Two Oceans Half Marathon champion, William Kaptein made it two out of two when he raced clear of the field to win the 35th edition of the Rhodes Quality Half Marathon at Wellington.
The race started out in 1988 being broadcast live on SABC’s Good Morning South Africa programme and saw many of the country’s top distance athletes take part and the history and attraction of the race still attracts the region’s leading distance athletes.
Back to near his best form and running in the colours of Tymebank Langa, Kaptein had too much class for his rivals and took the tape at the Hugenote High School in Wellington in 1 hr 05 min 44 sec – 30 seconds clear of talented Athletes Academy athlete Deon-Lee Hendricks.
Southern Cape athlete, Selwyn Matthews of Nedbank SWD took the final podium place a further 1 min 30 sec in arrears.
Paarl’s Danel Louw proved too strong for her rivals in the women’s competition, winning in 1:20:47. Tymebank Langa featured strongly on the podium with Mia Steytler and Marie-Tinka Olivier taking the minor placings in 1:22:23 and 1:24:58 respectively.
Selwyn Matthews enjoyed a busy morning, adding a win in the 10km to his third-place in the half marathon, winning in 31:25 – 9 seconds clear of Langa’s Andre Afrika, Atlantic’s Anene Bosman won the women’s in a brisk 36:42 ahead of Edgemead’s Jeanine Roworth.
Andrea Biffi and Chris-Marie Matthee were the respective winners in the 20,5km Trail Race.
Results
Rhodes Quality Half Marathon
Rhodes Quality 10km
Rhodes Quality 21,1 km Walk
Rhodes Quality 20,5 km Trail Race
Rhodes Quality 14,5 km Trail Race
