2022 Track and Field Roster
Millenaar, Carolien
Carolien Millenaar
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Herning Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Sorvad, Denmark
Bio
Career Records (Wake Forest)
Career Records (South Alabama)
Awards
2021 All-Sun Belt First Team (Outdoor)
2020 Sun Belt Runner of the Year (XC)
2019 All-Sun Belt Second Team (XC)
2018 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Indoor)
Collegiate PR
800: 2:12.57
1500: 4:33.71
MILE: 5:00.58
3000: 9:40.27
5000: 16:50.52
3000S: 10:22.37
5K (XC): 17:08.7
6K (XC): 20:36.5
2021 (Graduate Student)
Cross Country: Grabbed a 7th place finish in Wake Forest debut at the Adidas XC Challenge (9/17) … Won the 5K at the Chanticleer Challenge (10/1) … Placed 41st at the ACC Cross country Championships (10/29).
Prior to Wake Forest:
University of South Alabama
2021 (Senior)
Outdoor: Finished third in the 5000 at the Jaguar Opener (3/5) … won the 3000 steeplechase at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/25) … grabbed second in the 3000 steeplechase at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/8) … Won the 3000 steeplechase and placed second in the 1500 at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up (5/1) … Won both the 5000 and the 300 steeplechase at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships (5/13).
Indoor: Earned Second-Team All-Sun Belt accolades in the 3000m and the 5000m … Ran a 10:25.14 mile at the Sun Belt Championship … Finished eighth in the 3000m with a time of 10:08.33 at the Samford Bulldog Invite … Placed sixth in the 5000m (18:07.90) at the Jaguar Invitational … Recorded a personal-best in the mile (5:19.80) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Crossed the line in the mile with a time of 10:20.18 at the Samford January Invite.
Cross Country: Recorded back-to-back 5K wins at the Azalea City Classic (9/11) and the Florida State Invitational (10/2) … Recorded a new personal best in the 6K with a second place finish at the Blazer Classic (10/16) … Won the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championship and set a new personal best in the 5K (10/31).
2020 (Junior)
Outdoor: Set a new Jaguar 3,000m steeplechase record of 10:40.44, ran the eighth-fastest 5,000m time in USA history (17:29.82) and finished fourth in the 1,500m (4:36.62) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships … Won the 800m and took fourth place in the school record books with a time of 2:12.57 at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge; earned a victory in the same event at the South Alabama Invitational (2:15.18) … Claimed top-five finishes in the War Eagle Invitational 800m (2:13.33, fifth) and 1,500m (4:33.84, fourth; sixth in USA records).
Indoor: Finished fifth in the Sun Belt Indoor Championships 3,000m (9:58.56) and 5,000m (17:40.46); both times rank seventh on the all-time USA performance lists … Ran the eighth-fastest mile in Jaguar program history, 5:00.58, to place third at the Jaguar Invitational; won the 3,000m at the same meet with a time of 10:13.48.
Cross Country: Earned all-Sun Belt honors for the second time in her career as she placed seventh at the league championship event with a time of 17:53 … Placed 11th or better in four of her other five races … Won each of the first two meets of the season taking home individual titles at the Azalea City Classic (18:17) and at the 5th Annual Wingfoot Classic where she posted a career-best time of 17:36, the first sub-18 time of her career … Placed fourth the following meet at the 14th Annual Foothills Invitational with a time of 18:05 … Competed at the NCAA South Regional.
2019 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Set a new Jaguar record of 10:56.51 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the War Eagle Invitational … Finished third in the same event at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 11:01.22 … Earned second place in the 800m (2:15.93) and 1,500m (4:44.90) at the South Alabama Invitational …Crossed the line in 4:42.69 to finish fifth in the Southern Miss Open 1,500m run.
Indoor: Claimed third-team all-conference honors with a 17:46.06 in the Sun Belt Championships 5,000m race; ran the 3,000m in 10:02.88 at the same meet to finish fourth and take eighth place in the all-time USA records for both events … Finished third in the Samford January Invitational 800m with a time of 2:18.07.
Cross Country: Finished second in the Azalea City Classic 5k with a time of 18:45 … Ran her best 5k of the season at the 30th Annual Chile Pepper Festival (18:06) and crossed the line in 18:18 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships.
2017 (Freshman)
Cross Country: Ran the 5K in a personal-best 18:04 at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished second in the Azalea City Classic 5K with a time of 18:09.2 … Completed the 6K in 21:44 at the NCAA Division I South Region Championships and 22:19 at the Crimson Classic.
High School
Attended Herning Gymnasium in Herning, Denmark … Was the Danish national junior champion in the 400m and finished second in the Danish national indoor 3k.
Personal
Full name is Carolien Millenaar … Born on March 25, 1997, in Wieringermeer, Netherlands … Daughter of Dirk and Ageeth Millenaar … Has an older brother, Gijs, and an older sister, Joan … Favorite movie is “The Shawshank Redemption” … Favorite book is “Pride and Prejudice” … Favorite musical artists include Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean and Macklemore, among others … Favorite hobbies include swimming, climbing and hanging out with friends and family Majoring in biology.
