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Men's Senior Road Road and Trail Running Records

Event Result Name Venue Date
5km 22:40 Kevin Rochford Old Mutual Victory Race 2 Oct 1999
8km 23:25 Grieg Liefeldt Don Lock May 1985
10km 29:09 Tommie Swart Ottery 14 Aug 1993
15km 44:15 Warren Patterson Durban 23 May 1992
10 miles 47:57 Warren Patterson Amsterdam Oct 1992
20 km 1:47:14 Kevin Rochford Malmesbury 27 Apr 2006
21.1km 1:03:25 Warren Petterson Durban 28 Aug 1993
30km 1:53:58 William Robinson Transnet Tuff Thirty 17 Aug 2003
20 miles 2:01:58 Stephan Courtney Hewat 1 Oct 2000
Redhill 36,2km 2:22:27 William Robinson Fish Hoek 22 Jan 2011
42.2km 2:18:14 Ricky Robinson Faure 12 Sep 1981
50km 3:18:58 William Robinson Two Oceans 23 Apr 2011
50km (Open) 3:14:29 Stephan Courtney False Bay 28 Apr 2002
Beaufort West 52km 3:28:00 I Ian MacDonald Beaufort West 25 Aug 1975
Two Oceans 3:27:01 Dave Levick Claremont-UCT 23 Apr 1973
Karoo 80km 5:26:20 John Leigh Laingsburg 28 Sep 1974
Comrades (Up) 6:11:00 Dave Levick Durban-Pietermaritzburg 31 May 1975
Comrades (Down) 5:39:09 Dave Levick Pietermaritzburg-Durban 1 Jun 1973
100km 7:52:44 William Robinson Hewat 4 Oct 2003
100 miles 16:42:30 Roy Cruickshank The Washie Jul 1982

Women's Senior Road Road and Trail Running Records

Event Result Name Venue Date
5km 18:14 Tanya Scott Cell C Day of Races, Green Point 11 Sep 2006
8km 28:04 Jenny Bam Don Lock 8 May 1993
10km 34:27 Jenny Bam Cape Town 13 Nov 1993
15km 55:30 Janet Grieve Unknown 1985
16km 58:47 Isavel Roche-Kelly Unknown 1981
21.1km 1:15:02 Jenny Bam Durban 28 Aug 1993
30km 2:06:12 Tanya Scott Bay to Bay 7 Jan 2017
20 miles 3:13:59 Debbie Gray Hewat 2 Oct 1999
20 miles (staff) 2:22:57 Fran Pocock Hewat 1 Oct 2000
Redhill 36,2km 3:34:02 Cathrin Welker Fish Hoek 28 Jan 2006
Redhill 36,2km (staff) 2:55:32 Fran Pocock Fish Hoek 27 Jan 2001
42.2km 2:42:27 Isavel Roche-Kelly Stellenbosch 21 Nov 1981
50km 5:11:22 Dominique Cohen Two Oceans 22 Mar 2008
50km (Staff) 4:54:38 Lindsay Weight False Bay 28 Apr 2002
Two Oceans 3:57:49 Lindsay Weight Claremont-UCT 29 Mar 1986
Comrades (Up) 6:44:35 Isabel Roche-Kelly Durban-Pietermaritzburg 31 May 1981
Comrades (Down) 6:46:35 Lindsay Weight Pietermaritzburg-Durban 31 May 1984

Men's Junior Road Road and Trail Running Records

Event Result Name Venue Date
8km 25:08 Andrew Leary Don Lock 12 May 1984
10km 31:37 Andrew Leary Constantia 29 Sep 1984
15km 46:39 Andrew Leary Green Point 1984
21.1km 1:09:30 Andrew Leary Brackenfell 16 Jun 1984
Redhill 36.2km 3:25:35 Jan van Zyl_smit Fish Hoek 24 Jan 1998
42.2 km 2:59:15 William Robinson Winelands 16 Nov 2000

Women's Junior Road Road and Trail Running Records

Event Result Name Venue Date
8km 31:08 Candace Broughton Don Lock 4 May 1991
10km 39:26 Unicef Vorster Totalsports Ladies, Bellville 9 Aug 2004
15km 1:05:35 Candace Broughton Dan Luyt 27 Apr 1991
21.1km 1:27:16 Jessica Pollock Two Oceans 7 Apr 2012