Madison Nelson
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- Hometown:
- Plattsmouth, Neb.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Plattsmouth HS
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- Previous School(s):
- Plattsmouth HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021-22, BU Athletics co-Female Athlete of the Year
- 2022, All-American (Outdoor Track, half marathon)
- 2022, All-NSAA (Outdoor Track, 5,000, 10,000)
- 2022, All-NSAA (Indoor Track, 3,000, 5,000)
- 2021, All-NSAA (Cross Country)
- 2021, NSAA Cross Country champion
- NSAA Cross Country Runner of the Week (Sept. 7, Sept. 21)
Madison Nelson's Season-by-Season Marks/Career Bests
2022 Season (Track): Won the 3,000 meters and placed third in the 5,000 at the NSAA Indoor Championship ... Captured conference titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 at the NSAA Outdoor Championship, setting a meet record in the 10,000.
2021 Season (Freshman Cross Country): NSAA champion in cross country ... Qualified for the NAIA National Championship.
News mentions
Bruin freshman Madison Nelson added the crowning achievement to her record-setting freshman year with an All-American finish at this morning's NAIA Half Marathon Championship. The Half Marathon is a part of the NAIA outdoor track and field championships held in Gulf Shores, Ala. All-American status is accorded to the top eight finishers in each event and Nelson secured that spot with her seventh-place showing, in just the second half marathon of her young career.
Bellevue University will have its first-ever participant in the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships which will be held in Gulf Shores, Alabama between May 25-27. Madison Nelson will represent BU in the half marathon event which will take place on Friday, May 27.
Collin Kotz and Madison Nelson win NSAA Track titles in Day 2 of the 2022 NSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Madison Nelson captured her third NSAA championship of the year crossing the line first in the women's 10,000-meter run at the 2022 North Star Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships being hosted by Valley City State University. She set a new meet record in the process, finishing in 39:26.38. She previously won titles in cross country and the indoor 3,000-meter run.
The Bruin men's and women's track squads returned to the track on Thursday for the Prairie Wolf Invite hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln. For the first time this season, the winds relented and the Bruins took advantage of the great track and field conditions to record three school records.
A pair of podium (top five) finishes and a pair of school records stood out as highlights for the Bruin track team competing at the Sioux City Relays on Friday and Saturday (April 8-9). The meet, held at Sioux City's Elwood Olsen Stadium near the campus of Morningside University, features a competitive collegiate field as well as the top high school athletes in the area. Cold and blustery conditions on Friday gave way to sunshine and calmer winds on Saturday allowing some good early season performances.
The Bellevue University women's distance track team had their best showing at a conference meet in the short life of the program at the NSAA Indoor Track Championship on Sunday held at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D. The day was highlighted by Madison Nelson and the Bruin's first conference title in the final event of the day for the Bruins, the 3,000-meter run. Nelson also brought home an all-Conference award in the 5,000-meter race and Lorelei Hayden added the honor in the mile run.
In their final tune-up before the NSAA championships next weekend in Brookings, the Bruin women’s track squad returned to the 200 meter oval on the campus of Concordia University for Saturday’s Concordia Invite. The women once again showed their steady improvement as three school records were lowered, bringing the season tally to ten marks either set or re-set during the 2022 campaign.
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