Personal
- Parents are Doug and Edie Nelson
- Married to Jed
- Brother Richard competes for the BYU cross country/track team
- Loves spending time with her family, doing anything active and was featured in Sports Illustrated and New Era for act of sportsmanship
Before BYU
- Prepped at Shadle Park High School
- Named All-District, All-Region and All-State all four years in high school
- Individual state champion in cross country twice and one-time team state champion
- Four-year academic letterer
- Member of National Honor Society
Summary
- 2013 West Coast Conference Cross Country All-Academic Honorable Mention
- 2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team
- 2013 All-West Coast Conference First Team
- 2013 All-Mountain Region First Team
- 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team
- 2014 West Coast Conference All-Academic Team
- 2014 All-West Coast Conference First Team
- 2014 All-Mountain Region First Team
Stats
| 2014: Senior | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 1 | BYU Autumn Classic | 17:55.6 | 5K |
| 30 | Roy Griak Invitational | 22:07 | 6K |
| 10 | Notre Dame Invitational | 16:29.4 | 5K |
| 63 | Wisconsin Adidas Invitational | 20:48 | 6K |
| 4 | West Coast Conference Championships | 19:56 | 6K |
| 4 | Mountain Region Championships | 21:07.46 | 6K |
| 46 | NCAA Championships | 20:50.7 | 6K |
| 2013: Junior | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 5 | BYU Autumn Classic | 18:18.5 | 5K |
| 37 | Notre Dame Invitational | 17:48.2 | 5K |
| 94 | Wisconsin Invitational | 21:05.0 | 6K |
| 7 | West Coast Conference Championships | 21:25.0 | 6K |
| 9 | Mountain Regionals | 20:47.1 | 6K |
| 86 | National Championships | 21:14.3 | 6K |
| 2012: Sophomore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 13 | Reno Twilight Classic | 15:11.0 | 4K |
| 19 | BYU Autumn Classic | 18:21.8 | 3Mile |
| 32 | WCC Championships | 21:42.0 | 6K |
| 2010: Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Event | Time | Distance |
| 8 | Bob Firman Invitational | 18:40.1 | 5K |
| 65 | Pre-Nationals Open | 23:17.5 | 6K |
| 27 | Aztec Invitational | 19:11.7 | 5K |