Impressive Comrades return for Northerns
Of the 155 BNAC runners who lined up at the start in Durban, 134 finished, with a healthy medal spread – one silver, 17 Bill Rowan, 29 Robert Mtshali (finished in 9-10 hours), 39 bronze and 48 Vic Clapham medal-winners.
The dust has settled, the aching bodies have recovered – for some anyway — and Benoni Northerns Athletic Club (BNAC) has taken stock of their overall performance at last week’s Comrades Marathon.
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The 2019 Comrades Marathon up-run saw five members of BNAC awarded their Green Number, four gained Double Green, 28 nailed down back-to-back medals and 19 novices completed their first attempt at the gruelling ultra-marathon.
The first man in the famous ‘cheese and tomato’ colours to cross the finish line was Zwelakhe Mkorwana (7:24:14).
Kirsty Roux was the first woman home in 8:54:02 and the 16th member to finish overall.
Green Numbers: Dale Griffiths, Grant Wright, Kim Jones, Marc Daniel and Themba Msibi.
Double Green: Cornel Smith, Perry Todd, Sanyana Bhuda and Stephen Msimango.
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