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Lisha van Onselen
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cape Town, South Africa
- High School:
- Durban Girls College
- Prev School:
- Coastal Carolina / App State
- Major:
- Rehabilitation Science
Bio
Personal Bests:
3K (XC): 9:33.0
5K (XC): 17:37.7
6K (XC): 20:49.4
800 (Indoor): 2:18.56
Mile (Indoor): 5:06.43
3000 (Indoor): 9:56.81
5000 (Indoor): 17:53.99
Lisha van Onselen's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
Academic Honors:
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2019 Fall Dean’s List
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2019 Spring Dean’s List
2018 Fall Dean’s List
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2017 Fall Dean’s List
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
Athletic Honors:
2020 All-Sun Belt First Team (XC)
Sun Belt Runner of the Week (9/10/19)
2019 All-Sun Belt Second Team (XC)
2017 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year (XC)
2017 All-Sun Belt First Team (XC)
2021 Cross Country:
Opened the season by leading Utah to a second-place finish after taking seventh overall in her debut as a Ute in the 5k … clocked in with a new 6k PR time of 20:49.4 for 35th while the Utes took home the Dellinger Invitational title ... competed against a loaded field at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals meet and registered a time of 21:44.9 in the 6k race ... recorded a time of 22:01.7 at the Pac-12 Championships for 43rd overall while the Utes came in second at the conference meet ... was the fifth scorer for Utah with a time of 21:32.1 (46th overall) to help the team take fifth at the NCAA Regionals ...
2021 Outdoor Track (Appalachian State):
Saw action in five meets with six top-10 finishes … opened the year with a 5k PR at the Bill Webb Multi/Bob Davidson Invite, crossing at 17:30.71 … took second in her first-ever 10k race, posting a time of 36:55.38 at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting … came in third at the USC Open in the 3000m (10:07.27) … took 10th in the 5k race (17:37.78) at the Charlotte Invitational … came in seventh at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in just her second 10k race (37:28.06) while also finishing eighth in the 5k with a mark of 17:42.60.
2020-21 Indoor Track (Appalachian State):
Did not compete.
2020 Cross Country (Appalachian State):
Had a trio of top-5 finishes including a PR at the conference meet … started the season checking in third at the Mountains to Sea Open Meet in the 5k (17:48.1) … took fourth at the Blue Ridge Open Meet in the 5k … closed out the year with a personal best time of 17:37.7 in the 5k to take fifth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2020 Outdoor Track (Appalachian State):
Season was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track (Appalachian State):
Ran in four meets her first year with the Mountaineers with three podium finishes … took third in her first race with a time of 10:14.63 in the 3000m … set a new PR in the 5000m (17:53.99) and took third at the VMI Team Challenge … followed with another third-place finish at the South Carolina Invitational in the 3000m with a PR mark of 9:56.81 … came in sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the 3000m (9:59.04).
2019 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Posted a pair of wins and a top-20 finish in six meets … opened the year with a victory in the 5k (18:36.3) at the CCU Invitational … followed with her second-straight victory at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational with a mark of 18:17.1 … posted a top-20 finish at the ECU Pirate Invitational in the 6k … came in eighth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 17:54.4 in the 5k … finished in 67th in the 6k (21:45.0) at the NCAA Southeast Regionals to close out the year.
2019 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in just one race and competed in the 5k at the Raleigh Relays
2018-19 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Ran in three races with a pair of top-10 marks … opened the year with a 14th-place finish in the 3000m and ninth-place finish as part of the 4x800m team … closed the year with an eighth-place finish in the 3000m at the Winter Relays.
2018 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Made four appearances with one victory and a top-10 finish … claimed first in the 5k (19:03.0) in her second race of the year at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational … followed with a seventh-place finish at the Sun Belt Championships in the 5k … set a new PR in the 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, crossing the finish line at 21:20.9.
2018 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Made seven appearances with four top-3 finishes – including back-t-back first-place event victories … opened the year with a pair of top-10 finishes at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, taking second in the 1500m and sixth as part of the 4x400m relay squad … secured another top-10 finish at the UF Tom Jones Memorial in the 1500m for the second-straight year, this time with a PR time of 4:38.04 … took the event victory in the 3k at the USC Open with a PR mark of 9:56.09 … followed with another event win at the Mountaineer Open Track Meet, this time in the 5k race.
