Rico Leijenaar Season 2024

Career Performance List

2024
Led the Husker men at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 39th-place finish and a time of 30:26.61…Ran a 24:07.90 at the Big Ten Championships to place 85th…Led the men at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational with a 10th-place finish and an 8k time of 25:04.00…Placed 40th at the Augustana Twilight with a 19:34.52 (4-mile)...Finished 69th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational with an 8k time of 24:28.10.

Before Nebraska
Attended Potchefstroom Gimnasium and ran for Potch Track Club...placed second at the 2024 South African U20 Championships in the 5000m with a time of 14:32.12...placed 23rd at the 2024 U20 World Cross Country Championships with an 8K time of 24:30.

Personal
Born on May 25, 2005…parents are Cor and Ditri…studying physical therapy at Nebraska.