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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Pretoria (Lyttelton), South Africa
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Centurion HS
Bio
An experienced national runner, Sonel was a middle-of-the-year addition to the Tech track & field program, joining the roster in January in time for the spring semester...has the potential to be an outstanding collegiate runner in distance events...will run in the 3,000m and 5,000m indoors during her first year...also expected to compete outdoors in the 10,000-meter event.
AT TECH (In 2014-15): Enrolled at Tennessee Tech in January and joined the track & field team in time to train and compete throughout the indoor season, and will continue through the outdoor schedule.
BEFORE TECH: Began her running career in eighth grade, competiting initially in the 1,500m run...coached throughout high school by Dion Saayman, whose inspiration and guidance led her into regional and national competition, a level achieved by ranking among the top 12 in her age division...in 2013, she was ranked 8th nationally for girls under 17, and in 2014 she was 10th in the country for Junior Women runners.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Cornel and Sonja Bezuidenhout...born July 2996 in Dundee, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa...studying pre-physical therapy.
News mentions
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Four of Tennessee Tech’s six runners recorded personal best times, led by junior Purity Murray, as the Golden Eagle women’s cross country team finished in 27th place at the NCAA South Regional Friday morning.
Two members of the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team and six from the women’s squad will compete Friday in the NCAA South Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama at Harry Pritchett Running Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Junior Purity Murray paced the team Saturday at the OVC Championships, and three Golden Eagle runners posted career-best times as the Tennessee Tech women’s cross country finished eighth among 12 teams at the conference meet at Murray State’s Miller Memorial Golf Course.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will put the last three months of training into what should be their best effort Saturday morning at the Ohio Valley Conference championships in Murray, Ky.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams have one final tuneup race before competing at the end of the month in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, and what a meet it will be. The Golden Eagles are set to run Friday afternoon in the Crimson Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in their largest races of the season at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Tennessee Tech's California connection of Sarah Brandt and Jenna Storms led the way for the women's cross country team as the Golden Eagles placed 16th at Vanderbilt's Commodore Classic in Nashville Saturday morning.
The second week of the 2015 season netted the Tennessee Tech women's cross country team a ninth place finish among 13 teams Saturday morning at the Furman Invitational. Junior Sarah Brandt was the top finisher for the Golden Eagles.
Nine of Tennessee Tech’s 13 cross country runners ran in their first collegiate race Saturday as coach Wayne Angel’s Golden Eagles opened the 2015 season at the Indiana Open.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams open the 2015 schedule Saturday at the Indiana Open, where the Golden Eagles go up against two Hoosier teams each ranked 11th in the nation in the preseason