| Place | Performance | Athlete | Team |
| 1 | 04:48.80 | Q: SWART - CHARNE | UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA A TEAM |
| 2 | 04:49.23 | Q: SENOSI - KELETSO | TSHWANE UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY |
| 3 | 04:49.41 | Q: VERSTER - DANIELLE | USSA INDIVIDUAL |
| 4 | 04:49.44 | Q: MASHABA - MBALI DELIFINA | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY |
| 5 | 04:51.19 | Q: MABHENA - FAITH | UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG B |
| 6 | 05:02.41 | -: NTULI - LWANDLE | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY |
| 7 | 05:13.54 | -: NKOSI - GIFT | NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY |
| 8 | 05:16.85 | -: NDUDULA - LILITHA | UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN CAPE |
| 9 | 05:24.00 | -: NDOU - TONDANI | UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA |
| 10 | 05:52.63 | -: MOHLALA - LEBOGANG | CENTRAL UNIV OF TECHN WELKOM |
| 11 | 06:09.21 | -: BONTES - ELSA | CENTRAL UNIV OF TECHN WELKOM |
| 12 | 06:26.88 | -: KOLOANE - KAGISHO | CENTRAL UNIV OF TECHN BLOEMFONTEIN |