Career Records (South Alabama)
Awards
2021 All-Sun Belt First Team (Outdoor)
2020 Sun Belt Runner of the Year (XC)
2019 All-Sun Belt Second Team (XC)
2018 All-Sun Belt Third Team (Indoor)
Collegiate PR
800: 2:12.57
1500: 4:33.71
MILE: 5:00.58
3000: 9:40.27
5000: 16:50.52
3000S: 10:22.37
5K (XC): 17:08.7
6K (XC): 20:36.5
2021 (Graduate Student)
Cross Country: Grabbed a 7th place finish in Wake Forest debut at the Adidas XC Challenge (9/17) … Won the 5K at the Chanticleer Challenge (10/1) … Placed 41st at the ACC Cross country Championships (10/29).
Prior to Wake Forest:
University of South Alabama
2021 (Senior)
Outdoor: Finished third in the 5000 at the Jaguar Opener (3/5) … won the 3000 steeplechase at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/25) … grabbed second in the 3000 steeplechase at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/8) … Won the 3000 steeplechase and placed second in the 1500 at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up (5/1) … Won both the 5000 and the 300 steeplechase at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships (5/13).
Indoor: Earned Second-Team All-Sun Belt accolades in the 3000m and the 5000m … Ran a 10:25.14 mile at the Sun Belt Championship … Finished eighth in the 3000m with a time of 10:08.33 at the Samford Bulldog Invite … Placed sixth in the 5000m (18:07.90) at the Jaguar Invitational … Recorded a personal-best in the mile (5:19.80) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Crossed the line in the mile with a time of 10:20.18 at the Samford January Invite.
Cross Country: Recorded back-to-back 5K wins at the Azalea City Classic (9/11) and the Florida State Invitational (10/2) … Recorded a new personal best in the 6K with a second place finish at the Blazer Classic (10/16) … Won the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championship and set a new personal best in the 5K (10/31).
2020 (Junior)
Outdoor: Set a new Jaguar 3,000m steeplechase record of 10:40.44, ran the eighth-fastest 5,000m time in USA history (17:29.82) and finished fourth in the 1,500m (4:36.62) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships … Won the 800m and took fourth place in the school record books with a time of 2:12.57 at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge; earned a victory in the same event at the South Alabama Invitational (2:15.18) … Claimed top-five finishes in the War Eagle Invitational 800m (2:13.33, fifth) and 1,500m (4:33.84, fourth; sixth in USA records).
Indoor: Finished fifth in the Sun Belt Indoor Championships 3,000m (9:58.56) and 5,000m (17:40.46); both times rank seventh on the all-time USA performance lists … Ran the eighth-fastest mile in Jaguar program history, 5:00.58, to place third at the Jaguar Invitational; won the 3,000m at the same meet with a time of 10:13.48.
Cross Country: Earned all-Sun Belt honors for the second time in her career as she placed seventh at the league championship event with a time of 17:53 … Placed 11th or better in four of her other five races … Won each of the first two meets of the season taking home individual titles at the Azalea City Classic (18:17) and at the 5th Annual Wingfoot Classic where she posted a career-best time of 17:36, the first sub-18 time of her career … Placed fourth the following meet at the 14th Annual Foothills Invitational with a time of 18:05 … Competed at the NCAA South Regional.
2019 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Set a new Jaguar record of 10:56.51 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the War Eagle Invitational … Finished third in the same event at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 11:01.22 … Earned second place in the 800m (2:15.93) and 1,500m (4:44.90) at the South Alabama Invitational …Crossed the line in 4:42.69 to finish fifth in the Southern Miss Open 1,500m run.
Indoor: Claimed third-team all-conference honors with a 17:46.06 in the Sun Belt Championships 5,000m race; ran the 3,000m in 10:02.88 at the same meet to finish fourth and take eighth place in the all-time USA records for both events … Finished third in the Samford January Invitational 800m with a time of 2:18.07.
Cross Country: Finished second in the Azalea City Classic 5k with a time of 18:45 … Ran her best 5k of the season at the 30th Annual Chile Pepper Festival (18:06) and crossed the line in 18:18 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships.
2017 (Freshman)
Cross Country: Ran the 5K in a personal-best 18:04 at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished second in the Azalea City Classic 5K with a time of 18:09.2 … Completed the 6K in 21:44 at the NCAA Division I South Region Championships and 22:19 at the Crimson Classic.
High School
Attended Herning Gymnasium in Herning, Denmark … Was the Danish national junior champion in the 400m and finished second in the Danish national indoor 3k.
Personal
Full name is Carolien Millenaar … Born on March 25, 1997, in Wieringermeer, Netherlands … Daughter of Dirk and Ageeth Millenaar … Has an older brother, Gijs, and an older sister, Joan … Favorite movie is “The Shawshank Redemption” … Favorite book is “Pride and Prejudice” … Favorite musical artists include Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean and Macklemore, among others … Favorite hobbies include swimming, climbing and hanging out with friends and family Majoring in biology.
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