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Illinois State University Athletics

2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Cayde de Waal

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Brakpan, South Africa
  • Highschool Hoerskool Oosterlig
  • Prev School Indian Hills CC

Biography

  • PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS
  • 2026 Outdoor
    • Recorded a second-place time of 1:52.36 in the 800m and a third-place mark of 3:25.90 in the 4x400m at the Joyce Morton-Kief Invite (Mar. 27-28)… Gathered a time of 1:50.61 in the 800m and a second-place mark of 3:51.68 in the 1500m at the 2026 Pepsi Florida Relays (April 3-4)… Collected times of 1:50.80 in the 800m and 3:55.69 in the 1500m at the 2026 Bryan Clay Invitational (April 16-18)… Set a personal-best time of 3:48.89 for 11th place in the 1500m at the Badger Challenge (May 1)… Earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:50.22 in the 1500m at the Billy Hayes Invitational (May 8).
  • 2026 Indoor
    • Finished first with a personal-best time of 2:27.27 in the 1000m at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (Jan. 17)… Placed fourth with a mark of 4:09.25 in the mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 23-24)… Recorded a career-best mark of 4:08.24 in the mile for fifth place at the 5th Annual Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb. 6-7)… Set a personal-best time of 1:50.40 in the 800m for fourth place at the 2026 Blue Demon Alumni Classic (Feb. 13)… Recorded a pair of fifth-place finishes in the DMR with a time of 10:02.37 and in the mile with a mark of 4:09.94 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Mar. 1-2).
  • 2025 Cross Country
    • Led the ISU men with a fifth-place finish at the Redbird Invite (Sep. 12)...Earned MVC Runner of the Week honors for his Redbird debut performance (Sep. 15)...Posted a season-best time of 24:26.6 to finish 54th at the Gans Creek Classic (Sep. 26)...Crossed the line in 22nd at the Bradley Pink Invite (Oct. 17)...Was one of three Redbird men to finish in the top 20 at the MVC Championships, placing 19th with a time of 25:09.89 (Oct. 31).
  • BEFORE ILLINOIS STATE
    • Only athlete in the NJCAA to have qualified for nationals in the 800m, 1k, mile and 3k in 2025...Ran second-fastest 3k (8:34.39) in Indian Hills CC history to qualify for nationals...Placed 30th at the NJCAA XC Nationals in 2024, 4x NJCAA All-American.
    • Ranked second overall at the UIPM Biathlete World Championships and fourth overall at the UIPM Triathlete World Championships in 2022...Placed fifth overall in the 800m at the South African U20 Championships... Placed first overall at the CGA Open Meet in the 800m in 2021 and 2022... Placed first overall at the CGA Championships in the 800m in 2021.
  • PERSONAL
    • Born on Sept. 2, 2003...Son of Jared and Robson...Brother to Araya...Majoring in Exercise Science.