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Antonie Nortje Season 2024-25

Pos.MID-DISTANCE
ClassSenior
HometownPretoria, South Africa
Previous SchoolUCLA
ANTONIE NORTJE
HONORS AND MEDALS
  • NCAA indoor First Team All-American 400m (2025)
  • SEC indoor 4x400m champion (2025)
  • All-SEC First Team indoor 4x400m (2025)
  • SEC Men's Runner of the Week (2/11) (2025)
  • NCAA outdoor Second Team All-American 400m (2024)
  • NCAA outdoor Second Team All-American 4x400m (2024)
  • PAC-12 outdoor 400m silver medal (2024)
  • PAC-12 outdoor 4x400m silver medal (2024)
  • PAC-12 outdoor 4x100m bronze medal (2024)
  • NCAA outdoor First Team All-American 4x400m (2023)
  • PAC-12 outdoor 4x400m silver medal (2023)

TEXAS A&M ALL-TIME TOP-12 PERFORMERS
  • #3 indoor 4x400m - 3:02.21

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
  • Olympic Finalist men's 4x400m - 2:58.12 (5th, 2024)
  • World Athletics Relays 4x400m - 3:00.75 (2nd, 2024)
  • U-20 World Championships 400m - 45.32 (3rd, 2021)
  • U-20 World Championships mixed 4x400m - 3:23.98 (5th, 2021)

FIFTH YEAR (2025)
  • Indoor 
    • Competed in five meets during the indoor season
    • Won three regular season events throughout the season, two in the 4x400m and one 400m
    • Was a member of the SEC title winning 4x400m relay time, who crossed the line in 3:03.09
    • Added a fourth-place finish to his conference meet in the 400m in 46.03
    • Garnered First Team All-America status following a seventh-place finish in the 400m at the national championships
  • Outdoor
    • Competed in five meets during the season
    • Won a pair of 4x400m relays at the Florida Relays and 44 Farms Team Invitational
    • Added an individual second-place finish in the 400m at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 45.41

SENIOR YEAR (2024) (AT UCLA)
  • Indoor 
    • Competed in three meets during the indoor season
    • Won his season debut in the 4x400m at the New Mexico Team Open
  • Outdoor
    • Competed in five meets during the outdoor season
    • Ran a pair of personal bests at the PAC-12 Championships in the 200m (21.14) and 400m (45.05)
    • Won three medals at the conference championships, claiming silvers in the 400m and 4x400m and bronze in the 4x100m
    • Concluded the year with Second Team All-America honors in the 4x400m, placing 10th in 3:04.60

JUNIOR YEAR (2023) (AT UCLA)
  • Indoor
    • Competed at five meets during the indoor season
    • Claimed two wins in the season, both in the 4x400m at the MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational and Dr. Sander Invitational
  • Outdoor
    • Competed at seven meets during the outdoor season
    • Secured the 400m title at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 46.11
    • Claimed a silver medal at the PAC-12 Championships in the 4x400m
    • Ensured First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m, placing third in 2:59.82

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2022) (AT TEXAS)

FRESHMAN YEAR (2021) (AT TEXAS)
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LONG SPRINTS