#TuksAthletics: Marione Fourie sets a new South African women's 100-meter hurdles record in Switzerland

Posted on July 03, 2023

The 21-year-old Marione Fourie recently set a new South African record in Switzerland when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in a time of 12.55 seconds. Her winning time is 0.21 seconds faster than Taylon Bieldt's record four weeks ago in Italy. The Tuks sports science student is now...

#TuksAthletics: Charné Swart seems to get faster each time she races the 800 metres

Posted on June 23, 2023

Judging by her results over the last four years, the MBChB student at UP-Tuks is winning the "battle against time." In 2020, her best time in the two-lap race was 2:13.96. This season, in April, she clocked 2:03.28. It equates to being nearly 10 seconds faster than she was in 2020. Caster...

#TuksAthletics: Taylon Bieldt sets a new women’s 100-meter hurdles South African record

Posted on June 07, 2023

Taylon Bieldt recently set a new South African record when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.76 seconds at the 2° Meeting Citta' Di Lucca in Italy. The Tuks alumna’s winning time is 0.05 seconds faster than the South African record set by TuksAthletics alumna...

#TuksAthletics: SA 800 metres champion, Edmund du Plessis, set sights on a podium finish in Germiston

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...

#TuksAthletics: Tuks junior athletes medal at the 2023 CAA African U18 and U20 Track & Field Champs in Lusaka

Posted on May 02, 2023

Tuks junior athletes medal at the 2023 CAA African U18 and U20 Track & Field Championships in Lusaka.

#TuksAthletics: Marione Fourie races to a 15th consecutive victory in the 100m-hurdles during the first leg of the 2023 ASA Grand Prix Series

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...

#TuksAthletics: Hurdling is what gets Chane Kok's adrenaline pumping

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...

#TuksAthletics: "I have more power in my legs, and my speed has improved," says Marione Fourie

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...