Sanele Masondo

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

Awards and Honors
Five-time All-American
First Team All-American (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2024)
Honorable Mention All-American (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2026; Indoor: 5,000m - 2025)
Cross Country All-American (2023, 2024)
All-Midwest Region XC (2023, 2024, 2025)
All-Big 12 XC (2024, 2025)
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)
Academic All-Big 12 (26)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, S24, F25, S26)

Personal Records

1,500m	3:57.38	2022 Outdoor
3,000m	8:05.89	2024 Indoor
5,000m	13:20.12	2026 Outdoor
	13:20.30	2025 Indoor
10,000m	27:54.77	2026 Outdoor

2025-26
Outdoor: Finished 17th in the 10,000m at NCAA Outdoor Championships for Honorable Mention All-America ... advanced to NCAA West Prelims in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, and finished seventh in the 10,000m to move on to nationals … grabbed a bronze medal over 10,000m at the Big 12 Championships and a seventh-place finish at 5,000m ... ran the third-fastest 5,000m performance in school history at the Payton Jordan Invitational with 13:20.12 ... also broke 28 minutes in the 10,000m and became the fourth-fastest Cyclone in history at the Stanford Invitational with a 27:54.77.
Indoor: Did not compete.

XC: Competed in four meets... finished 86th at the NCAA XC Championships, helping the Cyclones again to a podium finish(3rd)...also earned first-team All-Region honors at the Midwest Regional finishing fourth overall... finished 12th at the Big 12 Championships... also competed at the Gans Creek Classic, finishing 6th overall and helping the Cyclones to a team win.

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.