Posted on May 28, 2025
If there's one TuksSport statistic that doesn't make for great reading, it's the number of female athletes who have competed in the finals of a World Athletics Championship.
Posted on April 28, 2025
Tuks' female athletes proved this past week at the ASA Senior Track & Field Champs in Potchefstroom that there is truth in the saying that women are the driving force behind many success stories. Tuks won 21 medals (7 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze). Fourteen of the medals came about through...
Posted on April 19, 2025
The one thing Hannah van Niekerk really enjoys is challenging herself against the stopwatch on the athletics track. The Tuks education student is pretty good at it. A quick glance at her results on the World Athletics website will prove it. This season, she has set personal best times over...
Posted on April 16, 2025
Tuks' female athletes are on the brink of making history. If one of them claims victory in the 400m at the upcoming 2025 ASA Senior Track & Field Championships in Potchefstroom, it will complete a rare and remarkable hat trick. Achieving this feat won't come easily, but it’s well...
Posted on April 05, 2025
There’s a week in March 2025 that Tuks sprinter Leonette Vosloo will likely remember for the rest of her life. Within just seven days, she claimed victory in the women’s 100m at the Grand Prix Meet at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria and clocked a personal best of 11.54 seconds. But...
Posted on April 03, 2025
Rivalries between female athletes competing in the same event are rare in South African athletics—but that could change in three weeks at the 2025 ASA Senior Track & Field Championships + Relays and Multi Events in Potchefstroom. For the first time in recent memory, two athletes who...
Posted on March 26, 2025
When Njabulo Mbatha of TuksAthletics Academy steps into the starting blocks for the 400m hurdles in Cape Town tomorrow, one thing is sure: he will not be running to finish second at the 2025 ASA U16/U18/U20/U23 National Championships in Cape Town. Local athletics fans first took notice of the...
Posted on March 21, 2025
TuksAthletics coach Jaun Strydom, who passed away last week, will leave a massive void in South African athletics. Athletes and coaches paid their last respects to Strydom during a memorial service in Pretoria today. According to Hugo Badenhorst, Strydom was the best 100-meter and 110-meter...
Posted on March 17, 2025
Tuks female athletes delivered outstanding performances at the Gauteng North Athletics Championships at Pilditch Stadium, setting new personal bests! Charné Swart—800m | 1:59.45 (Second sub-2:00 in 7 days!) Marlie Viljoen—400m | 51.42s Colette Uys—Shot Put | 17.36m...
Posted on March 03, 2025
The month of March will forever hold special significance in Charné Swart's life—and not just because she ran the 800m in under 2 minutes for the first time on Saturday. In about two weeks, she will also be getting married. Swart made history when she ran the 800 meters in 1:59.86 at...
Posted on February 17, 2025
Collins Kgadima and Karabo Mailula delivered stellar performances at the Sappi Tuks Race, ensuring that Tuks athletes stood proudly on the winner’s podium on Saturday, 15 February 2025. Ideal running conditions at the Hillcrest Sports Campus set the stage for an exciting and competitive...
Posted on February 13, 2025
If you're a runner who loves to challenge your personal best, join us for the Sappi TuksRace 10km on Saturday, 15 February 2025. Race Organiser Jet Moses predicts runners can improve their times with the right training. The men’s race is expected to be won in 29 minutes, while the first...
Posted on February 11, 2025
Colette Uys threw 65.84m in Potchefstroom, becoming South Africa's second-best hammer thrower. She aims to surpass the national record in 2025.
Posted on January 20, 2025
A hamstring injury is why South African 800m champion Edmund du Plessis must postpone his plans to compete against the stopwatch. This means that the fourth-year medical student at Tuks has to postpone his plans to qualify for the 2025 World Indoor Championships in China. The plan was to start...
Posted on October 04, 2024
The two things that drive Samuel Sepeng every day he steps onto the athletics track to coach are his desire to make a difference in athletes' lives and to leave a lasting legacy. As the Tuks middle-distance coach, Sepeng is well on his way to achieving that. Seven of the athletes he trained...
Posted on September 01, 2024
TuksSport High School learner-athlete, Njabulo Mbatha of TuksAthletics Academy, capped a brilliant season when he formed part of South Africa's 4x400m men’s relay team and won a silver medal at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru. South Africa ran a season-best in the...
Posted on August 05, 2024
Edmund du Plessis will face his biggest challenge as an 800-metre athlete when he lines up to race in the men’s heats at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France on Wednesday, 7 August. The UP-Tuks medical student is under no illusions as to what awaits him. But there is no getting away...
Posted on August 03, 2024
A question that might "bowl" most sports fans might be when asked which South African coach got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Not many might know that the answer to this is Neil Cornelius. Under the Tuks coach's...
Posted on June 24, 2024
"Quest successful" was the WhatsApp message Edmund du Plessis sent out when he qualified in the 800 metres to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The UP-Tuks MBChB student finished third, running a time of 1:44.49 in Madrid. The Olympic qualifying standard is 1:44.70. Belgium's...
Posted on June 17, 2024
When Charné Swart lines up to race the 800 metres, the one sure thing is that she could be faster than the last time she ran. This past weekend, during a league meeting at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria West, the Tuks medical student won the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.34. It is the fourth...
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