South Africa’s top women’s high jumper, Hestrie Storbeck-Cloete, was chosen as the best in her field by the influential US magazine Track & Field News. She was also listed 16th for the best women in international athletics last year. SA athletes in other fields have also been included in the magazine’s top ten lists: Hezekial Sepeng second in the men’s 800m, Llewelyn Herbert third in the 400m hurdles, Gert Thys sixth in the marathon and Frnaz Kruger eighth in the men’s discuss. Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj was top overall man.