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Class
Senior
Hometown
Spokane,
Washington
Last School
Shadle Park High School
Roster Years
2011-2014
Personal
- Parents are Doug and Edie Nelson
- 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
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2012)
- 2013 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
- 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Track All-Academic
- 2014 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
- 2014 USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field All-American Honorable Mention
Stats
PERSONAL BESTS: 3,000m- 9:43.95; 3,000m steeple- 10:35.88
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2011
Indoor:
- Began BYU career with a seventh place finish in the 3000m (11:01.33) at the BYU Indoor Invitational
- Took 17th in the 3000m (10:42.54) at the Snake River Open
- Ran a season best time of 10:10.25 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational
Outdoor:
- Placed 2nd in the 3000m steeplechase in 11:43.11 at the UVU Open
Sophmore Year
2012
Indoor:
- Began the season with a fourth place finish in the 3000m in 10:26.16 at the Blue and Orange Opener
- Finished fifth in the 3000m in 10:24.03 at the Cherry and Silver Invitational
- Ran a personal best 3000m time of 10:06.66 at the UW Invitational
- Cross the line in 36th at the Husky Classic with a 3000m time of 10:07.46
Outdoor:
- Finished second in the 3000m steeplechase (10:46.45) during the USC Invitational
- Finished fourth at the West Coast Invitational in the 3000m steeplechase in 10:56.09
- Finished fifth in 1500m at the Robison Invitational with a time of 4:44.91
- Ran a personal best in the steeple chase in 10:43.69 at the Stanford Invitational
- Competed in the Mt. SAC Relays finishing with a time of 10:56.96
Junior Year
2013
Indoor:
- Began 2013 with a first-place finish in the 3,000m with a time of 10:13.00 at the Blue and Orange Opener
- Placed second in the 3,000m with a time of 9:48.74 during the Washington Invitational
- During the Husky Classic, finished 15th overall in the 3,000m with a time of 9:43.95
- 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:
- 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
- Placed first in her section of the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 10:35.88
Senior Year
2014
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
- M Track & Field | Mar, 09
Ward repeats as Athlete of the Year
- ImageM Track & Field | Mar, 09
Ward repeats as Athlete of the Year
- ImageW Track & Field | Feb, 26
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Award announced
- ImageW Track & Field | Feb, 26
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Award announced
- W Track & Field | Jun, 11
Witt leads Cougars on day one of the NCAA Championships
- ImageM Track & Field | Jun, 11
Witt leads Cougars on day one of the NCAA Championships
- ImageW Track & Field | Jun, 10
Six cougars to compete in NCAA Championships
- ImageM Track & Field | Jun, 10
Six cougars to compete in NCAA Championships
- ImageW Track & Field | May, 30
Martinez and Harrison punch their tickets
- ImageW Track & Field | May, 30
Martinez and Harrison punch their tickets
- ImageW Track & Field | Apr, 17
Women look for more qualifiers at Mt. SAC
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 09
2014 Indoor Season Preview
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 09
2014 Indoor Season Preview
- ImageM Track & Field | Dec, 12
Ward, Brown earn Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year awards
- ImageM Track & Field | Dec, 12
Ward, Brown earn Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year awards
- ImageW Track & Field | Dec, 04
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year award announced
- ImageW Track & Field | Dec, 04
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year award announced
- ImageM Track & Field | Dec, 04
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year award announced
- ImageM Track & Field | Dec, 04
Finalists for Curtis Pugsley Athlete of the Year award announced
- ImageW Track & Field | May, 16
Cougars advance 14 to NCAA West Preliminaries
- ImageW Track & Field | Apr, 18
Harrison finishes first in 3,000m steeplechase at Mt. Sac
- ImageW Track & Field | Apr, 18
Harrison finishes first in 3,000m steeplechase at Mt. Sac
- ImageW Track & Field | Mar, 20
Women’s track to face top competition at Trojan Invitational
- ImageW Track & Field | Mar, 20
Women’s track to face top competition at Trojan Invitational
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 26
Kelsey Brown records top-5 NCAA time in the 800 meters
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 26
Kelsey Brown records top-5 NCAA time in the 800 meters
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 15
Women’s track and field travels south for New Mexico Cherry & Silver Invite
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 15
Women’s track and field travels south for New Mexico Cherry & Silver Invite
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 15
Women's distance runners dominate at Blue & Orange Invitational
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 15
Women's distance runners dominate at Blue & Orange Invitational
- ImageM Track & Field | Apr, 12
43 Named MPSF All-Academic
- ImageW Track & Field | Apr, 12
43 Named MPSF All-Academic
- ImageW Track & Field | Mar, 24
BYU Competes at the USC Invite
- ImageW Track & Field | Mar, 24
BYU Competes at the USC Invite
- ImageW Track & Field | Jan, 21
Stewart Sets Unique American Record