#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...

#TuksWrestling: Bea Meiring nearly medaled while competing for the first time at a World Series Wrestling event

Posted on June 19, 2023

Bea Meiring proved over the weekend in Singapore during a World Series Beach Wrestling event that with the right mindset, anything can happen. The Tuks wrestler so nearly medalled. It would indeed have been a turn-up for the books if she did. Meiring only took up wrestling towards the end of...

#TuksFootball: "After we won our first game, it was insisted that I stay on as the goalkeeper," says Asa Rabalao

Posted on June 16, 2023

Years ago, kids regularly kicked around a plastic bottle. It might have looked like they were only fooling around. But they were not. There was always a football game that needed to be won. One seven-year-old girl's skills caught the attention of a teacher. Asa Rabalao of TuksFootball Women is...

#TuksWaterpolo: Esihle Zondo is inspired by Serena Williams to be a trailblazer in poolball

Posted on June 14, 2023

If Esihle Zondo's name crops up in a conversation about sports, there is a real chance that someone won't know in which sport she is representing South Africa. A logical guess is that she is an athlete or participates in ball sports. But it is incorrect. The Tuks student plays water polo. In...

#TuksSwimming: “I want to do something extraordinary with my life,” says Amica de Jager

Posted on June 12, 2023

If there is one thing Amica de Jager loves, it is to test her physical skills against the challenges of swimming in oceans. Off the pool, she is pursuing her MSc in Computer Science at UP-Tuks. Judging by the sports results, the Tuks student-athlete has fine-tuned the art of getting the better...

#TuksWrestling: Bea Meiring is set to represent South Africa at the 2023 African Beach Games in Tunisia

Posted on June 09, 2023

When Bea Meiring took up wrestling at the end of last year, the idea was to have fun, but things played out differently. This weekend, she will compete at the Singapore Beach Wrestling World Series. The Tuks wrestler has also been named as part of Team South Africa for the 2023 African Beach...

#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...

#TuksWaterpolo: "Water polo is, to me, the ultimate sport. There is no respite once you are in the water," says Shakira January.

Posted on June 05, 2023

Eight years ago, Shakira January would have battled to keep her head above water in a swimming pool, but not anymore. A lot has changed. She is now a seasoned international water polo player. In July, the 20-year-old January and Esihle Zondo will represent South Africa in women's water polo at...