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2021-22 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

Nya McGowan

  • Class Freshman
  • Event Cross Country/Distance
  • Hometown Simpsonville, S.C.
  • High School Hillcrest

Biography

Honors
2022 All-Sun Belt Second Team (Indoor)


 
    CCU Personal Bests    
 Indoor
 200-meters   26.04
 400-meters   58.34      
 4x400   3:43.97
 Outdoor     
 200-meters   26.15 (1.3)  
 400-meters   57.73
 4x200   1:39.49
 4x400   3:49.27


NYA MCGOWAN TFRRS PAGE


2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season

  • Competed in five meets during the outdoor spring season
  • Tallied five top-10 finishes on the year
  • Opened the season with a pair of runner-up finishes at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, placing second in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:39.49 and in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.34
  • Also finished 11th overall in the 400-meters with a time of 1:00.30 at the Shamrock Invitational
  • A member of the 4x400-meter relay teams that finished fifth at the Weems Baskin Relays (3:49.27) and seventh at the USC Open (3:56.48)
  • Crossed the finish line in ninth place overall with a time of 58.91 in the 400-meters at the Weems Baskin Relays
  • Turned in a season-best time of 57.73 in the 400-meters at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational
  • Recorded a time of 58.36 in the 400-meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2022 spring academic term


Indoor Season

  • Competed in five meets on the season as a true freshman
  • Totaled five top-10 finishes on the indoor season
  • Earned All-Sun Belt second-team honors as part of the runner-up 4x400-meter relay team at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships
  • Turned in a time of 3:43.97 in the 4x400-meter relay to place second at the conference championship meet
  • Was a member of the distance medley relay team that turned in a time of 12:38.55 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
  • Also was part of the 4x400-meter relay teams that placed third at the Gamecock Opener (3:47.65) and fifth at the Bob Pollock Invitational (3:46.85)
  • Finished 10th in the 400-meters with a time of 59.62 at the Gamecock Opener
  • Also set a personal-best time of 26.04 in the 200-meters at the 2022 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
  • Recorded times of 26.27 in the 200-meters and 59.15 in the 400-meters at the Carolina Challenge
  • Posted a time of 58.34 in the 400-meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester