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Two medals for Kovsie athletes at African Games

02 September 2019 | Story Ruan Bruwer

Yolandi and Lynique — Yolandi Stander in action for the South African team at the African Games in Morocco. She won the silver medal in the discus throw. Lynique Beneke won a bronze medal at the African Games.

Although their performances were described as a surprise by the one and a letdown by the other, both these aspiring teachers managed to bring home a silver medal from Morocco.

Improving her personal best in the discus throw by nearly four metres to claim silver at the African Games, came as a huge surprise for Yolandi Stander.

The 20-year-old Education student managed a heave of 57,75 m at the games in Morocco on Thursday 29 August 2019. Her previous best throw was 54,00 m, with which she won the gold medal at this year’s USSA championship in April 2019.

“I did not feel such a distance was possible. Not at all. I was shocked,” Stander said.

Top achievement of my senior career

“My goal for this competition was to throw 55 m. I didn’t expect to throw almost three metres further than that. This will now rank as the top achievement of my senior career.”

It was Stander’s last competition for the season. “I am so fortunate to end on a high. It makes you want to work even harder, because you know that hard work eventually pays off.”

Also on Thursday, fellow Kovsie Lynique Beneke bagged a bronze medal in the long jump. She and Stander are both members of the South African team.

Best jump for 2019 was 6,64 m

Beneke said she was grateful for her medal but felt she could have done better than her jump of 6,30 m. “I wasn’t happy with my distance, as I felt better than my distance showed. I was definitely in better shape than my performance showed.”

Beneke, also an Education student, said she was not sure if this would be her final meeting for the season. “I am waiting for the final team to the World Champs to be announced. According to IAAF standards, I qualified.” Her best jump for 2019 was 6,64 m.

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Curtains fall on Darwin lecture series

2010-02-03

The University of the Free State (UFS), in collaboration with the Central University of Technology and the National Museum in Bloemfontein, will host the final lecture of the Charles Darwin lecture series entitled "The story of life and survival" as part of the 200-years celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday on Thursday, 11 February 2010.

The lecture titled Trends in evolution and their bearing on the future of humankind will be presented by Prof. Bruce Rubidge and Prof. Terence McCarthy from the University of the Witwatersrand and co-authors of the book The Story of Earth and Life.

Last year, when the year-long lecture series started, several lectures were presented by academics from various departments at the UFS.
Prof. Marian Tredoux and Mr Johan Loock from the Department of Geology presented lectures on The origin of our solar system and The geological evolution of our planet: the first billion years, respectively.

"Transitions and extinctions" was the topic of another lecture presented by Dr Jennifer Botha-Brink, a paleontologist at the National Museum and affiliated to the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the UFS. She discussed the causes of mass extinctions and their effects on the world's organisms.

The Department of Genetics also made their contribution to this lecture series in the form of two lectures on the genetic foundation of evolution presented by the Head of the Department, Prof. Johan Spies and Prof. Paul Grobler, an Associate Professor in the Department.

Next followed lectures on the evolution of the information and communication technology that were presented by the Departments of Communication Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Science and Informatics, which focused on communication in a manufacturing environment, the knowledge explosion and the broadband universe.

This final lecture of the series will be presented in the CR Swart Auditorium on the UFS Main Campus at 18:00. Limited seats are available and bookings can be made by contacting Ms Isabel Human at humanci@ufs.ac.za or 051 401 2427 before or on Monday, 8 February 2010.

Media Release:
Mangaliso Radebe
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2828
Cell: 078 460 3320
E-mail: radebemt@ufs.ac.za
2 February 2010

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