2024 Cross Country Roster
Louw, Nicole
Nicole Louw
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rhenish Girls
- High School:
- Sasolburg, South Africa
- Prev School:
- Oregon
- Major:
- Education Studies
Bio
Career Bests
Cross Country
- 5k: 17:47.3, 2nd place (Mizzou XC Opener, 08/30/24)
- 6k: 20:31.1, 61st place (SEC Championship, 11/01/24)
Accolades
NCAA Round One Qualifications
- 2022 NCAA West Regional Preliminaries qualifier – Women’s 1500m
SEC Placements
- 2024 – Seventh Place, Women’s DMR (11:27.28)
Mizzou All-Time Top 10 Marks
- No. 9 Women’s Indoor DMR (11:27.28 w/ Brianna Lee, Kelsey Schweizer and Anneken Viljoen) at SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23, 2024)
National and International Accolades
- 2017 IAAF World U18 Fifth Place – Women’s 1500m
- 2019 South African U20 National Champion – Women’s 1500m
- 2019 South African U20 Runner-Up – Women’s 800m
- Two-time South African U18 Champion – Women’s 1500m
Academics
- 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 (Senior)
Cross Country
- Mizzou XC Opener (5k), 08/30/24: 2nd place, 17:47.2
- Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (6k), 09/13/24: 38th place, 21:20.8
- Gans Creek Classic (6k), 09/27/24: 52nd place, 21:08.2
- Alabama Crimson Classic (6k), 10/18/24: 21st place, 20:30.3
- SEC Championship (6k), 11/01/24: 20:31.1, 61st place
- NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (6k), 11/15/24: 20:49.37, 73rd place
2023-24 (Junior)
Outdoor
- Crossed the line in 4:35.68 in the 1500m at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)
- Finished the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a 2:12.39 time (April 12)
- Took second in the 4x400m relay with a 3:54.40 pace and placed eighth in the 800m at the Ward Haylett Invitational with a 2:14.20 mark (April 26)
Indoor
- SEC Championships Points Finisher –7th in Women’s DMR
- Made the Mizzou record books with a DMR time of 11:27.28, the ninth-best finish in program history with Brianna Lee, Kelsey Schweizer and Anneken Viljoen
- Opened her Missouri track career with a 4:55.77 mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20)
- Placed second at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a time of 2:52.81 in the 1000m (Feb. 2)
- Ran a 4:49.40 mile at the Music City Challenge (Feb 9)
- Placed seventh overall at the SEC Indoor Championships with a DMR time of 11:27.28 (Feb. 23)
- Posted a 9:40.94 3000m pace at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24)
Cross Country
- Opened her Mizzou career with a 18:19.9 result in the 5k at the Mizzou XC Opener (Sept. 1)
- Finished the 6k at the Gans Creek Invitational in 21:43.4 (Sept. 29)
- Crossed the finish line in the 6k at the XC23 College & Open in 21:41.2 (Oct. 14)
- Notched a 21:39.8 time in the 6k at the SEC Championships (Oct. 27)
- Concluded her first cross country campaign with a 21:53.3 result in the NCAA Midwest Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 10)
PERSONAL
- Born July 26, 2001
- Daughter of Rudolph and Anne, sister to Michaela
- Pre-meet superstition is braiding hair with bowtie and painting nails white
- Biggest inspiration is her mom
HIGHLIGHTS: Karissa Schweizer Takes 11th at NCAA Cross Country Championship
Sunday, November 19