2017-18 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Competed in a trio of meets with a pair of top-5 finishes … was a member of the 4x800m squad that took fifth at the VMI Winter Relays and placed eighth in the mile (5:10.03) … set a new PR in the 3000m (9:57.06) to finish in second and was a member of the DMR team that took first at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2017 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Ran in six meets with one victory and four top-3 finishes … started the season with a third-place finish in the 5k (17:46.4) at the Mountain to Sea Open … followed up with a victory at the CCU Invitational in the 3k (9:33.0) … was a runner-up in the 5k (17:39.1) at the Upstate Invitational … took fifth in the 6k (22:02.1) at the High Point Vertcross meet … came in second with a PR mark of 17:38.5 in the 5k at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … placed 55th in her first NCAA Southeast Regional race with a time of 21:52.5 in the 6k.
2017 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in eight meets as a sophomore with five top-10 finishes … started the season taking first at the Charlotte 49er Classic as a member of the 4x800 relay team (9:31.39) … followed with a fifth-place finish at the Weems Baskin Invitational in the 3k (10:27.23) … took seventh in the 1500m (4:46.47) at the Gamecock Invitational … came in ninth a week later at the War Eagle Invitational in the 1500m (4:38.09) … third-straight top-10 finish after coming in eighth at the UF Tom Jones Memorial in the 1500m … took fourth in the 5k with a PR time of 18:04.44 at the Sun Belt Championships.
2016-17 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
2016 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
2016 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Competed in four meets with the Chanticleers … notched three top-10 finishes in the 1500m ... placed fourth in the 1500m at the Bill Carson Invitational, crossing the finish line at 4:51.47 ... set a season-best time of 4:38.94 in the 1500m at the Big South Championships, finishing 8th overall.
2015-16 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in five indoor meets to open her collegiate career with two top-10 finishes and a total of seven top-20 marks … was a member of the DMR squad that took first at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 12:20.45 … placed 14th in her first individual event, running a 5:13.32 mile in the same meet … recorded her first top-10 finish in the 800m (2:19.44) at the Buccaneer Invitational … qualified for the finals in the 800m at the Big South Championships with a PR time of 2:18.56 while also placing eighth in the mile with a PR time of 5:06.43.
2015 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
High School:
Was a two-time provincial champion at Durban Girls College (2014-15) … posted a top-5 finish at the South African National Championship (2015) … member of the provincial cross country team at nationals (2009-15) … also competed in swimming and netball.
Personal:
Parents are Llewellyn and Elsabe van Onselen … has two younger sisters, Jessica and Leandri … graduated from Coastal Carolina with a bachelor’s in biochemistry in 2019 and earned her master’s in exercise physiology from Appalachian State in 2021 … studying rehabilitation sciences at the U.
3K (XC): 9:33.0
5K (XC): 17:37.7
6K (XC): 20:49.4
800 (Indoor): 2:18.56
Mile (Indoor): 5:06.43
3000 (Indoor): 9:56.81
5000 (Indoor): 17:53.99
Lisha van Onselen's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
Academic Honors:
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC)
2019 Fall Dean’s List
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2019 Spring Dean’s List
2018 Fall Dean’s List
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
2017 Fall Dean’s List
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
Athletic Honors:
2020 All-Sun Belt First Team (XC)
Sun Belt Runner of the Week (9/10/19)
2019 All-Sun Belt Second Team (XC)
2017 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year (XC)
2017 All-Sun Belt First Team (XC)
2021 Cross Country:
Opened the season by leading Utah to a second-place finish after taking seventh overall in her debut as a Ute in the 5k … clocked in with a new 6k PR time of 20:49.4 for 35th while the Utes took home the Dellinger Invitational title ... competed against a loaded field at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals meet and registered a time of 21:44.9 in the 6k race ... recorded a time of 22:01.7 at the Pac-12 Championships for 43rd overall while the Utes came in second at the conference meet ... was the fifth scorer for Utah with a time of 21:32.1 (46th overall) to help the team take fifth at the NCAA Regionals ...
2021 Outdoor Track (Appalachian State):
Saw action in five meets with six top-10 finishes … opened the year with a 5k PR at the Bill Webb Multi/Bob Davidson Invite, crossing at 17:30.71 … took second in her first-ever 10k race, posting a time of 36:55.38 at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting … came in third at the USC Open in the 3000m (10:07.27) … took 10th in the 5k race (17:37.78) at the Charlotte Invitational … came in seventh at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in just her second 10k race (37:28.06) while also finishing eighth in the 5k with a mark of 17:42.60.
2020-21 Indoor Track (Appalachian State):
Did not compete.
2020 Cross Country (Appalachian State):
Had a trio of top-5 finishes including a PR at the conference meet … started the season checking in third at the Mountains to Sea Open Meet in the 5k (17:48.1) … took fourth at the Blue Ridge Open Meet in the 5k … closed out the year with a personal best time of 17:37.7 in the 5k to take fifth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2020 Outdoor Track (Appalachian State):
Season was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track (Appalachian State):
Ran in four meets her first year with the Mountaineers with three podium finishes … took third in her first race with a time of 10:14.63 in the 3000m … set a new PR in the 5000m (17:53.99) and took third at the VMI Team Challenge … followed with another third-place finish at the South Carolina Invitational in the 3000m with a PR mark of 9:56.81 … came in sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the 3000m (9:59.04).
