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2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Laura LaBuschaigne

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Indoor Elig. R-Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. Ret.
  • Hometown Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
  • High School Paarl Gymnasium (South Alabama)

Biography

Indoor Bests
800m - 2:14.59
Mile - 4:50.90
3,000m - 9:55.28
 
Outdoor Bests
600m - 1:41.16
800m - 2:13.15
1,500m - 4:24.50
 
2017-18 (at South Alabama)
Cross Country: Won the Sun Belt conference title individually in 17:35.1 ... Was the first runner from South Alabama to win the title since 1997, and just the third all-time ... Named the Runner of the Year as well ... Was the Jaguar's top finisher at the South Regional in 58th overall ... During the regular season, won both the Azalea City Classic and the Louisville Classic ... Finished 31st overall at the Crimson Classic.
Indoor: Redshirted.
Outdoor: Finished fifth in the 1,500m at the Sun Belt Championships to finish the year ... Also took eighth in the 5,000m in her first attempt at the event ... Won the 1,500m and finished second in the 800m at the Southern Miss Open ... Ran the 1,500m at Mt. SAC, running a season-best 4:33.44 for 12th ... Also ran the 1,500m at the Florida Relays and the 800m at the South Alabama Invitational ... Named to the Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District team ... Named the South Alabama Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... Won the Accounting Achievement Award presented by the Alabama Society of CPAs ... Named to the Sun Belt Commissioner's List for having a GPA over 3.5.
 
2016-17 (at South Alabama)
Cross Country: Finished 29th at the NCAA South Regional after capturing fourth place at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Crossed the line in 17:52 to earn first-team all-league honors … Won the Azalea City Classic with a time of 21:44 … Recorded a top-15 performance at the Alabama Crimson Classic and finished in the top-30 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Indoor: Earned two bronze medals at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships placing third in the women's 3,000m (9:55.28) and the women's mile (4:55.25) ... Tied the South Alabama all-time record for the women's mile at the Music City Challenge with a time of 4:50.90, placing 10th in the event ... Placed third at the South Alabama Invitational in the women's 800m (2:15.00) ... Placed 14th in the women's 3,000m with a 9:56.30 time at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
Outdoor: Won the Jaguar Classic's 1,500m with a time of 4:32.08, as well as the women's 800m (2:14.18) … Placed eighth in the War Eagle Invitational's 1,500m (4:35.79) … Placed seventh in the Tiger Track Classic's 800m with a time of 2:13.15 ... Named to the Sun Belt Commissioner's List for having a GPA over 3.5.
 
2015-16 (at South Alabama)
Cross Country: Was second-team all-Sun Belt Conference after coming in sixth at the league championship, recording an 18:13.6 time to help the Jaguars claim the team title for the first time since 1993 ... Earned a top-80 finish at the NCAA South Regional with a time of 22:04.85 over 6,000 meters ... Finished 50th individually — helping South to a sixth-place result in the team standings — at the Crimson Classic, finishing with an 18:09.2 mark ... Posted a time of 18:15.85 in the 5,000-meter race at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Indoor — Earned third-team all-league honors after placing third in the mile (4:59.37) and crossed the line seventh in the 3,000-meter run (10:03.58) ... Came in second in the mile run at the Jaguar Invitational with a mark of 4:53.52 which ranks fourth on USA's all-time performance list, finishing eighth as well in the 800 meters with a 2:17.75 time ... Recorded a second-place finish with a 9:58.15 mark in the 3,000-meter run that stands sixth on the school's all-time performance list ... Also moved into fifth on the performance list in the 800 meters with a time of 2:14.59 at the Samford Invitational.
Outdoor: Set the school record in the 1,500-meter run at Auburn's War Eagle Invitational, posting a 4:24.50 mark to finish fifth in the race ... Was second-team all-Sun Belt Conference in the event after crossing the line in second with a time of 4:30.53 at the league championship ... Had a time of 4:26.86 at the distance for a top-20 finish at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Recorded a  ninth place finish in the 1,500 meters at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays (4:33.32) and was among the top-25 at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4:30.21) ... Had season-best 2:14.64 time in the 800-meter run at the Tiger Track Classic hosted by Auburn while finishing 15th in the event at the Alabama Relays with a mark of 2:16.76 ... Named to the Sun Belt Commissioner's List for having a GPA over 3.5.
 
2014-15 (at South Alabama)
Cross Country: Redshirted.
Indoor: Won the 3,000 meters at the MTSU Valentine's Invitational after finishing the race in a career-best 10:03.78 ... Was sixth in the mile at the league championship with a time of 4:59.16 and finished among the top-15 in the 3,000-meter run with a 10:10.55 mark ... Posted a season-best 4:57.64 for a fifth-pace finish in the mile run at the Samford Invitational ... Crossed the line in fourth in the mile and was 10th in the 800-meter run at the UAB Vulcan Invite.
Outdoor: Placed among the top-15 in the 800m (2:17.38) and 1,500m (4:46.67) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Finished fifth in the 800-meter run with career-best time of 2:14.58 at the War Eagle Invitational hosted by Auburn ... Had a season-best time (4:38.86) in the 1,500 meters, good for a top-10 finish at the Tiger Track Classic ... Came in third in the 800-meter run at the Battle of I-65 (2:18.86) and was fourth in the event at the South Alabama Invitational (2:17.00) ... Recorded a 1,500-meter time of 4:40.34 to place fourth in the race at the War Eagle Invitational.
 
Prep
Graduated from Paarl Gynasium with the school records in the 800m and 1,500m ... Finished third in both the South African School Championships and the club championships both at 1,500m ... Also lettered in netball ... Class president and school prefect as a senior.
 
Personal

Daughter of Johanna and Pierre Labuschaigne ... Cousin, Daniel Giliomee, also went to South Alabama and transferred to W&M for his final year of eligibility ... Enjoys reading, writing, and finding the best coffee wherever she goes ... Enrolled in W&M's Masters of Accounting program after earning her bachelor's degree in accounting.