Sports Corner

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Tumi Ramokgopa perfected the art of winning on the athletics track last year. Statistics don’t lie. Of the 28 races Ramokgopa competed in last year, the 17-year-old first-year Tuks student won 25 and finished second three times. She finished second at a Grand Prix meeting, racing…

When Laiken Brisset steps onto an Astroturf to play, many may not take note of the diminutive hockey player, but it only takes a few minutes for opponents to know she is the real deal. The Canadians certainly did when they played in the recent series against the Proteas in Pretoria. The Tuks student made…

Barely a week after Morne van As broke the South African indoor heptathlon record, he has done it again. This past weekend in France, Van As won his second consecutive heptathlon. This time his grand total was 5429 points. This is 50 points more than he scored last week, also in France. Van As readily…

Morne van As achieved something in France this past weekend that very few local athletes have done before: set a South African record in his first attempt. The Tuks athlete improved the national heptathlon record at an indoor event, scoring 5379 points, winning all seven events. This was the first time he had competed indoors….

Carmie Prinsloo qualified for the World Student Cross Country Championships by winning the 3km race at the national student trials at Tuks on Saturday. The Tuks Speech-Language Pathology student ran a tactically brilliant race, taking the lead within the first kilometre. “There were some good athletes in the race, which is why I decided to…

If there’s one thing Carli Antonopoulos won’t be short of when she competes in the aQuellé Midmar Mile next month, it’s motivation. That was very clear this past Sunday when Antonopoulos competed in the Prime View Adventure & Leisure Event in Midrand. She won the 1.2km open-water race, the final seeding swim for Midmar. Her…

The Tuks swimmer, Catherine van Rensburg, has decided not to defend the aQuellé Midmar Mile women’s title she won last year, meaning a new champion will be crowned next month. Purely judged on her performances last year, Callan Lotter (Tuks) will be a definite contender. She finished second last year in the Midmar event. It…