2022 Track and Field Roster
Swanepoel, Rynard
Rynard Swanepoel
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Johannesburg, SA
- High School:
- Randburg
Bio
Career Records
Awards
2024 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2022 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2023 First Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2024 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2025 First Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 800m (Outdoor) - 1:45.28
No. 1 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:17.15
No. 2 - 800m (Indoor) - 1:47.44
No. 3 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:38.52
No. 5 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:39.78
No. 6 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 9:39.67
No. 6 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:40.17
No. 7 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:40.54
Collegiate PR
800m - 1:45.28
1000m - 2:29.28
1500m - 3:39.67
Mile - 4:04.35
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-Americans after recording a time of 1:47.37 in the semifinals of the men’s 1500m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Recorded a season-best time of 1:45.42 in the 1500m during the NCAA East Region First Round… Named Second Team All-ACC after a fourth place finish in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Placed second in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational…Set a new personal-best time of 3:39.67 in the 1500m at the Duke Twilight.
Indoor - Helped the men’s DMR team break the program record with a time of 9:17.15, finishing first at the Boston University DMR Challenge while also setting the fourth fastest time in NCAA history… Earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing in third place in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed ninth in the DMR to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships… Recorded top-five finishes in the 800m during the indoor season, including setting the second-fastest time in school history at 1:47.44 during the Tiger Paw Invitational.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Secured First Team All-ACC in the 800m, after collecting a pair of second place finishes at the ACC Outdoor Championships, clocking 1:48.65 and 1:47.53 … Performed in the 800m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, clocking 1:49.87 … Earned Second Team 800m All-American Honoree at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 1:47.44… Placed ninth at the Duke Invitational, finishing the 1500 in 3:41.70 … Secured a first-place victory and personal best in the 800m, finishing in 1:45.28 at the NCAA East First Round.
Indoor: Placed third at the Wake Forest Invitational, clocking 1:47.38 in the 800m … Performed in the ACC Indoor Championships finishing the 800m in 1:48.36 along with finishing the Distance Medley Relay in 9:40.74 … Finished the mile in 4:09.02 at the Hokie Invitational, leading to a seventh place finish … Competed in the ACC Indoor Championships, clocking 1:49.39 in the 800m along with a first-place finish for Wake Forest in the Distance Medley Relay, clocking 9:39.78.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: In the first meet of the 2023 outdoor season, he claimed first place in the 1500m with a time of 3:47.85 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (Mar. 16-18)... At the Raleigh Relays he competed in the 1500m and ran a personal-best time of 3:44.43 and finished second in the 800m with a 1:47.92 (Mar. 23-25)... He claimed his second first place finish of the season with a personal-best time of 1:47.38 in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 21)... At the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, he competed in the 4x400 and the 800m (May 11-13)... In the prelims of the 800m he placed fifth with a time of 1:48.65 and in the final of the event he finished second with a 1:47.53… Swanepoel advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 800m to cap off the 2023 outdoor campaign (May 25-27).
Indoor: In the opening meet of the 2023 indoor campaign, his team finished first in the distance medley relay with a time of 9:40.17 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 27-28)... He also finished sixth with a 1:50.11 in the 800m at the Bob Pollock Invitational… At the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, he competed in the 800m and the distance medley relay (Feb. 23-25)... In the 800m he finished eighth in the prelims with a time of 1:49.65 and seventh in the final with a 1:48.36… In the distance medley relay his team finished sixth with a time of 9:40.74.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Picked up a pair of Top-7 finishes at the Duke Invite in the 800 (fifth) and 4x400 (seventh) ... Capped the outfoor season off at the NCAA East Prelims with a 36th place finish in the 800m.
Indoor: Began the season by setting a PR in the 1000 with a time of 2:29.28 at the Hokie Invitational…Set another PR in the 800 at the Bob Pollock Invitational after running a 1:51.96 ... Earned Indoor All-ACC Second Team, placing fifth in the 800m event.
