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2023 Cross Country Roster

Thulisile Amon

  • Class Senior
  • Height
  • Hometown Middelburg, South Africa
  • High School TuksSport HS
  • Position

Biography

Career Records
Accolades

  • First Team All-CUSA (2023)
  • Second Team All-WAC (2022)
  • NCAA Mountain Region Championships (2023, 2022, 2021) 

Senior (2023): Ran in all five meets of the season for NM State... tallied a personal best in the 5k at the Lori Fitzgerald Memorial Open (Sept. 2), taking fifth with a time of 18:10.4... finished second on the team at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (6k; Oct. 13) with a season-best 6k result of 21:03.7... earned First Team All-CUSA honors with a seventh-place finish at the 2023 CUSA Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28), clocking a time of 22:00.3... finished the season with a time of 21:41.2 at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships (Nov. 10).

Junior (2022): Competed in five meets for the Crimson & White… opened the season with a personal best in the 5k at the Lori Fitzgerald Open (Sep. 3), posting a time of 18:13.4 to finish in fifth… tallied a time of 20:52.0 at the Dave Murray Invitational (6K; Sep. 30), recording a personal best and crossing the line in eighth… earned a Second Team All-WAC selection with a 16th place finish at the 2022 WAC Cross Country Championships (6K; Oct. 29) after logging a time of 20:59.2… made her second straight appearance at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (6k; Nov. 11), closing the year with a time of 20:59.2.

Sophmore (2022): Competed in five meets for the Aggies... Crossed the line 14th in the 6k at the Dave Murray Invitational (Oct. 1) with a time of 22:11.40, a season high finish... Set a personal best in the 6k at the 2021 WAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 30), posting a time of 21:34.00... Finished the season with an appearance in the 6k at the NCAA Mountain Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12).

Sophomore (2021): No cross country season as a result of NJCAA Plan of Action in regards to COVID-19 pandemic.

Freshman (2020): Alongside her sister Thobile, was a standout performer for the NJCAA’s Monroe College Mustangs in the Bronx, N.Y…. Competed in a total of six meets in her debut season… Earned a season-best runner-up finish at the Queensborough XC Invitational, getting clocked in a 5k time of 20:13.0 (Sept. 15)… Raced to a third-place finish at the NJCAA Region XV Championship meet where she traversed the 5k course in a season-best time of 18:50.4 (Oct. 23)… Grabbed a 47th-place individual finish at the NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (20:02.1, Nov. 9)… Helped Monroe win its fifth-consecutive NJCAA Region XV title and aided the team in its seventh-place finish at the NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.

High School: Competed for TuksSport High School... Took part in cross country and track & field... Helped her cross country team earn multiple national titles in the nation of South Africa... Posted career-best times of 2:13.00 in the 800-meter run and 4:48.00 in the 1,500-meter run in track & field... Claimed ASA championships in track & field. 

Personal: Born on May 1, 1999... Daughter of Emmanuel and Nonkululeko... Has four siblings... Plans to major in social work at NM State. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Sophomore

    XC/Distance
    5'6"
  • 2022Junior

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  • 2023Senior

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