Senior (2019)
Earned All-American honors by finishing 28th in NCAA Championship race, covering the 6,000m in 20:39.8 to place fourth among squad that claimed first national team title in program history … USTFCCCA All-Academic … Third in NCAA South Central Region (20:30.6) as Arkansas produced a 1-5 finish for perfect score of 15 points … Fourth in SEC Championships (19:55.5) as Razorbacks claimed a seventh consecutive team title … Opened season placing 10th in John McNichols Invitational (5k, 16:55.1) and fourth in Chile Pepper Festival (5k, 16:15.1) … Finished ninth in Wisconsin Nuttycombe Inv. (20:09.8).
Junior (2018)
Competed in six meets… Chile Pepper Festival Runner-up… Fourth-place finisher at the SEC Championships earning First-Team All-SEC honors… Earned All-Region honors finishing fourth in College Station, Texas… Placed 61st at the NCAA Championships.
Sophomore (2017)
Opened up her second season with Arkansas at the Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 29), she finished with the third-best time for the Razorbacks and 32nd overall at 17:02.90 … Competed in the Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 14), she finished 31st overall with the third-best time for Arkansas at 20:28.00 … At the SEC Championships (Oct. 26) she helped Arkansas win the SEC Conference Title finishing sixth overall and second for the Razorbacks at 20:29.10 … She earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South-Central Regional (Nov. 10), finishing second overall at 19:36.00 … She competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 18) finishing first for the Razorbacks and 48th overall at 20:20.40
Freshman (2016)
Arkansas career began at the Cowboy Duals (Sept. 1) where she was the top performer with a time of 10:35.50 … In her next meet, the Riverside Invitational (Sept. 17), she finished fourth overall and third for the Razorbacks with a personal best at 20:30.50 … Furthered her season improvement with another personal best in the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) clocking a 16:36.00 … Competed in the Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 15) posting 21:22.60, finishing as sixth-best for the Razorbacks, good enough for 95th overall … A 23rd overall finish helped Arkansas to another SEC title at the SEC Championship (Oct. 28) with a time of 21:13.90, good enough for eighth-best for the Razorbacks … Earned All-Region honors by placing 15th overall at the NCAA South Central Region (Nov. 11), finishing as fourth-best for the Razorbacks at 20:55.60.
High School
11-time South Africa National Champion (1,500, 3,000 and cross country) … Represented South Africa on the international level at the IAAF World Youth Track and Field Championship (1,500 finalist) and the World Cross Country Championship … African Cross Country Championship qualifier … Southern Region Track and Field Championship (3,000) … Southern Region Cross Country Championship.
Personal
Born on April 15, 1997 … Daughter of Gerhard and Elise Viljoen … Has one brother; Daniel … Majoring in accounting.
