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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Wessel Van der Nest

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa
  • High School Mongezi Radebe

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

2024 Track & Field:
  • Competed in one indoor meet and three outdoor meets for the Bisons
  • Competed in the 300m and 4x400m relay for indoor
  • Ran a personal best in the 300m at the Commonwealth College Opener with a time of 36.38
  • Competed in the 100m and 4x100m relay for outdoor
  • Earned a personal best at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 100m to place 13th with a tine of 11.02, where he also earned 3rd in the 4x100m relay with a time of 40.53

2023 Cross Country:
  • Competed in one meet for the Bisons, running the 100m

2023 Track & Field:
  • Competed in two indoor meets and two outdoor meets for the Bisons
  • Competed in the 60m dash for indoor
  • Ran a personal best with a time of 7.06 to place 18th at the Commodore Challenge
  • Competed in the 100m and 200m for outdoor
  • Placed 10th in the 100m with a time of 11.34 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational

Personal:
  • Son of Ettuan and Hettie van der Nest
  • Has one brother, Ettiene
  • Favorite movie is Avengers: Endgame
  • Enjoys listening to Queen and watching the All Blacks
  • Plans to major in BCom Accounting

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Junior

    Sprints
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