Personal bests – as of Aug. 21, 2025
| Date |
Year |
Event |
Statistic |
Meet |
| Jan. 13 |
2023 |
600 Meters |
1:24.52 |
LSU Purple Tiger |
| Mar. 26-29 |
2025 |
800 Meters (Outdoor) |
1:50.73 |
Texas Relays |
| Feb. 9 |
2024 |
800 Meters (Indoor) |
1:53.32 |
Howie Ryan Invitational |
| Jan. 31-Feb. 1 |
2025 |
1000 Meters |
2:23.83 |
Robert Platt Invitational |
| Feb. 14-15 |
2025 |
1500 Meters |
3:42.21 |
BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational |
| Jan. 17-18 |
2025 |
Mile |
3:58.02 |
Vanderbilt Invitational |
| Jan. 31-Feb. 1 |
2025 |
3000 Meters |
8:09.33 |
Robert Platt Invitational |
| Feb. 22 |
2022 |
4x400-Meter Relay (Indoor) |
3:20.77 |
Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships |
| Feb. 19-20 |
2024 |
Distance Medley Relay (Indoor) |
10:01.65 |
Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships |
| Sept. 6 |
2024 |
5K (XC) |
15:59.80 |
Mississippi College Opener |
| Sept. 17 |
2022 |
7K (XC) |
21:43.0 |
ULM Warhawk Invitational |
| Oct. 18 |
2024 |
8K (XC) |
24:41.0 |
Alabama Crimson Classic |
2025 OUTDOOR (SENIOR)
- Competed in six meets.
- Set personal-best 1:50.73 time in the 800m at Texas Relays (3/26-29).
- Won first place in the 1500m at LSU Alumni Gold (4/26).
- Placed top three in the mile at the Texas Relays (3/26-29).
2025 INDOOR (SENIOR)
- Competed in four meets.
- Ran a sub-four-minute mile at both Vanderbilt Invitational (1/17-18) and BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15).
- Sun Belt Conference Indoor champion in both mile and DMR events.
- Recorded podium finish at both Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championsips (2/24-25) and RObert Platt invitational (1/31-2/1).
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (SENIOR)
- Competed in five meets.
- Placed tenth in Mississippi College Opener (9/6).
- Set personal best 8k at Alabama Crimson Classic (10/18) with a 24:41.0 time.
- 26th place in Sun Belt Conference Championships (11/1).
2024 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
- Competed in nine meets.
- Placed second in 1500m and 4x800m at Louisiana Classic (3/15-16).
- Third place in 1500m and mile at 2024 96th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/27-30).
- Set personal best 1500m with a 3:46.68 time at the Joe Walker Invitational.
- Second place in 800m at Chris Rinne Invitational (4/19-20).
- Finished in first in 800m at Warhawk Classic with 1:54.16 time.
- Fifth in 800m and fourth in 1500m at Sun Belt Outdoor Conference Championships (5/9-11)
2024 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
- Competed in four meets.
- Third place with 4:13.31 mile at McNeese State #2 (1/25-26).
- Finished second place in 800m at Howie Ryan Invitational (2/9).
- Placed fourth in mile and first in DMR at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (2/19-20).
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (JUNIOR)
- Competed in seven meets.
- Finished fourth place in the ULM Warhawk XC Festival (9/16).
- Placed eighth in the McNeese Stampede (9/23).
- Secured sixth place in the Louisiana Tech Mook 4 Invitational (10/7).
- Top 20 placement in Sun Belt Conference Championships (10/28).
2023 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in seven meets … Finished seventh in the 800 meters in 1:54.95 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 13) … Took second in the 1500 in 3:56.84 and set an outdoor personal best in the 800 in 1:53.11 at the Mississippi State Maroon and White Invitational (April 29) … Won both the 800 (1:54.76) and the 1500 (3:58.11) at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (April 15).
2023 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in three meets … Finished fifth in the Distance Medley Relay in 10:25.67 and ninth in the mile in 4:19.08 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 20-21) … Set a personal best in the mile in 4:11.01 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 21).
2022 CROSS COUNTRY (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in five meets in the fall of 2022 … Opened with a personal best in the 5K in 17:02.1 at Mississippi College’s The Opener (Sept. 2) … Took second and set a personal best in the 7K in 21:43.0 at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (Sept. 17) … Set a personal best in the 8K in 25:38.5 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational to finish 132nd (Oct. 15).
2022 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Started the outdoor season with a third-place finish in the 1500 in 3:58.31 at the Louisiana Classic (March 18) … Posted personal-best times in the 800 in 1:54.34 and the 1500 in 3:56.10 at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 24-26).
2022 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Made his ULM debut at the Ted Nelson Invitational at Texas A&M (Jan. 14), placing second in the mile at 4:17.29 … Part of the third place distance medley relay at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 22), finishing in 10:08.54 … Placed fourth in the 800 meters in 1:54.83 at the Samford Bulldog Open (Feb. 12) … Posted his personal best in the mile to finish fourth at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship, finishing in 4:12.41, while also finishing fourth in the distance medley relay in 10:09.67 and fifth in the 4x400 in 3:20.77.
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (FRESHMAN)
Did not compete in any meets.
HOËRSKOOL WATERKLOOF
Graduated from Hoërskool Waterkloof in 2020...Placed third in South African nationals in the 800 meters.
PERSONAL
Born September 12, 2002 in Brits, North West, South Africa…Son of Tilla Blignaut…Has two brothers: Dirk and Martin…Enjoys farming…Majoring in agribusiness.
