Dominique Scott-Efurd

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Dominique Scott-Efurd
Dominique Scott (cropped2).jpg
Scott-Efurd in 2019
Personal information
Birth nameDominique Scott
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 32)
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport Track, long-distance running
Event(s) 1500 meters, mile, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters
College team University of Arkansas Razorbacks
Club Adidas
Turned pro2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500 meters : 4:07.20 (2018)

Mile : 4:26.63 (2018)
5000 meters : 14:59.08 (2019)

10,000 meters : 31:00.10 (2022)
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
South African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Senior Championships 1,500m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Senior Championships 5,000m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Senior Championships 5,000m
Updated on 4 June 2016

Dominique Scott-Efurd ( née Scott; born 24 June 1992) is a South African long-distance runner who competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Prep

Scott graduated from Rhenish Girls' High School in Stellenbosch. Scott's personal-best times of 4:28 in the 1,500m, 9:40 in the 3,000m, and 34:28 in the 10K road race garnered the attention of Lance Harter of Arkansas.

College

Dominique Scott graduated from University of Arkansas in Marketing in May 2015. She ran 5th fastest 3000 metres indoor track and field in NCAA history as of 2015. [1]

Dominique Scott finished 6th at the 2014 NCAA cross country championships. [2] Scott is a three-time SEC cross country, three-time indoor, and four-time outdoor champion.

YearChampionshipVenueEventTimePlace
2012 Southeastern Conference Indoor Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KY5000m16:54.959th
2012 Southeastern Conference Outdoor LSU – Bernie Moore Track Stadium – Baton Rouge, LA 10,000m 35:04.962nd
2012 Southeastern Conference Outdoor LSU – Bernie Moore Track Stadium – Baton Rouge, LA5000m16:36.343rd
2013 Southeastern Conference Indoor Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR3000m9:30.948th
2013 Southeastern Conference Indoor Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR5000m16:35.025th
2013 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR6000m20:02.81st
2013 NCAA Cross Country LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Indiana State – Terre Haute, IN
6000m20:38.928th
2014 Southeastern Conference Indoor Texas A&M-Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium – College Station, TX5000m16:00.731st
2014 Southeastern Conference Indoor Texas A&M-Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium – College Station, TX 3000m 9:11.562nd
2014 NCAA Indoor Albuquerque Convention Center – Albuquerque, NM 3000m 9:16.052nd
2014 NCAA Indoor Albuquerque Convention Center – Albuquerque, NM DMR 11:05.831st
2014 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Kentucky – Lexington, KY 10,000m 33:51.841st
2014 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Kentucky – Lexington, KY5000m15:53.742nd
2014 NCAA Outdoor Hayward Field – Eugene, OR5000m15:57.796th
2014 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL5872m19:22.71st
2014 NCAA Cross Country LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Indiana State – Terre Haute, IN
6000m20:01.36th
2015 Southeastern Conference Indoor Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KY 3000m 9:17.241st
2015 Southeastern Conference Indoor Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KYMile4:32.491st
2015 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Mississippi St. – Mississippi State, MS5000m16:06.521st
2015 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Mississippi St. – Mississippi State, MS1500m4:15.201st
2015 NCAA Outdoor Hayward Field – Eugene, OR5000m15:40.472nd
2015 NCAA Outdoor Hayward Field – Eugene, OR 10,000m 33:25.812nd
2015 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Texas A&M College Station, TX 778436000m19:23.51st
2015 NCAA Cross Country E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park Louisville, KY6000m19:40.83rd
2016 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Sam Bailey Track Stadium Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL5000m16:10.621st
2016 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Sam Bailey Track Stadium Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL1500m4:25.152nd
2016 NCAA Outdoor Hayward Field – Eugene, OR5000m15:57.071st
2016 NCAA Outdoor Hayward Field – Eugene, OR 10,000m 32:35.691st

Source: [3] Source: [4]

Professional

16 July 2022, Scott-Efurd placed 17th at 2022 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10,000 metres#Final in 31:40.73 in Eugene, Oregon, USA.

7 August 2021, Scott-Efurd placed 20th at Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres#Final in 32:14.05.

30 July 2021, Scott-Efurd placed 26th at Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres in 15:13.94.

October 5, 2019, Scott-Efurd placed 15th at 2019 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 5000 metres#Final in 15:24.47.

25 April 2019, Scott-Efurd placed 2nd at the South African Championship in 16:13.71.

30 March 2019, she competed at 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race but did not finish.

16 March 2018, Scott-Efurd placed 1st and won the 5000 meters Athletics South Africa title at Bestmed Tuks in Pretoria. [5] [6]

Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019. Nikki Hiltz and Dominique Scott in Boston.jpg
Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

On September 11, 2017, Dominique Scott-Efurd placed 6th in the 2017 New York Road Runners Fifth Avenue Mile Road One Mile in a time of 4:19.6 at New York, New York. [7]

On 19 August 2017, Scott-Efurd placed 5th in the One Mile in a time of 4:30.24 at Falmouth, Massachusetts. [8]

On 21 June 2017, Scott-Efurd placed 11th in the 3000 Metres in a time of 8:41.33 at Monaco (Stade Louis II). [9]

On 16 July 2017, Scott-Efurd placed in the 1500 Metres in a time of 4:08.04 at Padua, Italy (Stadio Euganeo).

On 8 June 2017, Scott-Efurd placed 13th for 5000 Metres in a time of 15:20.10 at IAAF 2017 Diamond LeagueGolden Gala Pietro Mennea in Roma at (Stadio Olimpico).

On April 2, 2017, Scott-Efurd placed 4th in 15:40 for 5 km at Carlsbad 5000. [10] [11]

In February 2017, Scott-Efurd set the South African national record indoor mile in 4:28.47 at Millrose Games.

January 2017, Scott-Efurd set South Africa indoor 3000 meters national records in 8:54.06 at IAAF world indoor tour in Boston, Massachusetts. [12]

Scott-Efurd won a 15 km in 53:59 in Cape Town, South Africa 8 January 2017. [13] [14]

Dominique Scott represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She placed 21st in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres in a personal best time of 31:51.47.

Personal life

Dominique Scott-Efurd married Cameron Efurd in December 2015.

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