Posted on May 19, 2023
The South African 800m champion, Edmund du Plessis, will surely try and prove that you can't keep a good man down when he lines up tomorrow to compete in the upcoming 2023 Germiston Grand Prix Meeting. The Tuks athlete, who only turned 21 two weeks ago, is having a good season. Of the eight...
Posted on May 02, 2023
Tuks junior athletes medal at the 2023 CAA African U18 and U20 Track & Field Championships in Lusaka.
Posted on April 13, 2023
On Wednesday, 12 April, the South African 100m-hurdles champion, Marione Fourie, continued her dominance, winning with a time of 13.01s, during the first leg of the 2023 ASA Grand Prix Series hosted at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium. This was her 15th consecutive victory. The last time...
Posted on April 06, 2023
Judging by the results, hurdling seems part and parcel of Chane Kok's DNA. The BCom Business Management student at Tuks won gold with a time of 13.81 in the women’s U-20 100m hurdles at the recent 2023 ASA Youth and Junior Track & Field Championships in Pietermaritzburg. A week...
Posted on April 01, 2023
If the 20-year-old, Marione Fourie, can have her way, there might be a South African record on the cards when she lines up to race the women’s 100m hurdles at the ASA Track & Field Championships in Potchefstroom. The BSportSci student at the University of Pretoria is undoubtedly in good...
Posted on March 22, 2023
The 19-year-old high jumper, Brian Raats, will attempt to do what no South African athlete has been able to do over the last ten years, which is to jump 2.28 metres. Over the last few years, South Africa's senior high jumpers have yet to come up with the magic jump that will get people...
Posted on March 11, 2023
The South African long jump champion and 2022 Commonwealth Games medallist, Jovan van Vuuren's 2023 campaign, has ended without a proper lift-off. Last year, he was named the University of Pretoria Sportswoman of the Year. Early into the new season, the Tuks athlete sustained a slight tear in...
Posted on March 01, 2023
It is often said that one run can change your day, and many runs can change your life. This is undoubtedly true of the late Prof Vollie Spies. She abided by the motto that everyone was born to run. It did not matter if you did not run as efficiently or as fast as others. Just run. "Prof...
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