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22 February 2018
Photo Thabo Kessah
Pakiso Mthembu will be representing South Africa in Mauritius and Algeria.
This year, the University of the Free State’s Qwaqwa Campus will unleash a running sensation that is equally comfortable on track, cross-country, and road running and is on a mission to conquer the world. His name is Pakiso Mthembu from Tweeling in the Eastern Free State. Pakiso has recently qualified for the Junior Men’s Southern Region cross-country championships that will be held in Mauritius on 24 February and in Algeria on 17 March 2018.
“I am glad that I managed to run my personal best time of 24:02 during the qualification trials held in Bloemfontein in January, which set me on the road to Mauritius and Algeria,” said Pakiso, a BEd FET first-year student.
His personal best in the 10 km road-running category and in the 5 000 m track are 30:55 and 14:29, respectively.
Praise for Soke
“It is only through dedication, hard work, and listening to my coach that I can achieve my dreams of representing South Africa at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships (IAAF) to be held in Finland in July, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I have one of the best coaches in this part of the world and it gives me great pleasure to work with him, having grown up admiring him during his days,” he says in reference to Boy Soke, who identified his talent and recruited him to the Qwaqwa Campus.
Pakiso has already represented South Africa in Uganda.
UFS unbeatable in Free State hockey league
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Lesley Anne George, captain of the UFS first hockey team.
Photo: Hannes Pieterse |
The University of the Free State’s (UFS) first as well as its second hockey teams are still unbeaten in the Free State hockey league. The Kovsies men’s hockey team boasts with victories over the UFS Blues (12-0), CUT 1 (7-0) and Brebs Rangers (5-1). The Kovsies women’s team also wiped away all opposition in its way with its victory over the UFS Blues (9-0), CUT 2 (9-0), and CUT 1 (7-0).
The Reds, the UFS’s second best, is also unbeatable. The Reds men’s team boasts with victories over Tweespruit (4-0), Brebs Rangers (2-0), Brebs 2 (14-0) and CUT Colts (5-0). The Reds women’s team compares favourably with the men and triumphed over Brebs 1 (2-0), Masters (11-0) and the UFS Blues (5-0).
According to Mr Frans van der Watt from KovsieSport at the UFS both Kovsies’ men’s and women’s hockey teams are the defending Free State champions. |