Awards
2024 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-American (Outdoor)
2022 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2023 First Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2024 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2025 First Team All-ACC (Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-ACC (Outdoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2024 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Indoor)
2025 All-ACC Academic Team (Outdoor)
Top-10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 1 - 800m (Outdoor) - 1:45.28
No. 1 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:17.15
No. 2 - 800m (Indoor) - 1:47.44
No. 3 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:38.52
No. 5 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:39.78
No. 6 - 1500m (Outdoor) - 9:39.67
No. 6 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:40.17
No. 7 - DMR (Indoor) - 9:40.54
Collegiate PR
800m - 1:45.28
1000m - 2:29.28
1500m - 3:39.67
Mile - 4:04.35
2025 (Senior)
Outdoor - Earned Second Team All-Americans after recording a time of 1:47.37 in the semifinals of the men’s 1500m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Recorded a season-best time of 1:45.42 in the 1500m during the NCAA East Region First Round… Named Second Team All-ACC after a fourth place finish in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Placed second in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational…Set a new personal-best time of 3:39.67 in the 1500m at the Duke Twilight.
Indoor - Helped the men’s DMR team break the program record with a time of 9:17.15, finishing first at the Boston University DMR Challenge while also setting the fourth fastest time in NCAA history… Earned First Team All-ACC honors after finishing in third place in the DMR at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed ninth in the DMR to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships… Recorded top-five finishes in the 800m during the indoor season, including setting the second-fastest time in school history at 1:47.44 during the Tiger Paw Invitational.
2024 (Junior)
Outdoor: Secured First Team All-ACC in the 800m, after collecting a pair of second place finishes at the ACC Outdoor Championships, clocking 1:48.65 and 1:47.53 … Performed in the 800m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, clocking 1:49.87 … Earned Second Team 800m All-American Honoree at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 1:47.44… Placed ninth at the Duke Invitational, finishing the 1500 in 3:41.70 … Secured a first-place victory and personal best in the 800m, finishing in 1:45.28 at the NCAA East First Round.
Indoor: Placed third at the Wake Forest Invitational, clocking 1:47.38 in the 800m … Performed in the ACC Indoor Championships finishing the 800m in 1:48.36 along with finishing the Distance Medley Relay in 9:40.74 … Finished the mile in 4:09.02 at the Hokie Invitational, leading to a seventh place finish … Competed in the ACC Indoor Championships, clocking 1:49.39 in the 800m along with a first-place finish for Wake Forest in the Distance Medley Relay, clocking 9:39.78.
2023 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: In the first meet of the 2023 outdoor season, he claimed first place in the 1500m with a time of 3:47.85 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (Mar. 16-18)... At the Raleigh Relays he competed in the 1500m and ran a personal-best time of 3:44.43 and finished second in the 800m with a 1:47.92 (Mar. 23-25)... He claimed his second first place finish of the season with a personal-best time of 1:47.38 in the 800m at the Wake Forest Invitational (April 21)... At the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, he competed in the 4x400 and the 800m (May 11-13)... In the prelims of the 800m he placed fifth with a time of 1:48.65 and in the final of the event he finished second with a 1:47.53… Swanepoel advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 800m to cap off the 2023 outdoor campaign (May 25-27).
Indoor: In the opening meet of the 2023 indoor campaign, his team finished first in the distance medley relay with a time of 9:40.17 at the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 27-28)... He also finished sixth with a 1:50.11 in the 800m at the Bob Pollock Invitational… At the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, he competed in the 800m and the distance medley relay (Feb. 23-25)... In the 800m he finished eighth in the prelims with a time of 1:49.65 and seventh in the final with a 1:48.36… In the distance medley relay his team finished sixth with a time of 9:40.74.
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Picked up a pair of Top-7 finishes at the Duke Invite in the 800 (fifth) and 4x400 (seventh) ... Capped the outfoor season off at the NCAA East Prelims with a 36th place finish in the 800m.
Indoor: Began the season by setting a PR in the 1000 with a time of 2:29.28 at the Hokie Invitational…Set another PR in the 800 at the Bob Pollock Invitational after running a 1:51.96 ... Earned Indoor All-ACC Second Team, placing fifth in the 800m event.
Football Media Availability (9/30/25)
Tuesday, September 30
Wake Forest Football Coach Jake Dickert Weekly Press Conference
Tuesday, September 30
Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (Sept. 29, 2025)
Monday, September 29
Sept. 27, 2025: Coach Jake Dickert Postgame Press Conference Following Game vs. Georgia Tech
Sunday, September 28
