University of South Alabama Athletics

2015: Outdoor — Won the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best 1:02.00 at Auburn's War Eagle Invitational ... Had best time of her career in the 400 meters at the Jaguar Challenge, finishing in 57.84 seconds to take second place ... Finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a mark of 1:02.08, also taking part in the 4x400-meter relay ... Added a victory in the event at the South Alabama Invitational, also placing second at the Battle of I-65 ... Earned a 10th-place finish in the race at the Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech ... A member of the 4x400-meter relay team at three regular-season meets ... Indoor — Was 10th in the 400-meter run with a career-best time of 57.38 seconds at the conference meet ... Finished seventh in the event at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational (58.25), adding 10th-place results at the UAB Vulcan Invite (57.90) and the Commodore Indoor Invitational (58.06) ... Had a time of 57.66 seconds in the race at the Samford Invitational ... Competed on the 4x400-meter relay team at four meets, and was part of the distance medley relay at the conference championship.

2014: Outdoor — Had career-best 1:01.77 mark in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tiger Classic hosted by Auburn, finishing 11th in the race, while recording a top-10 result with a career-best 12.95 seconds in the 100 meters at the South Alabama Invitational ... Was 10th in the 400-meter hurdles at the conference championship ... Won the event at all three home meets ... Added a four-place finish at the Coach "O" Invitational, and was ninth at both the Alabama Relays and War Eagle Invitational ... Indoor — Posted a season-best time of 58.33 seconds in the 400 meters at the Southern Miss Invitational ... Finished 15th in the event at the conference championship after clocking in at 59.22 seconds ... Also part of the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays at the SBC meet ... Recorded the fastest time of her career in the 200 meters, 26.26 seconds, at the USM event as well ... Had time of 58.65 seconds in the 400-meter run at the Samford Invitational ... Placed fifth in the race at the Arkansas State Invitational.

High School: Lettered five years in track & field, while also lettering in netball, field hockey and swimming…Holds school records in the 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles…Was selected to take part in the World Youth Championships in 2011…Competed with Paarl Athletics Club from 2010-2012.

Personal: Daughter of Roelof and Ronel Swanepoel…Has one younger sister, Helene…Father played rugby for the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and for South Dakota…Favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption…Favorite book is I Am David…Favorite musical artists include Jack Johnson, Mumford and Sons, Snow Patrol and Phillip Phillips…Lists Michael Johnson and Blanka Vlasic as her favorite athletes…Enjoys cheesesteaks, fries, pancakes, nachos and biltong.

Major: Mechanical Engineering