CCU

Letitia Saayman
Letitia Saayman

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Pretoria, South Africa

High School:
Centurion HS

Height:
5-0

Event:
Distance


04/29/2013

SAAC Presents the 2012-13 Student-Athlete Excellence Awards

Brittany Henderson was named the Presidential Student-Athlete of the Year.

04/24/2013

Women's Track and Field Ranked Ninth in the Region

12 Individual Chanticleers Ranked in Top-48 in East Region

04/18/2013

Men and Women in Second After Day One at BSC Championships

Peake and Entwistle Claim Individual Titles

04/17/2013

Chanticleers Set for Big South Conference Championships

Women look to win three-straight while the men go for their third title in program history

04/04/2013

Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams Ranked in the Region

Chants Set to Compete in the Tiger Track Classic in Auburn, Ala.

**2012: Big South champion and All-Big South 10,000 meters. All-Big South in 5,000 meters... All-Big South and Big South Freshman of the Year in cross country.

2012 Cross Country: Earned All-Big South honors after placing 10th overall at the Big South Championship with a personal-best 5K time of 18:14.78 ... Notched personal-best 6K time of 22:33.28 at NCAA Southeast Regional ... Runner-up at Coastal Carolina Invitational.

2012 Outdoor: Earned All-Big South honors in 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters with a first-place finish in the 10,000 and runner-up finish in the 5,000 ... Season-bests were 17:20.29 in the 5,000 meters and 36:21.70 in the 10,000 meters ... Won the 5,000 meters at the CCU/Shamrock Invitational ... Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Penn Relays, the only time she ran the event ... Notched a season-best time of 4:39.61 in the 1,500 meters at the Tiger Final Qualifier and finished fourth in the event at the Weems Baskin Relays.

2012 Indoor: Won the 3,000 meters at the Clemson Invitational with a season-best time of 10:09.40 ... Finished third at the Big South Championships in the 5,000 meters and sixth in the 3,000 meters ... Season-best in the 5,000 meters was 17:20.31 to place fourth at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup ... Member of the distance medley teams that placed third at the Clemson Invitational and Big South Championships ... Finished the season ranked second in the Big South in the 5,000 meters and third in the 3,000 meters.

At Centurion HS: Won the state championship in the 5000 meters in 2010... Won the region and Jakaranda Prestige conference championship in the 1500 meters and was conference champion in the 3000 meters during junior season... Finished first in the conference in the 1500 meters during freshman season... Set the Centurion High School record in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:51... Ran personal best times of 2:18 in the 800 meters, 10:12 in the 3000 meters and 17:51 in the 5000 meters... Competed in the World XC Championships from 2009-2011 finishing 80th, 39th and 51st respectfully ... Won the state championships in the 4k during freshman season and took second during sophomore season... Centurion High School won the region in cross country from 2007-2010.

Personal: Full Name: Letitia Saayman... Daughter of Dion and Lettie Saayman.