Tayla Kavanagh Surges Clear at Kings Park for Spar Grand Prix Durban Win
Tayla Kavanagh produced a superb run in her hometown to claim the 10km Spar Grand Prix Series leg in Durban in 31:32, holding off Ethiopia’s Selam Gebre to extend her series lead and notch a second victory of a breakthrough season.
Cacisile Sosibo Books Copenhagen Place with National Half-Marathon Title in Gqeberha
Cacisile Sosibo won her first national senior half-marathon title and Karabo More the mile at the ASA Road Running Championships at Pollok Beach in Gqeberha, with both earning SA team places for the World Athletics Road Running Champs in Copenhagen.
Tayla Kavanagh Claims First Spar Grand Prix Title with Stunning Cape Town 10km Victory
Tayla Kavanagh wins the opening leg of the 2026 Spar Grand Prix in Cape Town with a personal best of 31:33, ahead of Glenrose Xaba in 31:38 and Kyla Jacobs in a career best of 32:16 in third place.
Solid Top-Ten Finishes for Team SA at World Cross Country Champs in Florida
Glenrose Xaba finished in 34th to help the senior women’s team earn ninth place at the World Athletics Cross Country Champs in Florida, while Lara Stander was the best of the South African U20 women’s 6km race to lead the team to ninth place on Saturday
Coach Violet Semenya leads Team SA to the World Cross Country Championships
Led by the experienced Glenrose Xaba, ASA’s Team South Africa has departed for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in the USA, where they go up against the world’s best distance runners in Tallahassee this Saturday
Glenrose Xaba Headlines Senior Women’s Team for World Cross Country Champs
SA 10km record holder Glenrose Xaba headlines the Senior Women’s Team for the World Athletics Cross Country Champs in Tallahassee on 10 January 2026, leading a strong contingent that includes the Junior 6km and Senior 4x2km Mixed Relay teams
Karabo Mailula Wins Athletics South Africa’s 2025 Cross-Country Trials
Karabo Mailula delivered a dominant performance to win the 10km race at the ASA Cross Country Trials on Friday, putting herself in prime position for selection to the World Cross Country Championships in the United States in January
Glenrose Xaba Wins the 2025 Spar Grand Prix in Gqeberha with the Joburg Leg to Spare
Glenrose Xaba continued her dominance of the Spar Women’s Challenge 10km with yet another compelling victory in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, on Saturday, 27 February 2025. The Boxer Athletic Club runner clocked a fast 31:57 to breast the finish tape first ahead of surprise package Tayla Kavanagh (32:01) of Hollywood Athletics Club. Ethiopia’s Diniya […]
Glenrose Xaba Breaks Elana Meyer Course Record to Retain SA Half-Marathon Title
Glenrose Xaba defended her title to earn a sixth SA Half-Marathon gold medal, breaking former world record holder Elana Meyer’s course record at the ASA Road Running Champs in Namakgale at Phalaborwa in Limpopo on Saturday.
Glenrose Xaba Favoured to Retain SA Half-Marathon Title
Glenrose Xaba is the half-marathon pre-race favourite as strong fields line up in the annual contests for national titles over various distances at the ASA Road Running Championships in Limpopo this Saturday.
Glenrose Xaba Wins in Cape Town to Open Spar Grand Prix Title Defence in Style
Defending series champion Glenrose Xaba had to dig deep to hold off a challenge from Ethiopia’s Selam Gebre and win the opening leg of the 2025 Spar Grand Prix held in Greenpoint, Cape Town on Sunday morning.
Glenrose Xaba Wins SPAR Grand Prix in Emphatic Style
Glenrose Xaba has clinched the SPAR Grand Prix title with an emphatic win in the Jozi SPAR 10km Women’s Challenge, earning the national title at her fourth SPAR Women’s Challenge series win this year, in Johannesburg on Sunday