2024 Track & Field Roster
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Nortje, Antonie
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Antonie Nortje
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Garsfontein
- Hometown:
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Previous School:
- Texas
Bio
2024
Ran the opening leg on three 4x400m relay squads during the indoor season… Earned third place at the Boston College-hosted Eagle Elite… That relay jumped to third on UCLA’s all-time indoor top 10 list (3:05.67)… Claimed UCLA’s top marks of the season in the outdoor 100m, 200m, 400m events… Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200m (20.67)… Ran the second leg of the third-place 4x100m relay at the Pac-12 Championships… Also anchored the 4x400m relay that placed second in the Conference (3:02.39)… Conference runner-up in the 400m, crossing in a personal-best 45.05… His 400m mark ties the seventh-fastest in program history… Placed third in the west at the NCAA West Prelims in Arkansas (45.41)… Qualified for the NCAA championships in both the 400m and 4x400m relay events… Placed 12th and 10th, respectively… Honors: USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American (4x400m)
2023
Ran eight races for UCLA during his first indoor season with the team… Appeared in the 60m, 400m and four 4x400m relays… Three of those relays made the indoor all-time top 10 list for UCLA, including a new indoor school record… Ran the opening leg of the 4x400m at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational, which placed first… The relay team ran 3:05.03, which set the school record in his Bruin debut… Helped upend his own record with the relay team at the Don Kirby Invite… Also ran a season-best mark of 47.08 in the 400m at Don Kirby… The time ranks ninth in UCLA indoor history for the event…
Appeared in 16 races for UCLA during the outdoor season… Ran the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m events… Opened his outdoor campaign at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, placing fourth in the 400m race (46.17)… Recorded a season-best mark of 21.16 in the 200m event at the Mt. SAC Relays, placing seventh in the meet… Ran a season-best in the 400m at the Pac-12 Championships, peaking at the right time… Placed ninth in the conference, running 46.04 in the final… Ran two relays for the Bruins at the 2023 NCAA outdoor national championships… The 4x100m relay (39.43) placed 23rd in the nation… Ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay in the semifinal (2:59.51)… The relay team put together a mark of 2:59.82 in the final, which placed third in the nation for an NCAA podium finish… Honors: Indoor All-American Honorable Mention (4x400m), Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m), Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention (4x100m).
Prior to UCLA...
University of Texas at Austin
USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - 4x400
2021-22 (Sophomore)
INDOOR: Competed in his first collegiate 300m and finished fifth with a time of 33.38 seconds, helped the Longhorns win the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:05.21 - the second-fastest time in the NCAA, and competed in the DMR that finished with a time of 10:03.33... Ran the 400m at the Red Raider Open with a time of 47.41 and helped Texas finish third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:07.21.
2020-21(Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Finished second 400m at the Longhorn Invitational at 47.26... Helped the 4x100 relay team finish third at the Texas Relays with a time of 40.20... Competed at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet and Texas Invitational... Was part of the winning 4x400 relay at the Big 12 Championships (3:03.35)... Ran a personal-best 400m time at the NCAA West Prelims at 46.65 and helped the 4x400 relay reach the NCAA Championships and finish 10th with a time of 3:05.89.
INDOOR: Finished ninth in the 400m with a time of 48.23 and third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:09.62... Finished eighth in the 400m (48.20) and second in the 4x400 relay (3:07.88) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational... Competed at the Tyson Invitational... Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and ran a personal-best 600y time of 1:11.36 and helped the DMR finish second with a time of 9:51.85.
