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Alicia Nelson 3000m Steeplechase 2014 National Champion

Alicia Nelson

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Cross Country
Nelson is one of the most decorated Grizzly runners in history. As a nine-time NCAA Individual National Champion and a two-time NCAA Team National Champion. She holds the NCAA Division II 3,000-meter steeplechase national record of 9 minutes, 54.02 seconds. She is a 15-time NCAA All-American.
 
Nelson holds personal records of 4:22 for the 1,500, 9:19 for the 3,000, 9:48 for the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and 16:13 for the 5,000. She has qualified for the USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships on three occasions and represented the United States at the 2015 Pan American Cross Country Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia.
 
Nelson graduated from Adams State with a degree in fine arts with an emphasis in painting.
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