2013-14 M Track&Field Outdoor Roster

Dwight Mandimika

Dwight Mandimika

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Highschool:
    Gateway High School
  • Major:
    Comm. Aviation, Int'l Studies

Summary

Biography

2013-14 (Senior): Ran in seven of UND’s eight cross country meets … Was UND’s top runner at the University of Minnesota’s Oz Memorial, placing 25th out of 51 runners with a time of 20 minutes, 27 seconds … Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:24 at the UND Ron Pynn Invitational … Placed 61st at the Big Sky Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:30 … Clocked a 10K time of 34:42 at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional ... Won the mile at NDSU's Thundering Herd Classic with a time of 4:30.73 ... Won the steeplechase at North Dakota State's Lyle Hokanson Classic with a time of 9:48.75, the eighth-best in UND history ... Runner-up in the 800-meters at the USD Twilight Meet with a time of 1:58.35 ... Lettered in both track and cross country.

2012-13 (Junior): Member of UND’s distance medley relay team that placed seventh at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Quartet ran the fourth-fastest relay in school history with a time of 10:31.98 … Placed fourth in the 800-meters at Minnesota’s Northwest Open (Jan. 12) … Helped UND to a runner-up finish in the 4x400 relay at the UNC-Wilmington Invitational … Teamed with Matthew McCreary, Jesse Fenstermacher and Romon Bridges for a time of 3:24.96 … Ran in a pair of cross country meets ... Opened the season at the Bison Cross Country Duals where he placed ninth with a time of 27:02.93 ... Also ran at the South Dakota State Classic, placing 36th with a time of 27:23.94 … Earned third track and field letter.

2011-12 (Sophomore): Named to 2011 Great West Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Member of UND's fourth-place distance medley relay (10:50.33) at the GWC Indoor Track and Field Championship ... Placed 27th (26:47.84) at the GWC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 17th at the USD Tim Young Invitational with a time of 26:28.16 ... Finished fourth in the 800-meters (1:56.86) at the Bison Invitational (May 4) ... Placed eighth in the mile run (4:31.59) at the Bison Classic (Feb. 6) ... Named to Athletics Director's Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second cross country and track and field letters.

2010-11 (Freshman): A member of UND's seventh-place distance medley relay team (10:54.21) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Ran a personal-best time of 9:07.88 in the 3,000-meters at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Placed 14th in UND's season-ending dual at South Dakota (Nov. 14) ... Made his collegiate debut at the 2010 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship (Oct. 30), placing 60th ... Earned first letter in both cross country and track and field.

Before UND: A 2009 graduate of Gateway High School in Harare, Zimbabwe ... Lettered three times each in cross country and track and field ... An all-conference performer in both sports ... School record holder in cross country ... Twice named provincial cross country captain ... Also lettered three times each in field hockey and cricket ... Played provincial field hockey for five years and was selected to pre-Junior Olympic national team.

Personal: Double-major in commercial aviation and international studies ... Son of Aldrin and Elinah Mandimika.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

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  • 2011-12Sophomore

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  • 2012-13Junior

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  • 2013-14Senior

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