2019 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Posted a pair of wins and a top-20 finish in six meets … opened the year with a victory in the 5k (18:36.3) at the CCU Invitational … followed with her second-straight victory at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational with a mark of 18:17.1 … posted a top-20 finish at the ECU Pirate Invitational in the 6k … came in eighth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 17:54.4 in the 5k … finished in 67th in the 6k (21:45.0) at the NCAA Southeast Regionals to close out the year.
2019 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in just one race and competed in the 5k at the Raleigh Relays
2018-19 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Ran in three races with a pair of top-10 marks … opened the year with a 14th-place finish in the 3000m and ninth-place finish as part of the 4x800m team … closed the year with an eighth-place finish in the 3000m at the Winter Relays.
2018 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Made four appearances with one victory and a top-10 finish … claimed first in the 5k (19:03.0) in her second race of the year at the Adidas Winthrop Invitational … followed with a seventh-place finish at the Sun Belt Championships in the 5k … set a new PR in the 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, crossing the finish line at 21:20.9.
2018 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Made seven appearances with four top-3 finishes – including back-t-back first-place event victories … opened the year with a pair of top-10 finishes at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, taking second in the 1500m and sixth as part of the 4x400m relay squad … secured another top-10 finish at the UF Tom Jones Memorial in the 1500m for the second-straight year, this time with a PR time of 4:38.04 … took the event victory in the 3k at the USC Open with a PR mark of 9:56.09 … followed with another event win at the Mountaineer Open Track Meet, this time in the 5k race.
2017-18 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Competed in a trio of meets with a pair of top-5 finishes … was a member of the 4x800m squad that took fifth at the VMI Winter Relays and placed eighth in the mile (5:10.03) … set a new PR in the 3000m (9:57.06) to finish in second and was a member of the DMR team that took first at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2017 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Ran in six meets with one victory and four top-3 finishes … started the season with a third-place finish in the 5k (17:46.4) at the Mountain to Sea Open … followed up with a victory at the CCU Invitational in the 3k (9:33.0) … was a runner-up in the 5k (17:39.1) at the Upstate Invitational … took fifth in the 6k (22:02.1) at the High Point Vertcross meet … came in second with a PR mark of 17:38.5 in the 5k at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … placed 55th in her first NCAA Southeast Regional race with a time of 21:52.5 in the 6k.
2017 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in eight meets as a sophomore with five top-10 finishes … started the season taking first at the Charlotte 49er Classic as a member of the 4x800 relay team (9:31.39) … followed with a fifth-place finish at the Weems Baskin Invitational in the 3k (10:27.23) … took seventh in the 1500m (4:46.47) at the Gamecock Invitational … came in ninth a week later at the War Eagle Invitational in the 1500m (4:38.09) … third-straight top-10 finish after coming in eighth at the UF Tom Jones Memorial in the 1500m … took fourth in the 5k with a PR time of 18:04.44 at the Sun Belt Championships.
2016-17 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
2016 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
2016 Outdoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Competed in four meets with the Chanticleers … notched three top-10 finishes in the 1500m ... placed fourth in the 1500m at the Bill Carson Invitational, crossing the finish line at 4:51.47 ... set a season-best time of 4:38.94 in the 1500m at the Big South Championships, finishing 8th overall.
2015-16 Indoor Track (Coastal Carolina):
Saw action in five indoor meets to open her collegiate career with two top-10 finishes and a total of seven top-20 marks … was a member of the DMR squad that took first at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 12:20.45 … placed 14th in her first individual event, running a 5:13.32 mile in the same meet … recorded her first top-10 finish in the 800m (2:19.44) at the Buccaneer Invitational … qualified for the finals in the 800m at the Big South Championships with a PR time of 2:18.56 while also placing eighth in the mile with a PR time of 5:06.43.
2015 Cross Country (Coastal Carolina):
Did not compete.
High School:
Was a two-time provincial champion at Durban Girls College (2014-15) … posted a top-5 finish at the South African National Championship (2015) … member of the provincial cross country team at nationals (2009-15) … also competed in swimming and netball.
Personal:
Parents are Llewellyn and Elsabe van Onselen … has two younger sisters, Jessica and Leandri … graduated from Coastal Carolina with a bachelor’s in biochemistry in 2019 and earned her master’s in exercise physiology from Appalachian State in 2021 … studying rehabilitation sciences at the U.
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