Renay Groustra and Louise Ferreira were crowned champions of their respective categories at Origin of Trails, which took place in Stellenbosch today.
Groustra, who made his Origin of Trails debut, completed the 55km long route in 2:36:08 , three minutes ahead of Jean-Pierre Lloyd. Craig Uria finished third in 2:45:17.
Ferreira raced home two minutes ahead of the competition as she stopped the clock at 3:05:16. Ila Stow and Marleen Lourens rounded out the women’s podium as they finished second and third respectively.
Jan Brand and Maria de Smidt won the 55km medium course, while Daniel van der Walt and Christine van der Walt took overall honours in the 28km short course.
Shuaib Gierdien and Louise Ferreira won the 2017 Origin of Trails, which takes place in the Western Cape. Photo: Tobias Ginsberg
Provisional results for day one are below.
Stage one results
Long Course
Men
1. Renay Groustra 2:36:08
2. Jean-Pierre Lloyd 2:39:37
3. Craig Uria 2:45:17
4. Ernst Engelbrecht 2:46:21
5. Daniel Mannweiler 2:47:04
6. Luyanda Thobingunya 2:47:31
7. Francois Roux 2:48:03
8. Frikkie Hartog 2:48:59
9. Chris du Plessis 2:51:38
10. Lawrence von Gunten
Women
1. Louise Ferreira 3:05:16
2. Ila Stow 3:07:05
3. Marleen Lourens 3:07:07
4. Megan Lloyd 3:09:30
5. Anneke Hanekom 3:21:03
6. Tanya Rabie 3:27:27
7. Marna van Deventer 3:31:46
8. Ariane Luthi 3:35:06
9. Carolyn Thompson 3:35:14
10. Ingrid Peens 3:35:47
Medium course
Men
1. Jan Brand 2:25:32
2. Lawrence Bishop 2:29:49
3. Dipesh Jeena 2:38:27
4. Haydn Gawronsky 2:39:32
5. Willem Basson 2:41:45
Women
1. Maria de Smidt 3:13:40
2. Carla du Plessis 3:19:11
3. Mikki Dimpoulos 3:20:43
4. Sandra Myburgh 3:26:17
5. Riette Norval 3:29:54
Short course
Men
1. Daniel van der Walt 1:18:23
2. Ico Coetzee 1:23:35
3. Tjaart van der Walt 1:24:19
Women
1. Christine van der Walt 1:49:55
2. Sannelize Janse van Rensburg 1:56:26
3. Mikayla Forrester 1:57:30
