.01.99 INHLOSI 14 63.9sec
TAURAI GOMBANI 27.04.97 NORTHLLEA 15 64.4sec
DAVID SIBANDA 18.09.96 AMHLOPE 16 67.5sec
LLOYD NCUBE 26.10.98 REGINA MUNDI 17 69.8sec
PRINCE TSHABALALA 26.05 97 INHLOSI 18 72.0sec
1500m u/18 boys
SIMBARASHE TATERERA 27.05.94 SPARROWS 1 4.16.0
DANIEL NCUBE 11.07.95 NEMANE 2 4.23.2
CHAKUDZUKA N 18.08.95 MABVURE 3 4.24.6
ALICARTE MATIZA 31.12.99 MPOPOMA 4 4.42.2
JUNIOR NCUBE 15.02.95 MILTON 5 4.46.5
SILAS NYATI 12.02.95 MILTON 6 4.51.6
HANDSOME NDLOVU 09.12.97 COCA-COLA 7 4.54.9
BERBERN MHLANGA 18.06.97 NORTHLEA 8 4.59.3
DUMO MKWANAZI 20.04.98 LUVEVE 9 5.01.7
JUSTICE MLAMBO 27.01.95 AMHLOPE 10 5.07.3
RANGARIRAI CHENGETAI 16.01.96 AMHLOPE 11 5.14.8
SIMBARASHE CHAPANDA 18.05.96 LUVEVE 12 5.16.9
400M. HEAT 1, U18 GIRLS
YVONNE VANHUVAONE 02/08/97 TOWNSEND 1 62.04
FAITH YOYO 13/02/95 C/P 2 65.49
LYNNET FURERA 24/06/95 TOWNSEND 3 67.68
ANTONETA TEMBO 12/01/97 PUMULA 4 69.04
FORTUNATE CHICHICHI 17/06/99 LUVEVE 5 77.15
400M HEAT 2, U18 GIRLS
EMMACULATE NYATI 23/03/95 MGANWINI 1 68.69
NOBUKOSI DUBE 16/08/96 NKUMBATHA 2 69.75
NOREEN GUMBO 15/01/95 TOWNSEND 3 70.49
RACHEL NGWARAI 28/09/94 NCA 4 76.37
LANGELIHLE SIBANDA 29/10/95 LUVEVE 5 77.80
400M SENIOR MEN
VEZOLUHLE NDLOVU SPAR 1 53.07
ANDREW CHENJERA NCA 2 55.07
MARTIN TARUVINGA REGINA 3 58.10
MDUDUZI MPOFU SPAR 4 62.14
NIGEL TOM IND DNS
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