Tadu Nare breaks the tape: by Reg Caldecott
Tadu Nare (Nedbank) cruised to victory in the 10km Gqeberha SPAR Grand Prix at Nelson Mandela University on Saturday to make it six wins out of six and clinch the series.
She finished in 32.33 minutes.
But the story of the day was fellow 20-year-old Tayla Kavanagh (Murray & Roberts) who ran the fastest time by a South African on South African soil this year, to come second in 32.51.
Kavanagh finished third in Pietermaritzburg in August and fourth in Durban, but skipped the Cape Town, Tshwane and Johannesburg races.
Glenrose Xaba (Boxer) finished third in 32.59. Xaba was second in Pietermaritzburg and Tshwane and fourth in Joburg. She missed the Cape Town race because of injury.
The final race was run in windy conditions on the NMU South Campus, and Nare said this had affected her running.
“I found it very difficult in the wind,” she said.
Nare’s win means she has clinched the SPAR Grand Prix title for 2021, and will receive R190 000. She has already pocketed R150 000 for winning the six races
