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2016-17 Men's Indoor Track Roster

Jay Nelson

  • Event Distance
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Strafford, N.H.
  • High School Coe Brown Academy

Biography

Career Highlights
• One-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier

TFRRS Performance List

Personal: Son of Beth and Jeff Nelson ... Full name is Jared ... Goes by Jay … Majoring in Physical Activity and Fitness Management.

2019 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets … Compiled three new PR’s in the 1,500-meter run (4:12.08), 3K-steeplechase (9:41.66), and 5K (15:46.12) … Hit three PSAC marks, all in the 3K-steeplechase … Reached the podium at the PSAC Outdoor Championships with a fifth-place finish at 9:48.58.

2018: (Outdoor): Did not compete.

2017-18 (Indoor): Did not compete.

2017 (XC): Competed in five meets … Placed third at the 46 Annual Marty Uher XC Invitational in the 8K with a time of 29:46.3 … Was 50th in the 5M at the Carnegie Mellon Invite with a time of 28:10.3 … Placed 72nd in the 8K at the LHU XC Open/Invitational with a time of 27:51.9 … Placed 92nd in the PSAC Championships in the 5M with a time of 30:28.9 … Placed 97th in the 10K at the NCAA Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 35:00.0.

2017 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets ... Had three top-ten finishes (with two being top-five) ... Placed first in the 3000S with a time of 9:59.29 at the Trojan Challenge ... Placed 14th in the 3000S with a time of 10:34.72 at the PSAC Championships.

2016-17 (Indoor): Did not compete.

2016 (XC): Competed in five meets ... Placed 13th in the 5M at the Doug Watts Distance Gala with a time of 27:39.1 ... Recorded a personal best in the 8K at the Lock Haven University Invitational with a time of 27:47.9 to place 62nd ... Placed 64th in the 8K at the PSAC Championships with a time of 27:48.5.

High School: Earned 11 varsity letters in cross country (four), outdoor track (four) and indoor track (three) at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy … Two-time Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track All-State Team … On the two-time Division II State Championship team in 2014 and 2015 … Two-time State Champions in the 4x800-meter relay … A member of the Honor Roll.