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Rynardt and Lynique selected for SA team at World Cup
Long jumper Lynique Beneke is one of two Kovsies selected for the South African team to the inaugural Athletics World Cup.

University of the Free State (UFS) middle-distance runner, Rynardt van Rensburg, and long jumper, Lynique Beneke, have both secured a spot in the South African athletics team for the inaugural edition of the Athletics World Cup to be held in London, United Kingdom, on 14 and 15 July 2018. 

The 2018 domestic rankings were used to select the team, with one UFS athlete in each discipline set to represent the country as one of the eight competing nations at the event. Beneke, aged 27, won the long jump for women over the past two years at the national track and field championships, this year with a winning distance of 6,22 m. Van Rensburg, aged 26, won silver.

South Africa will compete against teams from the United States, Poland, China, Germany, France, Jamaica, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland. Beneke and Van Rensburg are both experienced athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games in 2016. The programme for the two-day championship does not include long-distance or combined event disciplines. Yolandi Stander, Van Rensburg, and Beneke have also been selected as part of the preliminary team for the CAA African Championships taking place in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018.

Van Rensburg recently clocked his personal best, which was also recorded as the 24th best time of the year, when he finished the Hengelo World Challenge meeting in 1:45.15.
Stander, who has a personal best of 52,81 m, won the bronze medal at this year’s nationals and a silver at the University Sports South Africa (USSA) meeting.

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Alumni get together on Bloemfontein Campus
2012-08-22

At the Kovsie Alumni Trust’s Prestige Evening were, from the left: Mr Gerhard van Rhyn, Deputy Director: Marketing at the UFS; Anton Botha, Chairperson of the Kovsie Alumni Trust; Mr Francois Strydom, Managing Director of Senwes; Prof. Hendri Kroukamp, Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; and Justice Ian van der Merwe, Chairperson of the UFS Council.
Photo: Dries Myburgh
22 August 2012

 

Kovsie alumni from around the country came together for the Kovsie Alumni Trust’s Prestige Evening at the Bloemfontein Campus recently. At the event donors were thanked for their contributions to the university. Mr Francois Strydom, Managing Director of Senwes and also a former Kovsie, was the guest speaker. Strydom shared strategic processes at his company with guests and also talked about his relationship with the university. He praised the university for what’s happening at the institution and committed to broaden cooperation with his alma mater to the advantage of the community.

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