Listed below are all the Varsity Athletics record-holders since the competition’s launch in 2013. Four of the athletes – Wayde van Niekerk, Letitia Janse van Vuuren, Rikenette Steenkamp and Caster Semenya – have gone on to set individual national records too.
TRACK EVENTS (women’s record listed first)
100m
Tebogo Mamatu (Tuks) | 11.48 sec | 18 March 2016
Simon Magakwe (NWU) | 9.9 sec | 21 March 2014
100m/110m Hurdles
Rikenette Steenkamp (Tuks) | 13.21 sec | 3 March 2017
Tshepo Lefete (UJ) | 13.92 sec | 3 March 2017
200m
Justine Palframan (Maties) | 23.39 sec | 21 March 2014
Tlotliso Leotlela (Tuks) | 20.5 sec | 3 March 2017
400m
Caster Semenya (NWU) | 53.9 sec | 18 March 2016
Wayde van Niekerk (Kovsies) | 45.16 sec | 14 April 2014
400m Hurdles
Anneri Ebersohn (Tuks) | 57 sec | 28 April 2014
PC Beneke (Tuks) | 49.49 sec | 21 March 2014
800m
Monique Stander (UJ) | 2:05.54 min | 21 March 2014
André Olivier (NWU) | 1:46.0 min | 14 April 2014
1500m
Aynslee van Graan (Tuks) | 4:23.81 min | 15 March 2019
Rantso Mokopane (NWU) | 3:46.5 min | 3 March 2017
3000m
Rosalyn Laurens (NWU) | 9:41.9 min | 18 March 2016
Henry Makane (UJ) | 8:21.8 min | 23 March 2018
5000m
Rantso Mokopane (NWU) |14:15.28 min | 20 April 2015
*men’s event only
4 x 100m Relay
Tuks (Valeska Nel, Megan Phillips, Reabetswe Moloi and Taylon Bieldt) | 45.64 sec | 31 March 2017
Tuks (Thando Roto, Henricho Bruintjies, Emile Erasmus and Akani Simbine) | 39.5 sec | 14 April 2014
Medley Relay (women 800m, men 200m, women 200m, men 400m)
Tuks | 3:39.3 min | 14 April 2014
FIELD EVENTS (women’s record listed first)
Discus
Riëtte Heyns (NWU) | 57.11m | 1 March 2019
Werner Visser (UJ) | 59.57m | 1 March 2019
Hammer Throw
Letitia Janse van Vuuren (NWU) | 58.22m | 3 March 2017
Tshepang Makhethe (UJ) | 71.26m | 15 March 2019
High Jump
Julia du Plessis (UJ) | 1.84m | 15 March 2019
Mpho Links (NWU) | 2.20m | 1 March 2019
Javelin
Jo-Ane van Dyk (NWU) | 52.21m | 3 March 2017
Johan Grobler (NWU) | 80.25m | 31 March 2017
Long Jump
Eljoné Kruger (NWU) | 6.49m | 15 March 2019
Ruswahl Samaai (UJ) | 8.20m | 7 April 2016
Shot Put
Ischke Senekal (Madibaz) | 16.67m | 3 March 2017
Orazio Cremona (Tuks) | 20.63m | 21 March 2014
Triple Jump
Zinzi Chabangu (UJ) | 13.47m | 31 March 2017
Menzi Mthembu (UJ) | 16.49m | 31 March 2017
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