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Gené Coetzee Season 2025-26

Gené Coetzee Season 2025-26

PositionDISTANCE/XC
ClassSenior
HometownJohannesburg, South Africa
Honors & Awards
2024 USTFCCCA All-Region Status
 
2025 Cross Country
Competed in three meets ... time of 21:42.90 in the 6k at the SEC Championships ... ran 17:15.70 in the 5k at the Southern Showcase ... time of 20:30.20 in the 6k at the Alabama Crimson Classic

2025 Outdoor 
Competed in five meets ... delivered a pesonal best performance in the 5000m (15:48.21) at the NCAA East First Round ... Claimed eighth in the 5000m (15:55.31) and 14th in the 1500m (4:22.38) at the SEC Championships ... Ran a personal best time of 2:07.87 in the 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... collegiate best time of 4:16.56 in the 1500m at the Florida Relays

2025 Indoor 
Competed in three meets ... Finished 12th overall at the SEC Championships in the 3000m (9:23.01) ... finished fourth in the mile (4:45.67) and the 3000m (9:24.00) at the Orange & Purple Invite ... PR time of 9:10.81 in the 3000m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite

2024 Cross Country
Competed in four meets ... Paced 14th at the NCAA South Region Cross Country Championships in the 6k (20:19.00) ... finished with a time of 20:02.10 at the SEC Cross Country Championships in the 6k ... ran a time of 20:34.60 in the 6k at the Gans Creek Classic ... placed 26th overall at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (21:05.60) 

2024 Outdoor
Competed in four meets ... ran the 1500m at the SEC Outdoor Championships (4:31.96) ... finished 19th overall with a PR time of 16:33.79 in the 5000m at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... Ran a time of 4:27.61 in the 1500m at the Pepsi Florida Relays ... ran a PR and finished first overall at the LSU Invitational (4:24.76)

2024 Indoor
Competed in four meets ... Ran a PR at the SEC Championships in the mile (4:43.85) ... finished second with the DMR (11:44.57) at the Harvey Glance Tide and Tiger Dual Meet ... placed fourth overall at the Razorback Invitational in the mile (4:50.06) 

2023 Cross Country
Competed in five meets ... finished in the top 25 at the SEC Championship 6k, running 20:43.90 ... Ran a PR of 19:16.90 at the NCAA South Regional, finished 26th overall ... finished second overall at the Southern Showcase in the 5k with a time of 16:43.70 ... placed first amongst Auburn women at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown in the 5k with a time of 17:08.60 ... ran a time of 20:35.90 at the Crimson Classic 6k

2023 Outdoor 
Competed in four meets ... also competed in the 1500m (4:28.54) at SEC Outdoors ... Ran PR (4:27.23) in the 1500m to finish second at FSU relays … ran PR (17:00.77) in the 5,000m at SEC Outdoors
 
2023 Indoor 
Competed in two meets ... Scored one point at SEC indoors in the mile (4:46.26) to finish eighth … ran PR (9:40.45) in the 3,000m and PR in the mile (4:46.26) at SEC Indoors 

2022 Cross Country 
Competed in five meets ... Ran a PR (16:42.8) in the 5k in her season opener at the North Alabama Showcase … ran PR (20:33.6) to finish 23rd in the 6k at SEC Cross Country … also ran the 6k (21:13.2) at NCAA South Regional

Prior to Auburn:
Matric 2021 ... best cross country athlete of the year 2021 .... best track and field athlete of the year 2021 ... Leadership Award ... 1500m- 4:22.63 ... 5000m- 17:05.95
 
Personal
Attended Helpmekaar Kollege in Johanesburg, South Africa ... birthday is December 12 ... daughter of Euline and Jaco Coetzee ... has one sibling Jean-Pierre (20)

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Junior
2024-25

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Junior
2024-25

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Sophomore
2023-24

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Freshman
2022-23

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