Personal
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Parents are Doug and Edie Nelson
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Brother Richard competes for the BYU cross country/track team
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Loves spending time with her family, doing anything active and was featured in Sports Illustrated and New Era for act of sportsmanship
Before BYU
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Prepped at Shadle Park High School
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Named All-District, All-Region and All-State all four years in high school
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Individual state champion in cross country twice and one-time team state champion
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Four-year academic letterer
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Member of National Honor Society
Summary
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MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2012)
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2013 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
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2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Track All-Academic
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2014 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
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2014 USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field All-American Honorable Mention
Stats
PERSONAL BESTS: 3,000m- 9:43.95; 3,000m steeple- 10:35.88