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  • #TuksAthletics: Don't Write Cremona of

    Posted on April 26, 2016

    It would be easy to write Orazio Cremona of after he won the South African shot put title with only a distance of 19.85m and also won the ASA Night Series-meet which was held in Port Elizabeth with a distance of 20.05m.

  • Visually impaired Tuks athlete graduates with MA degree

    Posted on April 18, 2016

    'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...

  • TuksAthletics: 18-year-old Munyai, one of the youngest SA 200 m champions

    Posted on April 17, 2016

    Eighteen-year-old Clarence Munyai (TuksSport High School) became one of the youngest male sprinters to win a title at the South African Senior Championships when he won the 200 m sprint in a time of 20,74 s at the South African Senior Championships in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 16 April 2016.

  • #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...

  • TuksAthletics: Akani Simbine sets new Record

    Posted on March 08, 2016

    Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) rewrote history with his record-breaking 100m performance at the ASA Night Series Meeting at Pilditch. Simbine’s time was 0.01s faster than the South African record of 9.97s that he previously shared with Henricho Bruintjies.

  • Beukes is no one hit wonder

    Posted on March 06, 2016

    Eben Beukes (Tuks) is certainly no one-hit wonder that became abundantly clear on Saturday when he won the pole vault clearing the bar at 5.50 metres during a league meeting at Pilditch.

  • Manyonga qualifies for Rio

    Posted on March 05, 2016

    Luvo Manyonga (Tuks) qualified for the Olympic Games this morning when he jumped 8.20 metres in a league meeting at Pilditch.

  • TuksAthletics: Herman determined to throw a big one so as to go to Rio

    Posted on February 09, 2016

    An additional five metres and 33 centimetres is what Chad Herman, South African under-23 javelin champion, needs in order to earn his passport to the Olympic Games in Rio.

  • TuksAthletics: Year Book 2016

    Posted on January 25, 2016

    On behalf of the University of Pretoria, it is my privilege to welcome you as a member of the TuksAthletics Club for 2016. We are honoured to have so many young and talented athletes, like yourself, joining the Club Where Champions Are Made.

  • TuksAthletics: 4 Medals at Commonwealth Youth Games

    Posted on September 09, 2015

    Gift Leutela won his 2nd gold medal and again ran faster than the existing SA record but unfortunately the wind was too strong for it to be recognized as a national record.

  • TuksRoadRunning: Annual Lester Mills Memorial Night Race

    Posted on September 09, 2015

    The Annual Lester Mills Memorial Night Race will take place on 16 September 2015. There will be a 10km and a 5km race

  • TuksAthletics' Gift Leotlela sets new SA Record

    Posted on September 08, 2015

    The 16-year-old Gift Leotlela (TuksSport High School/TuksAthletics) continued South Africa’s “sprint revolution” when he won the 100m at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa in a time of 10.20 seconds on the 7th of September 2015.

  • TuksAthletics' Renate van Tonder Jumps for Gold

    Posted on September 08, 2015

    TuksAthletics' Renate van Tonder is currently competing at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa.

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