Colette Uys once again proved her record-breaking form, setting a new South African field athletics national mark at the ACNW Championships held in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.
Uys, a former African Championships and World Student Games medallist in the shot put, launched a 69.21m heave in the women’s hammer throw competition.
In a hard-fought contest, she held off a challenge from former national record holder Leandri Holtzhausen, who took second place with a 68.18m throw.
Uys added 55 centimetres to the SA hammer throw mark of 68.66m, which was set by Phethisang Makhethe in Eugene, Oregon, in May last year.
Glenrose Xaba and Carina Swiegers Win Region 5 Marathon Titles
Springbok Women Fall to Ireland in WXV Global Series Finale
Jade Wilson Wins Pete Marlin and SA Ocean Racing Title
Tswelopele Mohapi Is Writing Her Own Story in Sports PR
Carina Bruwer: A Decade of Swimming for South African Causes
Bloomberg’s “The Long Game” Maps the Women’s Sport Boom
Some of the most valuable thinking on the business of women’s sport is being produced…
In the process, Uys shattered her personal best of 65.84m, which she had achieved in Potchefstroom last season, by more than three metres.
Original Copy: Athletics SA, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Colette Uys once again proved her record-breaking form, setting a new South African field athletics national mark at the ACNW Championships held in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, 1 April 2026. File Photo: Charmaine Botes Visser
(+3 rating, 3 votes, rated)
Loading...
