To Iaaf World Junior Championships

ASA PREPARATION SQUAD TO IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, FINLAND 10-16 JULY 2018

Item Preparation Squad *

1. 100 m Men Monareng Mthembu (AGN)

2. Tsebo Matsoso (AFS)

3. Dlodlo Thando (CGA)

4. Mhlenga Retsiditswe (AGN)

5. Tshenolo Lemao (AGN)

200 m Men Monareng Mthembu (AGN) Tsebo Matsoso (AFS)

Dlodlo Thando (CGA)

Mhlenga Retsiditswe (AGN)

Tshenolo Lemao (AGN)

6. 400 m Men Zazini Sokwakhana (AGN)

800 m Men

7. 1500 m Men Dais Malebane (AGN)

5000 m Men

10000 m Men

110 m Hurdles Men (99cm) 8. 400 m Hurdles Men (91cm) Maree Linford (BOLA)

9. Steenkamp Lourens (LIMA) Zazini Sokwakhana (AGN)

10. 3000 m Steeple Chase Men De Villiers Robbert (ACNW)

10000m Race Walk Men

11. High jump Men Breyton Poole (WPA)

12. Pole vault Men Van der Watt Ekhardt (BOLA)

13. Van Wyk Valco (BOLA)

Long jump Men

Triple jump Men

14. Shot put Men (6 kg) Blignaut Kayle (CGA)

15. De Lacey Jonathan (CGA)

Discus throw Men (1.75 kg)

Hammer throw Men (6 kg) Dames Werner (ANWN) 16. Javelin throw Men (800 g)

17. Skinner Brendan (AGN)

18. Schlebusch Johannes (AFS)

Decathlon Men

100 m Women

200 m Women

19. 400 m Women Vercuiel Juli (WPA) 20. Viljoen Marlie (AGN)

21. Van Der Walt Zeney (AGN)

22. 800 m Women Weitz Simonay (CGA)

23. Muller Niene (AGN)

1500 m Women Weitz Simonay (CGA)

24. Belling Taylor (AFS)

3000m Women

5000 m Women

25. 100 Hurdles Women (84 cm) Hendricks Welmien (CGA)

26. Erhke Tanya (CGA)

400 Metres Hurdles Women Vercuiel Juli (WPA) Van Der Walt Zeney (AGN)

27. Joseph Rogail (BOLA)

3000 m Steeplechase Women

10000m Race Walk Women

High jump Women

Pole vault Women

Long jump Women

Triple jump Women

28. Shot put Women (4 kg) Strydom Mieke (SWD)

29. Discus throw Women (1 kg) Van der Walt Tharina (AFS) Hammer throw Women (4 kg)

Javelin throw Women (600 g)

Heptathlon Women

 All athletes who achieved the ASA Junior “B’’ qualifying standard during the 2017 National Championships and appear on the latest 2017 ASA ranking lists are in the Squad.

 Athletes born in 2000 that formed part of the SA Youth team in 2017 and are placed in the Top 10 of the IAAF World Youth rankings are also included, as the selectors feel they deserve the opportunity to be in the squad and try to reach the ASA Junior ‘A’ Standard to be included in the Preliminary / Final IAAF World Junior Team.

 All athletes who would like to be in the Preliminary Team must achieve the ASA Junior “A” standard must show competition fitness in the period March 2018 till 6 weeks prior to the departure for the Championships.