Posted on November 01, 2018
100 years of excellence was capped last night with the announcement that Caster Semenya and LJ van Zyl are the Tuks Athletes of the Century.
Posted on October 25, 2018
Few local female track athletes can claim to have truly challenged the stopwatch, but these UP-Tuks athletes can: Carina Horn, Geraldine Pillay and Marcel Winkler are the fastest, third-fastest and fourth-fastest South African female sprinters respectively.
Posted on October 22, 2018
Getting to improve his best time in the 100 metres by 0.09s will be Akani Simbine’s most significant challenge next year.
Posted on September 27, 2018
Every time Prudence Sekgodiso (TuksSport High School) steps onto the track to race, she got only one goal, and that is to win.
Posted on September 13, 2018
Carina Swiegelaar (Tuks) was planning on just having fun during the South African Cross Country Championships in Port Elizabeth; however, she surprised herself by winning a silver medal in the 4km race.
Posted on September 02, 2018
Imagine winning a gold medal at the South African Athletics Championships not once actually training in the event in which you are victorious.
Posted on August 06, 2018
From a Tuks/HPC perspective, the performance of Cornel Fredericks deserves a special mention. Fredericks was second in the 400m-hurdles. His performance proves that perseverance and dedication do pay off. It is the first time in four years that he had won a medal at a major international event.
Posted on August 03, 2018
It was mission accomplished for Akani Simbine yesterday when he won the 100m at the African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria.
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