2012-13 Men's Track & FIeld Roster
Roster
Chase Nelson
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Chamberlain High School
CAREER BESTS:
· 5,000m XC – 17:21.34
· 8,000m XC – 26:39.97
· Mile (I) – 4:30.68
· 3,000m (I) – 8:50.39
· 5,000m (I) – 15:25.88
· 1,500m (O) – 4:03.62
· 5,000m (O) – 15:17.10
JUNIOR (2011-12)
(Cross Country): Ran in four meets for UNF…Finished 18th at the FLRunners.com Invitational, setting a new 5k-meter personal record with a 17:21.34…Clocked a 27:29.24 at the UCF Invitational, good for 28th place.
SOPHOMORE (2010-11)
(Cross Country): Competed in four meets on the year … finished 27th at the USC Upstate Invitational with a season-best 8,000 meter time of 27:03.65 … also competed at the Mountain Dew Invitational (28:30.71; 105th) and FSU Invitational (28:40.14; 86th).
FRESHMAN (2009-10)
(Cross Country): Competed in three races for the Ospreys on the year … Placed fourth at the JU Short Course Duals with a time of 17:57.57 … clocked a personal-best 8,000 meter time of 29:04.60 at the Mountain Dew Invitational. (Indoor Track): Posted a personal-best 5,000 meter time of 15:59.55 at the Tiger Paw Invitational … also ran a personal-best 3,000 meter time of 9:07.91 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational … competed in the 3,000 meters (9:18.57) and 5,000 meters (16:25.39) where he finished 21st and 22nd, respectively. (Outdoor Track): Finished 18th at the FSU Relays in the 5,000 meters with a personal-best time of 15:55.51 … clocked a career-best time of 4:09.22 in the 1,500 meters at the UNF Osprey Challenge … placed 18th at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:00.12.
PREP AND PERSONAL
Coached by Bill Strack on a team that won its conference, district, region and was the 3A State Championship runner-up … was District Champion for his performance in the 3,200m in 2009 … was a First-Team All-State selection his sophomore through his senior year in cross country as well as honorable mention in track and field … Graduated high school with a 4.3 overall GPA … born on Dec. 8 … son of Scott and Stephanie Nelson … has two older brothers, Ryan and Grant, and a twin, Brad ... majoring in Transportation and Logistics … older brother, Grant, is a swimmer at the University of Kentucky … twin brother, Brad, runs cross country at the United States Coast Guard Academy.
