Currently ranks third all-time at Coastal Carolina in both the 1,500m and 5,000m...
Fall 2005: Ran a 8k time of 25:30 at the Big South Conference Championships and finished third, earning Big South All-Conference honors... Won the individual title at the CCU Invitational with a time of 25:54... Ran a 10k time of 30:43 at the NCAA Regionals finishing 22nd out of 207, earning a spot on the NCAA Southeast All-Region team... Named to the Big South Conference All-Academic team... Ran a season-best 8k time of 24:56 finishing sixth at the Great American Cross Country Festival... Named the Big South Conference Runner of the Week twice during the 2005 season for his preformances at the CCU Invitational and the Great American Cross Country Festival...
2004-05: Big South runner-up and All-Conference in the 1500m and 800m... Had a PR time of 14:32.02 in the 5000m at Penn Relays and 3:52.25 for 1500m at Georgia Tech Invitational...Won the 800m at the Chanticleer Classic... Won the College of Charleston Invitational with a time of 16:14... Helped Coastal to a third-place finish at the Big South Cross Country Championships...
2003-04: Big South All-Conference in the 10,000 meters... Aided Coastal to second-place finish at the Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Recorded individual wins at the Coastal Carolina Invitational and Chanticleer Classic in the 1500m... Had a PR time of 3:52.98 in the 1500m at the Blue Heaven Classic... Ran 10,000 meters in 31:18.6 at the NCAA Southeast Regional, finishing 36th overall and second on the team, and was the third Big South runner to cross the finish line... USCCA Men[apos]s Cross Country All-Academic Team Member... Placed fifth at the Big South Cross Country Championships, earning All-Conference honors for the second season in a row... Finished second at the College of Charleston Invitational and third at the CCU Invitational... Posted a season-best 8K time of 25:45.63 at the Auburn Invitational, finishing 20th overall...
2002-03: Earned a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 and a 10th-place finish in the 800m run at the Big South Outdoor Championships, helping Coastal to its first-ever team title... Placed third in the 1,500 at the Clemson Invitational, running a season-best time of 3:55.94... Was named Big South Cross Country Rookie of the Year after finishing fourth at the Championships... Also named to the BSC Cross Country All-Academic Team... Ran an 8K PR of 24:53.13 at the Auburn Invitational, setting a freshman school record... Attended CCU in the spring of 2002, but redshirted the track season...
High School: Was a national champion in the Under-17 2K steeplechase and a five-time member of the Portugal All-National Team... Was the 2001 Junior National Indoor Champion with a 3K time of 8:24... Finished 88th at the World Junior Cross Country Championships in March of 2000... Posted PRs of 3:52.75 in the 1500m, 8:18.89 in the indoor 3K, 14:40 in the 5K, 9:09.10 in the 3K steeplechase, and 30:48 in the 10K...
Personal: Full name: Nelson Sousa Andrade Oliveira... Born: 8-26-81... Son of Manuel and Maria Oliveira... Majoring in physical education with emphasis in recreation and sports management and a minor in sports medicine.
