OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2017) Opened up the season with a 5K time of 14:58.60 at the Ben Brown Invite ... Ran the 1,500-meter race at the Trojan Invitational and posted a time of 4:07.56 ... Clocked a personal-best time of 14:42.87 in the 5K at the Steve Scott Invitational ... Earned a ninth-place finish in the 5K at the Big West Championships with a time of 15:08.77.
CROSS COUNTRY FRESHMAN (2016) Competed in six events for the Titans ... Began the season with a 16th-place finish at the Mark Covert Classic, clocking an 8K time of 26:12.8 ... Posted an 8K time of 26:04 at the USD Invite, good for 12th place overall ... Earned a seventh-place finish in the Highlander Invitational 6K with a time of 18:14.59 ... Finished in 20th place at the Big West Championships with an 8K time of 25:55.3 as the men's team finished in third place overall, its first top-three finish in the conference championships since 1993 ... Ran the 10K at the NCAA West Regional in 32:14.2.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2015 from Onze Lieve Vrouwelyceum in Breda, Netherlands… was the Dutch National Campion in the 3000m in 2014.
PERSONAL
Born in Breda, Netherlands to Stef van de Weerd and Desiree van de Bagaard… Has one sister, Eelke, and one brother, Rinus… Chose CSF for the weather… enjoys playing the guitar… Favorites include: Italian food, Emil Zatopek of Czech Republic (athlete), La Grande Bellezza (movie), Captain Beefheart and Beethoven (musical artists), The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (book), Brad Pitt (actor).
