GAA Circuit Chamionship: Margaret Simpson wins javelin and high jump

Ghanaian Olympian, Margaret Simpson produced her best performance of this season to win both the women’s Javelin with 49.58m (SB) and high jump (1.70m) at the third leg of the Ghana Athletics Association National Circuit Championships held at the Sekondi Sports stadium over the weekend.

The highly rated athlete threw 49.58m on her third attempt to leapfrog reigning National Circuit champion, Mary Zuta who led the pack with 48.31m after her first throw.

This is the first time Simpson has beaten Zuta to first place ever since she re-launched her career on the domestic Circuit Championships in Bolgatanga earlier this year.

Boosted by her victory in the javelin, Simpson turned her attention to the women’s high jump where she again jumped a season’s best 1.70m to win the event ahead of Deborah Acquah and Abigail Kwarteng who both jumped 1.55m.

The duo of Abigail Kwarteng and Regina Yeboah, who have jumped the GAA’s African Championships B-standard marks of 1.77m and 1.76m respectively this season, had a day to forget on the circuit.

Regina sustained an injury and had to retire from the competition while Kwarteng could only jump 1.55m.