SPORTS PROFILE
This week’s sports profile is on VUT athlete, Puseletso Mofokeng
On the right is Puseletso Mofokeng with a fellow athlete
First Name: Puseletso
Surname: Mofokeng
Place/Town of birth: Mamahadi Frankfort
University: VUT
PLAYER PROFILE
Events: 1500M, 3000M, 5000M, 10 000M, 10km & 21km
Coach: Joseph Diale (VUT Sport Officer)
Years Running: 17
Provincial Representation: 2006 – Present
National Representation: 2008 – Present
Career Highlights: For a period of 7 months without a coach he managed to 5th place at the national schools events in the 5000m in Paarl (Cape Town) and 3rd in the 8km cross country event in Nelspruit
Races Completed 2017: January – 3000m at Potchefstroom
Won in a time of 8min: 45sec
February –10km at Sasolburg
3rd in a time of 3min: 31sec
1500m in Potchefstroom
First race: 5th in a time of 5min: 4sec
Second race: 2nd in a time of 2min: 3sec
Third race: 2nd in a time of 2min: 3sec
March – Varsity Athletics first meeting in Potchefstroom
1500m: 7th in a time of 4min: 1sec
5000m: 3rd in a time of 14min: 47sec
Vaal Marathon
21km: 5th in a time of 1h: 9min
10km: 1st in a time of 31min: 4sec
Central Gauteng Athletics held at UJ
5000m: 5th in a time of 15min:10sec