Sanele Masondo

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
High School:
Osizweni
Prev School:
Colby Community College

Awards and Honors
Four-time All-American
First Team All-American (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2024)
Honorable Mention All-American (Indoor: 5,000m - 2025)
Cross Country All-American (2023, 2024)
All-Midwest Region XC (2023, 2024)
All-Big 12 XC (2024)
Big 12 Champion (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2024)
NJCAA All-American (Colby CC)
Six-Time NJCAA National Champion (Outdoor: 5,000m - 2022, 2023; 10,000m - 2023; Indoor: 3,000m - 2023; 5,000m - 2023; Cross Country - 2022)
NJCAA Cross Country National Athlete of the Year (2022)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S24)

Personal Records

1,500m	3:57.38	2022 Outdoor
3,000m	8:11.14	2023 Indoor
5,000m	13:36.13	2024 Outdoor
	13:20.30	2025 Indoor
10,000m	28:13.29	2024 Outdoor

2024-25
Outdoor: Placed 11th in the 10K (30:24.28) at Big 12 Championships.
Indoor: Honorable Mention All-American in the 5K ... placed ninth in the 5K (14:03.14) and 16th in the 3K (8:10.53) at conference ... opened season with the second-fastest 5K performance in ISU history with 13:20.30 for ninth at the BU Season Opener ... placed fifth in the mile with a PR of 4:04.61 at the Iowa State Classic ... took 29th in the 3K (8:07.51) at the Tyson Invite.
XC: Earned All-America status and helped Iowa State to the NCAA Runner-Up finish... ran 23:14.9 in his first meet of the season at the Wisconsin Pre-National meet, finishing 24th individually... finished 14th and earned all-conference honors at the Big 12 Championships... ran the 10K in 29:30.39 at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 13th individually... posted a top 25 individual finish at the NCAA Championship meet, running 29:16.8 in the 10K and finishing 23rd individually.

2023-24
Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors finishing seventh in the 10,000m with a personal record of 28:13.29, the fourth-fastest performance in school history ... advanced to nationals finishing ninth at NCAA West Prelims in 28:43.19 ... came two spots short of also advancing to nationals in the 5,000m finishing 14th in 13:59.68 ... became Big 12 champion in the 10K (29:14.53, facility record) and placed second in the 5K (13:37.20) ... placed ninth in the 10K (28:35.16) and 5K (13:36.13, No. 9 ISU) at the Bryan Clay Invite ... ran the 10K at the Stanford Invite in 28:54.52.
Indoor: Scored for Iowa State finishing sixth at Big 12 Championships in the 5,000m (14:05.10) and nearly medaled finishing ninth in the 3,000m (8:05.89) … opened season with the sixth-fastest 5,000m performance in school history of 13:33.61 at the BU Season Opener … also ran the 5,000m in a time of 13:56.83 at the Valentine Invitational.
XC: Finished 16^th at the NCAA Championships in 29:22.1 to lead Iowa State to it’s eighth ever top-5 finish… earned All-Midwest Region honors with a seventh-place finish in Stillwater in 30:23.7… was a top-30 finisher at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 23:42.6… finished 80^th at Nuttycombe in 24:17.1.

2022-23 (Colby CC)
Outdoor: NJCAA National Champion in both the 5,000m (14:28.80) and the 10,000m (30:26.59) ... won the 10,000m at regionals in 30:20.59 ... ran to a 5,000m personal best of 14:01.99 at Drake Relays, finishing ninth ... also ran the the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic and the Wichita State Shcoker Spring Invitational.
Indoor: National champion in both the 3,000m (8:11.14, PR) and the 5,000m (14:14.91) ... ran to the 5,000m title at regionals with 14:25.16 ... won the 5,000m at the Ichabod Invitational in 14:23.70 ... also ran the 3,000m at the Graduate Classic and the Washburn Open.
Cross Country: Went undefeated, including winning the national championship with an 8k time of 24:07.2 ... won regionals as an individual (23:31.6) and as a team ... named NJCAA National Athlete of the Year ... earned numerous National Athlete of the Week honors ... picked up first at the Chile Pepper Festival with a personal record time of 23:18.4 ... also won the 8k at the Greeno Dirksen Invite (23:31.0) and Trojan Invite (23:45.2).

2021-22 (Colby CC)
Outdoor: Won the 5,000m national championship at NJCAA Track and Field Championships in 14:31.61 ... national runner-up in the 10,000m with a time of 30:31.84 ... nearly broke 30 minutes with a personal record time in the 10,000m with 30:00.05, winning the event at regionals ... posted a season-best 14:22.23 in the 5,000m, taking first at the ESU Midwest Classic ... clocked a personal best of 3:57.38 in the 1,500m at the Wichita State Shocker Spring Invitational ... also ran the 5,00m at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic.
Indoor: Claimed third in the 5,000m (14:23.26) and fourth in the 3,000m (8:23.67) at NJCAA Track and Field Championships ... took fourth in the 5,000m at regionals in 14:40.78 ... also ran at the Bearcat Invite, Washburn Open and Washburn All-Kansas Invite.
Cross Country: Earned All-America honors, finishing 14th at NJCAA Cross Country Championships with an 8k time of 24:54.9 ... finished 10th at regionals in 25:15.6 ... ran a season-best 24:39.8 at the Fort Hays State Open, finishing 8th ... also ran at the Greeno Dirksen Invite (24.50.6).

Personal
Criminal Justice major.