2015-16 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Redshirt Sophomore/Redshirt Sophomore
2016 Season
2016 Outdoor:Threw to a third-place finish in the discus with a mark of 158-9 (48.38) at the UW-Whitewater Alternative Meet (5/1)
2016 Indoor: Finished 17th in the weight throws with a toss of 53-8 1/4 (16.36m) at the
Iowa State Classic (2/13)... took eighth in the weight throws with a PR of 54-5 1/4 (16.59m) at the Armory Invitational (2/6)... placed fifth in the shot put with a throw of 34- 2 1/4 (10.42m) while also taking fifth in the weight throw with a heave of 53- 5 1/2 (16.29m) at the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Dual (1/23)...
2015 Season
2015 Outdoor: Placed 17th in the discus throw at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/8) with a heave of 148-10 (45.37m) ... Finished 24th in discus with a throw of 150-11 (45.99m) at the Musco Twilight (5/2) ... at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/18), finished 14th in discus with a throw of 150-3 (45.80m) ... in his collegiate debut, finished second in discus with a throw of 158-0 (48.17m) at Ripon College's Sherman-Lukoski Meet (4/11)
High School
Placed sixth in the discus and 11th in the shot put at the Illinois state meet as a senior... competed at the 2013
U.S. Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the discus ... a two-time team captain, he holds the Rockford Christian school records in the indoor and outdoor shot put along with the discus ... also played football in high schoolhigh school coaches: Randy Moore and Stuart Lohrenz
Personal
Parents arePete and Sara Nelson ... has three siblings, Paris, Hunter and Paxton ... major is community and nonprofit leadership
Why Wisconsin?
"Wisconsin has the best athletics out there and great academics."
Personal Bests
Indoor |
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Outdoor |
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Discus |
158-0 (48.17m) |
4-11-15 |
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Weight Throw |
54-5 1/4 (16.59m) |
2-6-16 |
Historical Player Information
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2014-15Redshirt Freshman
Throws
6'1"
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2015-16Redshirt Sophomore
Throws
6'1"