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African Southern Region Cross Country Championships

The African Southern Region Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition between Southern African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). Established in 1997,[1] it is one of three regional cross country championships organised by the CAA, alongside the North and East African Cross Country Championships.[2][3]

African Southern Region Cross Country Championships
Genrecross country running
Frequencyannual
Venuevaries
ParticipantsSouthern African nations
Organised byConfederation of African Athletics

The competition is one of three senior athletics championships organised for the Southern region, alongside the main African Southern Region Athletics Championships and the African Southern Region Half Marathon Championships.[4][5]

Senior and under-20 level races are held for both men and women, which have both individual and national team rankings. The championships previously featured senior short races over 4 km,[6] but these were discontinued after 2006, in line with changes to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships programme.

Editions edit

Edition Year City Country Date Nations Athletes
1 1997 ? [1]
2 1998 ? [1]
3 1999 Vacoas-Phoenix–Candos Hill Mauritius [1]
4 2000 Victoria Falls Zimbabwe [1]
5 2001 Blantyre Malawi [1]
6 2002 Mohale's Hoek Lesotho [1]
7 2003 Luanda Angola [1]
8 2004 Lobamba Swaziland [1]
9 2005 Vacoas-Phoenix–Candos Hill Mauritius 19 February [1][7]
10 2006 Kumakwane Botswana 25 February [1][8][9]
11 2007 Zomba Malawi 24 February [10]
12 2008 Lusaka Zambia 23 February [11]
13 2009 Gymkhana Mauritius 28 February [12]
14 2010 ? Mauritius February [13]
15 2011 Cape Town South Africa 6 March [14]
16 2012 ? Mauritius 3 March [15]
17 2013 Maseru Lesotho 2 March [16][17]
18 2014 Cancelled Seychelles [18]
19 2015 Blantyre Malawi 21 February [19]
20 2016 Cancelled Swaziland 26 March [20]
21 2017 ?
22 2018 Vacoas-Phoenix Mauritius 24 February [21]
23 2019 ?

Champions edit

Long course edit

Year Men's long course Men's long course team Women's long course Women's long course team
1999   Kudakwashe Shoko (ZIM)   South Africa (RSA)   Samukeliso Moyo (ZIM)   South Africa (RSA)
2000   Michael Ngaseke (ZIM) ?   Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) ?
2001   Simon Mpholo (RSA) ?   Catherine Chikwakwa (MAW) ?
2002   Michael Ngaseke (ZIM)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)   Charné Rademeyer (RSA)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)
2003   Gabalele Moloko (BOT) ?   Poppy Mlambo (RSA) ?
2004   Kelvin Pangiso (ZIM)   Zambia (ZAM)   Catherine Chikwakwa (MAW)   Malawi (MAW)
2005   Luwis Masundo (ZIM)   South Africa (RSA)   Poppy Mlambo (RSA)   South Africa (RSA)
2006   Juwawo Wirimayi (ZIM) ?   Poppy Mlambo (RSA) ?

Short course edit

Year Men's short course Men's short course team Women's short course Women's short course team
2000   Michael Ngaseke (ZIM) ?   Tabitha Tsatsa (ZIM) ?
2001   Alex Majoni (MAW) ? Not held Not held
2002   Kudakwashe Shoko (ZIM)   Lesotho (LES)   Ronel Thomas (RSA)   Lesotho (LES)
2003   Menon Ramsamy (MRI) ? Not held Not held
2004   Moeketsi Mosuhli (LES)   Lesotho (LES)   Catherine Chikwakwa (MAW)   Malawi (MAW)
2005   Ruben Ramolefi (RSA)   South Africa (RSA)   Dina Lebo Phalula (RSA)[22]   South Africa (RSA)
2006   Mandla Maseko (RSA) ?   Chanelle Olivier (RSA) ?

Junior edit

Year Men's junior Men's junior team Women's junior Women's junior team
2001   Francis Kanje (MAW) ?   Christel Arnold (RSA) ?
2002   Jan Moikwena (RSA)   South Africa (RSA)   Sharon Tavengwa (ZIM)   Lesotho (LES)
2003   Avelino Nsumbo (ANG) ?   Irvette van Zyl (RSA) ?
2004   Mike Tebulo (MAW)   Lesotho (LES)   Lucia Chandamale (MAW)   Lesotho (LES)
2005   Nkosinoxolo Sonqibido (RSA)   South Africa (RSA)   Irvette van Zyl (RSA)   South Africa (RSA)
2006   Siyabonga Nkonde (RSA) ?   Lenah Lotter (RSA) ?

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k African Southern Region Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ East African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ^ North African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ CAA Southern Region half-marathon championships, Antananarivo (Madagascar) 4/09/2016. Africathle. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  5. ^ CAA Southern Region championships, Reduit (Mauritius) 5-6/07/2019. Africa Athle. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ^ Quirin, Reynolds (2005-02-21). South Africans shine in African Southern Region Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  7. ^ Southern Region Crosscountry Championships 2005. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  8. ^ Africa Southern Region Crosscountry Championships 2006. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  9. ^ Ouma, Mark (2006-02-25). Southern Region Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  10. ^ Southern Africa Crosscountry Championships 2007. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  11. ^ Southern Africa Crosscountry Championships 2008. ARRS. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  12. ^ Quirin, Reynolds (2009-03-01). African Southern Region XC Champs: A South African affair. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  13. ^ Mokoka fears the weather in Poland. IOL (2010-03-17). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  14. ^ Zambia: Breweries Gives Zaaa K8.7 Million for Championship. Times of Zambia (2011-02-14). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  15. ^ Southern Region Cross Country Team. Time To Run (2012-03-01). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  16. ^ CAA Southern Region Cross Championships 2013. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  17. ^ CAA Southern Region Cross-Country Championships, Maseru (Lesotho) 2/03/2013. Africathle (2013-03-02). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  18. ^ Kanjere, Peter (2014-12-26). Council assessing Southern Africa Cross-Country offer. Malawi Nation. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  19. ^ Kasiteni to represent Malawi at Southern Africa Cross Country. Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (2015-02-12). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  20. ^ SOUTHERN REGION JUNIOR CHAMPS POSTPONED. AllAthletics (2016-05-21). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  21. ^ ASA selects 9 for CAA Southern Region XC Championships in Mauritius. Athletics Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  22. ^ Quirin, Reynolds (2005-02-21). South Africans shine in African Southern Region Cross Country Championships. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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