National Junior Championship runner up … World Junior Championship bronze medalist
High School:
Hoerskool Garsfontein
National Youth Championship runner up, African Youth Games bronze medalist
200m - 20.81 … 400m - 46.56
Personal:
Born in Pretoria, South Africa
Chose UCLA because of its “Athletics, Academics, Weather, Location, & Opportunity”
Enjoys Baking, Reading, Marveling in the beauty that is God's creation
Major: Mathematics
Career Goals: Sports analytics or Actuary
Ran the opening leg on three 4x400m relay squads during the indoor season… Earned third place at the Boston College-hosted Eagle Elite… That relay jumped to third on UCLA’s all-time indoor top 10 list (3:05.67)… Claimed UCLA’s top marks of the season in the outdoor 100m, 200m, 400m events… Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200m (20.67)… Ran the second leg of the third-place 4x100m relay at the Pac-12 Championships… Also anchored the 4x400m relay that placed second in the Conference (3:02.39)… Conference runner-up in the 400m, crossing in a personal-best 45.05… His 400m mark ties the seventh-fastest in program history… Placed third in the west at the NCAA West Prelims in Arkansas (45.41)… Qualified for the NCAA championships in both the 400m and 4x400m relay events… Placed 12th and 10th, respectively… Honors: USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American (4x400m)
2023
Ran eight races for UCLA during his first indoor season with the team… Appeared in the 60m, 400m and four 4x400m relays… Three of those relays made the indoor all-time top 10 list for UCLA, including a new indoor school record… Ran the opening leg of the 4x400m at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational, which placed first… The relay team ran 3:05.03, which set the school record in his Bruin debut… Helped upend his own record with the relay team at the Don Kirby Invite… Also ran a season-best mark of 47.08 in the 400m at Don Kirby… The time ranks ninth in UCLA indoor history for the event…
Appeared in 16 races for UCLA during the outdoor season… Ran the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m events… Opened his outdoor campaign at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, placing fourth in the 400m race (46.17)… Recorded a season-best mark of 21.16 in the 200m event at the Mt. SAC Relays, placing seventh in the meet… Ran a season-best in the 400m at the Pac-12 Championships, peaking at the right time… Placed ninth in the conference, running 46.04 in the final… Ran two relays for the Bruins at the 2023 NCAA outdoor national championships… The 4x100m relay (39.43) placed 23rd in the nation… Ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay in the semifinal (2:59.51)… The relay team put together a mark of 2:59.82 in the final, which placed third in the nation for an NCAA podium finish… Honors: Indoor All-American Honorable Mention (4x400m), Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m), Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention (4x100m).
Prior to UCLA...
University of Texas at Austin
USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - 4x400
2021-22 (Sophomore)
INDOOR: Competed in his first collegiate 300m and finished fifth with a time of 33.38 seconds, helped the Longhorns win the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:05.21 - the second-fastest time in the NCAA, and competed in the DMR that finished with a time of 10:03.33... Ran the 400m at the Red Raider Open with a time of 47.41 and helped Texas finish third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:07.21.
2020-21(Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Finished second 400m at the Longhorn Invitational at 47.26... Helped the 4x100 relay team finish third at the Texas Relays with a time of 40.20... Competed at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet and Texas Invitational... Was part of the winning 4x400 relay at the Big 12 Championships (3:03.35)... Ran a personal-best 400m time at the NCAA West Prelims at 46.65 and helped the 4x400 relay reach the NCAA Championships and finish 10th with a time of 3:05.89.
INDOOR: Finished ninth in the 400m with a time of 48.23 and third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:09.62... Finished eighth in the 400m (48.20) and second in the 4x400 relay (3:07.88) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational... Competed at the Tyson Invitational... Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and ran a personal-best 600y time of 1:11.36 and helped the DMR finish second with a time of 9:51.85.
National Junior Championship runner up … World Junior Championship bronze medalist
High School:
Hoerskool Garsfontein
National Youth Championship runner up, African Youth Games bronze medalist
200m - 20.81 … 400m - 46.56
Personal:
Born in Pretoria, South Africa
Chose UCLA because of its “Athletics, Academics, Weather, Location, & Opportunity”
Enjoys Baking, Reading, Marveling in the beauty that is God's creation
Major: Mathematics
Career Goals: Sports analytics or Actuary
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UCLA New Director of Track & Field: Joanna Hayes
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UCLA Track & Field Jim Bush Legends Invite (April 13, 2024)
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