Madison Nelson
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- Hometown:
- Plattsmouth, Neb.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Plattsmouth HS
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- Previous School(s):
- Plattsmouth HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021-22, NSAA Scholar-Athlete
- 2021-22, BU Athletics co-Female Athlete of the Year
- 2022, All-American (Outdoor Track, half marathon)
- 2022, All-NSAA (Outdoor Track, 5,000, 10,000)
- 2022, All-NSAA (Indoor Track, 3,000, 5,000)
- 2021, All-NSAA (Cross Country)
- 2021, NSAA Cross Country champion
- NSAA Cross Country Runner of the Week (Sept. 7, Sept. 21)
2022 Season (Track): Won the 3,000 meters and placed third in the 5,000 at the NSAA Indoor Championship ... Captured conference titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 at the NSAA Outdoor Championship, setting a meet record in the 10,000.
2021 Season (Freshman Cross Country): NSAA champion in cross country ... Qualified for the NAIA National Championship.
News mentions
Freshman Madison Nelson became BU’s first national qualifier in the marathon at Saturday’s Midland Half Marathon in Fremont. Temperatures around 40 degrees and a stiff breeze greeted the field of 65 runners from NAIA schools from Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas. The course is laid out to give the runners a tailwind for most of the distance and 20 men and a dozen women met qualifying standards.
Freshman Madison Nelson, this season's NSAA individual champion, got her first taste of championship competition in a deep field of 338 runners.
The rolling hills and blustery winds did nothing to slow the Bruin's Madison Nelson as she rolled to an NSAA championship victory today at the Platteview Golf Course. She was the first Bruin individual NSAA champion in any distance running event. Bellevue was hosting the meet for the first time and the challenging course enabled Nelson to jump to a lead early and she never looked back, finishing with a convincing 25 second victory margin. Her time of 19:58.4, just seconds from her season-best, was a remarkable time considering the hills and wind.
Three of five Bruin women running Saturday’s Mount Marty Cross Country Invite turned in season-best times while two others were just seconds from their own season records. As a team, the Bruins also posted a season-best team time, averaging 21:05 for the five-kilometer distance.
The Bruins finished eighth of eleven scoring teams with NCAA Division I South Dakota winning easily with a low score of 25.
The Bellevue University women’s cross country team had another good showing Friday, finishing just thirteen points behind Division II SW Minnesota State at the Wildcat Classic hosted by Wayne State.
Nelson ran a lifetime best of 19 minutes, 41.4 seconds to finish 94th for the Bruins in the Greeno/Dirksen Invite, hosted by NCAA Division I Nebraska and NCAA Division III Nebraska Wesleyan. The field featured seven NCAA Division I teams, with a total of 213 runners in the 5K race. She was five seconds from the school record and 12th best among NAIA entrants in the race.
Freshman Madison Nelson was just five seconds from the Bruin school record for five kilometers as she covered the course in 19:41.4, good for 94th place among 206 finishers.
Freshman Madison Nelson (Plattsmouth, Neb.) was selected as the North Star Athletic Association's Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for her performance last week at the Bill Buxton Invitational hosted by Simpson (Iowa) College in Indianola, Iowa.
Madison Nelson’s fifth-place finish highlighted the Bruin cross country season opener at the Bill Buxton Invitational hosted by Simpson College. Nelson was one of four newcomers running for the Bruins, leading the team to a third-place finish among four teams.
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