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  • Wenda Nel through to the 400 H final in Beijing

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The following TuksAthletics athletes are currently competing at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing: LJ van Zyl, Henricho Bruintjies, Akani Simbine, Cornel Fredericks, Orazio Cremona, Marc Mundell, Wenda Nel and Carina Horn.

  • IAAF World Athletics Championships

    Posted on August 21, 2015

    The IAAf World Athletics Championships starts tomorrow morning, 22 August 2015, (SA time) in Beijing and we have several athletes from TuksAthletics who will be in action over the weekend.

  • TuksAthletics DOMINATES TEAM SA

    Posted on August 05, 2015

    The team that will be participating at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo from 4 to 19 September 2015 has been announced by SASCOC.

  • GOLFERS AND ATHLETES GAIN MOMENTUM FOR TEAM SA

    Posted on July 09, 2015

    South Africa's golf and athletics teams injected some extra energy into the nation's campaign on day six of the World Student Games in Gwangju, getting off to cracking starts as their codes kicked off on Wednesday.

  • Nothing can stop Akani Simbine!

    Posted on July 09, 2015

    Akani Simbine won the 100 m at the World Student Games in a time of 9,97 seconds!

  • BRUINTJIES OUT OF STUDENT GAMES

    Posted on July 07, 2015

    National 100m record holder Henricho Bruintjies has withdrawn on the eve of the track and field competition at the World Student Games, due to injur

  • AKANI BREAKS MAGICAL BARRIER!!

    Posted on July 02, 2015

    South Africa's Akani Simbine joined a select group of sprinters on Wednesday when he won the 100m at the 20th European Athletics Classics Meeting in Slovenia in a time of 9.99s.

  • Horn is getting closer to De Klerk’s sprint record

    Posted on July 01, 2015

    Only one tenth of a second is still standing between South Africa’s best women’s sprinter, Carina Horn, and a possible new South African record in the 100m.

  • Tuks Sprinters Shine!

    Posted on June 26, 2015

    Carina Horn proved last night with her winning time of 11.16s in the 100 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Meeting in Finland that the hunt for the South African record is still on.

  • FREDRIECH'S TIME TO SHINE!

    Posted on June 25, 2015

    It is said that bad things usually happen in threes.

  • BOER WANTS TO BE AT HIS BEST IN 2016

    Posted on June 23, 2015

    Being talented can sometimes also be a burden, especially if you are a young South African athlete.

  • COMEBACK FOR LUVO

    Posted on June 22, 2015

    Sometimes you have to lose something to really appreciate it.

  • SPRINT BATTLE HEATING UP

    Posted on June 09, 2015

    Henricho Bruintjies became the fastest South African ever at coastal level, merely 4 days after Akani Simbine set a seasonal best and fastest coastal time of 10.08, when he won the 100m at the Josef Odlozil Memorial Meeting in Prague in a personal best of 10.06.

  • SIMBINE SHINING AT DIAMOND LEAGUE

    Posted on June 05, 2015

    TuksAthletics national 100m champion, Akani Simbine, became the fastest ever South African at sea level when he finished sixth in a time of 10.08 seconds at the Rome Diamond league Meeting on Thursday, 4 June

  • Lindsey Parry's Athletes Finish 1st & 2nd in the Comrades Marathon

    Posted on June 01, 2015

    First and second placed women in the Comrades Marathon are coached by Lindsey Parry.

  • Wenda sets new PB time of 54.37s

    Posted on May 27, 2015

    Wenda Nel opened her international campaign at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing on Wednesday by winning the 400-hurdles in a new personal best time of 54.37s

  • Disappointment for TuksAthletics at USSA 2015

    Posted on May 07, 2015

    The 2015 edition of the USSA Athletics Championships that was held in Stellenbosch will always be remembered by great performances and the disappointment of injuries to key athletes of TuksAthletics.

  • Varsity Athletics: UP-Tuks Share Title With NWU-Pukke

    Posted on April 22, 2015

    The final event of the 2015 Varsity Athletics Series took place on Monday 20 April in Stellenbosch.

  • Varsity Athletics: Event 2 in Stellenbosch

    Posted on April 17, 2015

    #StripeGeneration TuksAthletics will be defending their Varsity Athletics title this coming Monday, 20 April 2015. Tune in and show your support for our athletes.

  • TuksAthletics continues unbeaten streak

    Posted on March 27, 2015

    TuksAthletics arrived in Potchefstroom on 24 March 2015 hoping to defend their unbroken streak as winners of the Varsity Athletics Series since the inception of the competition.

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