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2021-22 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

Gage Nielsen

  • Class Freshman
  • Event Cross Country/Distance
  • Hometown Eagle, Colo.
  • High School Eagle Valley

Biography

   CCU Personal Bests   
 Cross Country
 8k    26:57.0  
 10k    34:51.3
 Indoor
 800-meters    1:58.52
 Mile     4:31.56
 Outdoor
 800-meters    2:00.90   
 1500-meters    4:12.89  
 4x400    3:31.26     


GAGE NIELSEN TFRRS PAGE

2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season
  • Ran in four meets over the outdoor season for the Chants
  • Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 1500-meters with a season-best time of 4:12.89 at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
  • Finished 14th overall in the 800-meters with a time of 2:00.90 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
  • Also ran in the 800-meters at the USC Open (2:01.80) and the Weems Baskin Relays (2:01.78)
  • Competed in the 800-meters (1:58.52) and the 1-mile run (4:31.56) at the Bob Pollock Invitational during the indoor season
  • Part of the 4x800-relay team that finished fifth at the Weems Baskin Relays with a time of 8:09.54
  • Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished ninth at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (3:30.80) and 13th at the USC Open (3:31.26)
  • Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2022 spring semester

2021 (Freshman)
Cross Country
  • Competed in four meets on the season for CCU
  • Posted a season-best time of 26:57.0 at the Queen City Invite (8K)
  • Also turned in a time of 26:36.3 at the ECU Pirate Invitational (8K)
  • Crossed the finish line with a time of 28:48.6 at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships (8K)
  • Ran at the 2021 NCAA DI Southeast Regional Championships (10K), finishing with a time of 34:51.3
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 fall semester

High School
  • A two-time Western Slope League track & field runner-up (2018 and 2019)
  • A 2017 4A Region 1 Cross Country runner up
  • A member of the 2017 Western Slope League Cross Country championship team
  • Was named honorable mention Western Slope League All-Conference in cross country (2018, 2019, and 2020)
  • Also earned honorable mention Western Slope League All-Conference honors in the 800-meters (2019 and 2020) and 1600-meters (2021)
  • A member of the two-time Western Slope League All-Conference 4x800-meter relay team (2019 and 2021)
  • The school record holder in the 1600-meters (4:31.44)
  • Has the second-fastest times in his high school record book in both the 800-meters (1:56.91) and 5K (16:05)
  • Born in Vail, Colo.