Paralympians among the stars at WCSAPD Trials

The Western Cape Sports Association for the Physically Disabled held their provincial trials at Stellenbosch’s Coetzenburg Stadium at the weekend.

Team SA Paralympians Kerwin Noemdo and Mpumelelo Mhlongo were among the highlight acts in the men, while Paralympic gold medallist Simone Kruger was again a standout in the women’s competition.

Here are the top seniors’ performances based on the Raza international points scoring system.

Men

880

Mpumelelo Mhlongo (F44 long jump, 6.79m)

872

Kerwin Noemdo (F46 shot put, 15.12m)

746

Mpumelelo Mhlonho (T44 100m, 11.90sec)

642

Kerwin Noemdo (F46 discus, 37.92m)

603

Mpumelelo Mhlonho (T44 200m, 24.98sec)

588

Paul Daniels (T62 100m, 11,76sec)

316

Paul Daniels (T62 400m, 55.24sec)

Women

942

Simone Kruger (F38 discus, 35.73m)

520

Arina Nicolaisen (T44 400m, 1:09.79)

423

Tezna Abrahams (F44 long jump, 4.37m)

373

Arina Nicolaisen (T44 200m, 32.06sec)

350

Tezna Abrahams (T44 100m, 15.50sec)

264

Tezna Abrahams (T44 200m, 33.16sec)

223

Donna Africa (F46 shot put, 6.48m)

213

Mbali Ntlokama (F57 javelin seated, 11.87m)

Full results from the meeting can be found here:

https://www.athletics.app/wedstrijd/uitslagen/45509/

Photo: Courtesy Maties Parasport Facebook