#TuksAthletics: Shange misses out on SA record

Posted on April 17, 2016

Lebogang Shange could have set a new South African 20km race walk record at the South African Senior Athletics Championship in Stellenbosch yesterday if he was a bit more focused during the early stages of the race.

TuksAthletics: Women's 100 m dash is set to be a thriller

Posted on April 13, 2016

Depending on the weather on Friday, 15 April 2016, the winning time in the women’s 100 metres final at the South African Athletics Championships in Stellenbosch could well be the fastest time run in the event for the past ten years.

TuksAthletics: Roto could surprise in the 100 m

Posted on April 11, 2016

It is generally expected that Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies will battle it out for the honour of being crowned the fastest man in the country at the South African Athletics Championships, which will take place in Stellenbosch on 16 April 2016.

TuksAthletics: Munyai runs Olympic Qualifying Time

Posted on March 22, 2016

When TuksSport High School athletes Clarence Munyai and Gift Leatlelo set off to challenge the stopwatch in the 100m and 200m sprints, they usually go fast, faster and fastest.

TuksAthletics: StripeGeneration clean up at Cape Town's Night Series

Posted on March 22, 2016

TuksAthletics hurdler, LJ van Zyl (Tuks/hpc) maintained his unbeaten streak when he won the 400-hurdles in 49.74s on the 22 March 2016 at the ASA Night Series-event in Cape Town.

Star-studded tuks team ready to defend their title

Posted on March 16, 2016

A star-studded Tuks team will confidently make their way to Johannesburg for the first leg of the Varsity Athletics meeting on Friday 18 March. Led by the new 100m national record holder, Akani Simbine, it’s possible that the Tuks team is out to set more records tumbling in both field and...

TuksAthletics: Van Zyl Sort-Of Satisfied

Posted on March 13, 2016

LJ Van Zyl (Tuks/HPC) won the 400-hurdles at the Gauteng-North Championships in 50.09 seconds. He was the first to admit that his time was nothing to get excited about but he was satisfied for now. There is still a long season ahead and it is important for him to peak when it really matters.

TuksAthletics: SA Sprinters Spoiling Supporters – Simbine

Posted on March 13, 2016

After winning the 100 metres at the Gauteng North Championships in 10.01 seconds yesterday, Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) said jokingly that local athletics fans are being spoiled. He was referring to the fact that his performance was totally overshadowed by Wayde Van Niekerk’s awesome 9.98s...