Sade De Sousa
-
- Hometown:
- Namibia
-
- Year:
- Junior
-
- High School:
- TUKS Sports High School
-
- Previous College:
- New Mexico Highlands
-
- Events:
- Sprints
-
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
HONORS:
2025 Indoor Second Team All-American
2025 Indoor USTFCCCA All-Region
2024 Indoor First Team All-American
2024 Outdoor Second Team All-American
2025: Indoor - Set one of the top times across Division II at the Finn Pincus Invitational in the 60m with a qualifying time of 7.41, but she placed second in the event finals at the meet. Placed second in the 60m at the VMI Invitational. Won the 60m at the Liberty Open. Had a podium finish in the 60m at the SAC Championships, coming in third with a 7.56. Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing 12th in the preliminaries, her third consecutive year as an All-American in the indoor 60m dash.
Outdoor - Started the outdoor season winning both the 100m and 200m at the Lee University Invitational. At the SAC Championships, she came in seventh in the 100m, and was a part of the 4x100m relay team that placed fourth.
2024: Indoor - Began the season, placing second in the 60m at the Bast-Cregger Multi Invitational. Earned back-to-back first-place finishes in the 60m at the VMI Invitational and VMI Winter Classic. Placed second in the 60m at the SAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. De Sousa repeated her performance in the 60m finals at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a fifth-place finish.
Outdoor - Won the 100m event at the UNC-Asheville Bulldog Invitational before she set her new 100m PR at the Outdoor Music City Challenge hosted by Vanderbilt. De Sousa set a time of 11.38, the top qualifying time as the only Division II athlete in the event. She placed third in the 100m at the SAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Set a new 200m PR at the LR Last Chance Meet, winning the event with a time of 24.34. Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 100m.
2023: Indoor - De Sousa began her collegiate career with a second-place finish in the 60m at the Bast-Cregger Multi Invitational. Then placed first in the 60m in back-to-back events at the VMI Winter Classic and VMI Invitational. Placed second in the 60m and fifth in the 200m in the SAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. Set PR in the 60m in the finals of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing in 7.37 for fifth place in her first year in an Eagle uniform.
Outdoor - Earned a first-place finish at the Trojan Opener in the 200m. Placed second in the SAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships 100m event. Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 100m.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended TUKS Sports High School in Pretoria, South Africa.
News mentions
After stellar outdoor seasons, Oluwatimi Williams and head coach Kieran Showler-Davis have been named the conference’s Freshman and Coach of the Year.
Carson-Newman finishes third for the men’s side and eighth on the women’s side after the South Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Carson-Newman Track and Field had big showings at the 2025 App State Open.
Carson-Newman Track and Field collected multiple personal records and top-ten finishes at the 2025 Tennessee Invitational.
Carson-Newman featured strong results at the 2025 Tennessee Invitational.
Carson-Newman Track and Field began its outdoor slate with a bevy of strong results at the Lee Invitational.
The USTFCCCA has announced that 13 Eagles have been named to the Southeast All-Region Team for performances during the 2024-25 indoor track and field season.
The Carson-Newman sprinters performed well on day one of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships, sending one to Saturday’s championship heat.
Carson-Newman Track and Field took home a third-place finish on the men’s side and an eighth-place finish on the women’s side at the 2025 SAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Carson-Newman Track and Field had a stellar outing on day one of the South Atlantic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Carson-Newman Track and Field broke four school records and set multiple personal records at the 2025 Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt University.
Four more first-place finishes highlight Carson-Newman’s trip to the 2025 Liberty Open.
Carson-Newman Track and Field showed out with three first-place finishes and two new school records at the VMI Invitational.
Carson-Newman shined at the Finn Pincus Invitational, with multiple athletes setting new PRs en route to seven top finishes.