2016 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Elizabeth Nelson
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burbank, CA
- High School:
- Saugus HS
Elizabeth Nelson TFRRS Page
2016 (SENIOR)
OUTDOOR: Entered three events...ran the 10000m for the first time in career, finishing the San Francisco State Distance Carnival in a time of 38:42.17...was 12th at the Aztec Open in the 5000m...finished 13th in the 3000m at the Trojan Invitational (10:44.54) Mar. 19.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 26th at the Oct. 31 Big West Championship (21:52.40)...was 23:26.90 at the NCAA West Regional on Nov. 13...season-best eighth-place finish was run in a time of 18:09.80 over the 5k HIghlander Invitational (Oct. 17)...season-best 6k time was posted during the UC Riverside Invitational (21:35.80) on Sept. 12...won the Pepperdine Invitational a career best 4k time of 14:29.70.
2015 (JUNIOR)
OUTDOOR: Opened the season by winning 3000m at the CSUN Invitational (10:14.69)...was third in the 1500m in a career best 4:36.58 to finish third...was 18th in the 5000m (19:30.67) during the Trition Invitational in only other outdoor appearance of the season.
INDOOR: Placed 12th at the MPSF Championship in the 5000m in a season best time of 17:08.77 which was the third fastest in school history...had a season-best time of 5:35.72 in the mile run at the Lobo Colleigate Open and 9:55.23 in the 3000m at the Husky Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished third at the Big West Championship in 20:27.20 which matched CSUN's best-ever individual finish...finished 26th at the NCAA West Regional at Stanford in a time of 21:00...won the season-opening San Francisco Invitational and the Aztec Invitational...also finished second at the Highlander Invitational, fourth at the UC Riverside Invitational and 10th at the Stanford Invitational.
PRIOR TO CSUN: Spent two seasons (2012-14) at Glendale College...competed for both the Vaqueros cross country and track squads.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Saugus High School in Saugus, Calif.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kathryn and Jeff Nelson...has one brother, Alex who attends Humboldt State and one sister, Nicole...favorite food is "anything my mom cooks"...chose CSUN because of the "great coaches and beautiful campus"...says the best thing about being an athlete is "being in shape"...says her dog Diesel is the one thing that always makes her smile.
OUTDOOR BESTS
| 1500m | 4:36.58 | Northridge Invitational | 3/21/15 |
| 3000m | 10:14.69 | CSUN Invitational | 3/14/15 |
| 5000m | 18:25.41 | Aztec Open | 3/25/16 |
| 10000m | 38:42.17 | San Francisco State Distance Carnival | 4/1/16 |
INDOOR BESTS
| 3000m | 9:55.23 | Husky Classic | 2/13/15 |
| 5000m | 17:08.77 | MPSF Championship | 2/27/15 |
| Mile | 5:35.72 | Lobo Collegiate Open | 1/24/15 |
CROSS COUNTRY BESTS
| 4k | 14:29.70 | Pepperdine Invitational | 9/1/15 |
| 5k | 17:01.50 | UC Riverside Invitational | 10/18/14 |
| 6k | 20:27.20 | Big West Championship | 11/1/14 |
