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...
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