Personal
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Parents are Doug and Edie Nelson
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Brother Richard competes for the BYU cross country/track team
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Loves spending time with her family, doing anything active and was featured in Sports Illustrated and New Era for act of sportsmanship
Before BYU
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Prepped at Shadle Park High School
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Named All-District, All-Region and All-State all four years in high school
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Individual state champion in cross country twice and one-time team state champion
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Four-year academic letterer
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Member of National Honor Society
Summary
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MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2012)
Stats
PERSONAL BESTS: 3,000m- 9:43.95; 3,000m steeple- 10:35.88
2011 | Freshman Year
Indoor:
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Began BYU career with a seventh place finish in the 3000m (11:01.33) at the BYU Indoor Invitational
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Took 17th in the 3000m (10:42.54) at the Snake River Open
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Ran a season best time of 10:10.25 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational
Outdoor:
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Placed 2nd in the 3000m steeplechase in 11:43.11 at the UVU Open
2012 | Sophomore Year
Indoor:
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Began the season with a fourth place finish in the 3000m in 10:26.16 at the Blue and Orange Opener
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Finished fifth in the 3000m in 10:24.03 at the Cherry and Silver Invitational
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Ran a personal best 3000m time of 10:06.66 at the UW Invitational
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Cross the line in 36th at the Husky Classic with a 3000m time of 10:07.46
Outdoor:
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Finished second in the 3000m steeplechase (10:46.45) during the USC Invitational
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Finished fourth at the West Coast Invitational in the 3000m steeplechase in 10:56.09
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Finished fifth in 1500m at the Robison Invitational with a time of 4:44.91
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Ran a personal best in the steeple chase in 10:43.69 at the Stanford Invitational
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Competed in the Mt. SAC Relays finishing with a time of 10:56.96
2013 | Junior Year
Indoor:
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Began 2013 with a first-place finish in the 3,000m with a time of 10:13.00 at the Blue and Orange Opener
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Placed second in the 3,000m with a time of 9:48.74 during the Washington Invitational
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During the Husky Classic, finished 15th overall in the 3,000m with a time of 9:43.95
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Concluded the indoor season with a 29th-place finish in the 3,000m with a time of 10:00.47 at the MPSF Indoor Championships
Outdoor:
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Opened the outdoor season with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m steeplchase with a time of 11:11.27 at the Sun Angel Classic
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Placed first in her section of the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 10:35.88