Dominique Scott-Efurd
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| Birth name | Dominique Scott | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1992 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track, long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 meters, mile, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Arkansas Razorbacks | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Adidas | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500 meters: 4:07.20 (2018) Mile: 4:26.63 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| 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.
Prep
[edit]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
[edit]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.
| Year | Championship | Venue | Event | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KY | 5000m | 16:54.95 | 9th |
| 2012 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | LSU – Bernie Moore Track Stadium – Baton Rouge, LA | 10,000m | 35:04.96 | 2nd |
| 2012 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | LSU – Bernie Moore Track Stadium – Baton Rouge, LA | 5000m | 16:36.34 | 3rd |
| 2013 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR | 3000m | 9:30.94 | 8th |
| 2013 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR | 5000m | 16:35.02 | 5th |
| 2013 | Southeastern Conference Cross Country | Arkansas-Randal Tyson Track Center – Fayetteville, AR | 6000m | 20:02.8 | 1st |
| 2013 | NCAA Cross Country | LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Indiana State – Terre Haute, IN | 6000m | 20:38.9 | 28th |
| 2014 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Texas A&M-Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium – College Station, TX | 5000m | 16:00.73 | 1st |
| 2014 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Texas A&M-Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium – College Station, TX | 3000m | 9:11.56 | 2nd |
| 2014 | NCAA Indoor | Albuquerque Convention Center – Albuquerque, NM | 3000m | 9:16.05 | 2nd |
| 2014 | NCAA Indoor | Albuquerque Convention Center – Albuquerque, NM | DMR | 11:05.83 | 1st |
| 2014 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Kentucky – Lexington, KY | 10,000m | 33:51.84 | 1st |
| 2014 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Kentucky – Lexington, KY | 5000m | 15:53.74 | 2nd |
| 2014 | NCAA Outdoor | Hayward Field – Eugene, OR | 5000m | 15:57.79 | 6th |
| 2014 | Southeastern Conference Cross Country | Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL | 5872m | 19:22.7 | 1st |
| 2014 | NCAA Cross Country | LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Indiana State – Terre Haute, IN | 6000m | 20:01.3 | 6th |
| 2015 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KY | 3000m | 9:17.24 | 1st |
| 2015 | Southeastern Conference Indoor | Kentucky – Nutter Field House – Lexington, KY | Mile | 4:32.49 | 1st |
| 2015 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Mississippi St. – Mississippi State, MS | 5000m | 16:06.52 | 1st |
| 2015 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Mississippi St. – Mississippi State, MS | 1500m | 4:15.20 | 1st |
| 2015 | NCAA Outdoor | Hayward Field – Eugene, OR | 5000m | 15:40.47 | 2nd |
| 2015 | NCAA Outdoor | Hayward Field – Eugene, OR | 10,000m | 33:25.81 | 2nd |
| 2015 | Southeastern Conference Cross Country | Texas A&M College Station, TX 77843 | 6000m | 19:23.5 | 1st |
| 2015 | NCAA Cross Country | E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park Louisville, KY | 6000m | 19:40.8 | 3rd |
| 2016 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Sam Bailey Track Stadium Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL | 5000m | 16:10.62 | 1st |
| 2016 | Southeastern Conference Outdoor | Sam Bailey Track Stadium Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL | 1500m | 4:25.15 | 2nd |
| 2016 | NCAA Outdoor | Hayward Field – Eugene, OR | 5000m | 15:57.07 | 1st |
| 2016 | NCAA Outdoor | Hayward Field – Eugene, OR | 10,000m | 32:35.69 | 1st |
Professional
[edit]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]
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 League – Golden 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
[edit]Dominique Scott-Efurd married Cameron Efurd in December 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ February 2015 University of Washington Indoor 3000m Invitational
- ^ Dom Scott Post race interview
- ^ Dominique Scott Arkansas results
- ^ Dominique Scott South African National Olympic Trials 1500 meters results
- ^ "Full Results: 2017 Herculis Monaco Diamond League Track and Field Results". Athletics South Africa. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ Meeting: ASA SENIOR & COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS at BESTMED-TUKS (PRETORIA) from 2018/03/15 to 2018/03/17 Athletics South Africa
- ^ All-Athletics. "Profile of Dominique Scott".
- ^ "The Aetna Falmouth Elite Mile Saturday, 19 August 2017 at 5:45 PM". Falmouth Road Race. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Full Results: 2017 Herculis Monaco Diamond League Track and Field Results". letsrun.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "2017 Carlsbad 5000 Elite Women Leaderboard". Rock n' Roll Racing. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Olympic Athlete Dominique Scott Runs on Lattes and Hard Work". HBFit.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "DOMINIQUE SCOTT-EFURD SCHEDULE AND SEASON PREVIEW". BackTrack Sports. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Bay to bay road race somosatletismo.com. 8 January 2017.
- ^ Bay to bay road race, Cape Town (South Africa) 8/01/2017 africathle.com. 8 January 2017.
