2021 Cross Country Roster

Kwanele Mthembu

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Class Junior

Biography

Season and Career Results

ACCOLADES
  • NCAA Championships Qualifier in cross country (Nov. 2021)
  • NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Qualifier (2021)
  • 2022 All-Sun Belt Indoor Second Team
  • 2021 Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Newcomer of the Year
  • 2020-21All-Sun Belt Indoor Third Team (5,000 meters)
  • 2021 All-Sun Belt Outdoor Third Team (10,000 meters)
  • 2020-21 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll

2020-21 SEASON (SENIOR)
2022 Indoor
Finished 2nd in the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in the 5000 meter, running 14:23.20 ... The time was the third-fastest in school history ... Also ran in the 3000 meter, finishing 6th with a time of 8:28.02 ... Won the 3000 meter at the Fastrak Collegiate Challenge in January, running 8:28.02 ... The 8:28.02 was the eighth-fastest time in school history ... Competed in 5 meets and in the mile, 3000 meter and 5000 meter.

2021 Cross Country
Qualified for the NCAA championships ... Placed 2nd at the NCAA South Central Region Cross Country Championships, running 30:11.1 in the 10K ... Ran 30:37.8 at the NCAA Championships (finished 153rd) ... Season-best of 23:51.1 in the 8K at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, his first cross country meet in a Texas State uniform ... Finished 3rd at the Sun Belt Conference meet in late October, running 24:25.2 in the 8K.

2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR)
2021 Outdoor
NCAA regional qualifier… placed in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round… seven top-ten finishes and three first-place finishes… 10,000 meters Sun Belt Conference Champion with a career-best time… set two career-best times in the mile (finished first) and 3000 (finished third) at the KSU DeLoss Dodds Invitational… finished third in the 5000 at the Drake Relays and 25th in the 1500 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational, both event times being career-bests.
 
2021 Indoor
Finished third in the 5000 meters and tenth in the 3000 at the Sun Belt Track & Field Championships.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Transfer from Cloud County Community College...earned NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors after placing fourth in the 5,000 meters in 15:28.29 and sixth-place  in the 10,000 meters at the 2019 NJCAA DI Outdoor Championships...finished second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:40.26 and fourth in the 5,000 meters in 15:13.02 at the 2019 NJCAA Region VI Championships...finished fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Kansas Relays...had a ninth-place showing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:15.03 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational...placed sixth in the 3,000 meters in a season-best 8:31.73 and seventh in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time 14:41.86 in the 5,000 meters at the NJCAA Indoor Championships...placed third in the mile and fourth in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the NJCAA Region VI Indoor meet...had a season-best time 4:22.18 in the mile at the Northwest Missouri Bearcat Invitational...finished 11th at the 2019 NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.