Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Potchefstroom Univ.
Hometown: Pretoria, South Africa
2005 Outdoor: Finished first in the javelin throw at the Charlotte Invitational with an NCAA regional, new school- and personal-best mark of 242'9" (74.00m) ... Won the ACC javelin throw championships with a mark of 236'5" (72.06m) ... Threw the javelin 228'9" (69.73m) to win the event at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Placed fourth in the javelin at the NCAA East Region Championships with a throw of 227'3" (69.27m) ... Placed 12th in the javelin finals at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 207'7" (63.28m).2004 Outdoor: Finished 17th at the NCAA Championships ... Took fifth place with a throw of 228'4" (69.60m) at the NCAA East Regional Championships ... Was second at the BIG EAST Championships with a throw of 214'4" (65.34m) ... Broke own school javelin record three times during the season ... Set the school record of 237'9" (72.48m) at the SeaRay Relays, finishing third ... Was first at the Tar Heel Open with a 223'8" (68.18m) mark ... Finished second at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a throw of 235'11" (71.92m) ... Came in fifth at the Raleigh Relays in 215'3" (65.62m).
2003 Outdoor: Finished second in the conference in the javelin with a school-record throw of 225'7" (68.76m) ... Also took top honors at the FAMU Relays and Virginia Tech Invitational ... Finished ninth at the SeaRay Relays with a throw of 203'10" (62.14m) and eighth at the Mt. SAC Relays with a mark of 208'4" ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships.
High School: Was one of the elite junior javelin throwers in the world ... Ranked 12th in the world among junior throwers ...Personal-best throw of 239'1" (72.89) ... South African High School national champion in 2001 ... Runner-up at the 2001 South African Junior Championships ... Top-ranked junior in South Africa in 2002 ... Ranked fourth in South Africa the same year.
Personal: Born on March 31, 1983 in Pretoria, South Africa ... Son of Kobus and Cora Smit ... Human nutrition, foods and exercise major.
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