PBC YEARBOOK
Ndhlovu will join Olympians Wirimai Juwawo and Cuthbert Nyasango, who competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Ndhlovu
recently posted two Olympic qualifying times when he dominated
the 2016 and 2015 Houston Marathon. He finished 10th in each race
and crossed the line in 2:17.32 in 2016 and 2:16.51 in 2015 – both
times under the 2:19 qualifying standard.
Ndhlovu ran cross country and track at UNC Pembroke from
2009-12. A four-time All-Conference runner, he won the 2011 and
2012 PBC Championship and was named the PBC Runner of the Year
both seasons, one of only four PBC men’s runners to ever win that
award twice. His 2012 championship time is 24:20 stands as the
third-fastest 8k run in the PBC Championships.
He also competed in PBC track and field in his senior season in
2013, the first year the conference held it as a championship sport.
He was named the PBC men’s Track Athlete of the Year that season,
winning the 1,500- 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs. He advanced
to the NCAA National Championships that year and was named an
All-American in both the 5k and 10k. He still holds the PBC record in
the 10k for all meets at 29:04.01.
Ndhlovu was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American twice
during his career and received the NCAA postgraduate scholarship,
which allowed him to serve as a graduate assistant coach at Augusta
University for two years.
Ndhlovu will run in the Olympic marathon on the morning of
August 21, 2016, in Rio de Janiero, the final day of competition.
2015-16
2015 Peach Belt
Men’s Cross Country
Elite 15 Awards presented by GradesFirst
Jacob Dirkman, Columbus State
All-Academic Team
Javier Bustos Jaimes Francis Marion
Norman Cervantes Clayton State
Jacob Dirkman
Columbus State
Boyd Guttery
Augusta University
Troy Hickom
Clayton State
Joel Johnston
UNC Pembroke
Sam Mack
Flagler
Andrew Merritt
Flagler
Nate Nash
UNC Pembroke
Devin Nelson
Francis Marion
James Ryden
Georgia College
Hussen Sadik
Columbus State
Henning Schein
Armstrong State
Andrew Smith
Flagler
Thomas Templeman Georgia College
Jalen Thompson
Montevallo
Timothy Thompson Columbus State
Jeremy Webb
Young Harris
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