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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ruth Spijker

  • Class Junior
  • High School CSG Jan Arentsz
  • Hometown Sint Pancras, The Netherlands
  • Instagram @ruthspijker

Biography

Honors: Second Team All-Conference (Indoor 2024), Third Team All-Conference (Indoor, 2024), 2023 Outdoor Conference Champion in the 800-meter and 1500-Meter Events, 2x First Team All-Conference (Outdoor 2023), 2x USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor 2023), 2023 Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year, USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor 2023), 2023 Indoor Conference Champion in the Mile, 800-meter and DMR Team3x First Team All-Conference (Indoor 2023)...2023 Conference Carolinas Indoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Indoor Season - Finished 13th in the 800 and 20th in the 3000 and set a new PR (11:04.36) at the Gamecock Opener 2024… Finished 4th in the 800 and 17th in the Mile at the Carolina Challenge 2024… Finished 10th in the Mile and 38th in the 800 at the 2024 Liberty Open… Finished 2nd in the Mile, 3rd in the distance medley relay, and 11th in the 800 at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor Season - Finished 4th in the 4x800 and 23rd in the 1500 at the Charlotte 49er Classic… Finished 3rd in the 800 and 6th in the 1500 at the Weems Baskin Invitational 24… Finished 22nd in the 800 at the Lee University - Fast Break Invitational… Finished 2nd in the Mile and 5th in the 5000 and set a new PR (18:44.81) at the Electric City Invitational… Finished 47th in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational… Finished 8th in the 800 and 12th in the 1500 at the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2022-23 (Freshman): Indoor Season - Finished 3rd overall in the 3000-meter run at the JDL College Kick-Off (5:24.05)...Finished inside the top-16 in the 3000-meter run at the Gamecock Opener Invitational...Came in 8th in the mile at the Finn Pincus Invitational (5:33.60)...Placed 10th in the 800-meter run and 6th in the mile at the Liberty Open (2:24.21, 5:15.79)...Anchored the women's DMR at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track and Field Championships which won first place (12:46.36) and won the mile and 800-meter dash events (5:14.60, 2:19.32). Outdoor Season - At the Charlotte 49er Classic, placed 12th in the 1500-meter event...At the SWU Invite, Won the 800-meter event with a time of 2:18.41 and finished 3rd in the 3,000-meter event...At the Newberry Invite, won both the 800 and 1500 meter events...At the Electric City Invite, set personal records in both the 800 and 5,000 meter events...At the USC Open, placed 6th and set a new personal record in the 1500-meter with a time of 4:36.54...At the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Won the 800 and 1500 meter events.  

Prep: Graduated from CSG Jan Arentsz High School...Ran for Team Distance Runners.

Personal: Daughter of Rieuw and Rineke Spijker...Has two sisters, Rosa (19) and Rienne (13).

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior