| Briana Nelson |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Greenville, S.C.
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| High School:
J.L. Mann
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| Event:
Sprints
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| Experience:
JR/JR
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• 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion - 4x400-meter relay, Distance Medley relay
• 2011 Pan American Junior gold medalist - 4x400-meter relay
• 2011 USA Junior National bronze medalist - 400 meters
• Five-time USTFCCCA All-America
COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 100m- 12.10 at Black & Gold Challenge (3/23/11)
• Outdoor 200m- 23.76 at Black & Gold Challenge (3/23/11)
• Outdoor 400m- 52.49 at Florida Relays (4/7/12)
• Outdoor 800m- 2:17.03 at TCU Invitational (3/16/12)
• Indoor 200m- 23.75 at Big 12 Indoor Championships prelims (2/25/11)
• Indoor 400m- 52.18 at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26/11)
• Indoor 800m- 2:18.81 at Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/18/13)
UT ALL-TIME PERFORMERS LIST
• Indoor 400m- 4th
AT A GLANCE
Competed in the 400m dash at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials ... member of 2011 Pan American Junior Track & Field gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team ... placed third in 400m (53.10) at 2011 Junior National Championships ... earned her first individual All-America honor by placing eighth in the 400m at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships ... also a four-time All-America First Team honoree as a member of Texas' 4x400m relay teams (one outdoor, three indoor) ... three-time All-America Second Team in the 400m dash (once outdoor, twice indoor) ... 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion as a member of Texas' distance medley and 4x400-meter relay teams ... 13-time All-Big 12 First Team (five outdoor, eight indoor) selection.
2012-13
Indoor:
Competed in each of Texas' seven meets during her junior indoor campaign with a focus on the 400m and 200m ... received her first individual All-America honor as the eighth-place finisher in the 400m (53.24) at the NCAA Championships ... member of UT's 4x400m relay team that ran three of the top 10 times in UT history during the 2013 indoor season ... the team placed third at the national meet in a time of 3:30.63, No. 5 on the UT all-time performance list ... ran to second place in the open 400m at the Arkansas Final Qualifier with a time of 53.06 ... was a member of UT's Big 12 champion 4x400m relay team (3:33.54) and ran the second leg of the Longhorns' first-place distance medley relay squad (11:15.90) ... also ran to a fourth-place finish in the 400m (53.02) to pick up All-Big 12 honors ... posted sixth in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 53.55 ... finished sixth in the event at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 53.77 ... clocked a personal-best 2:18.81 in the 800m at the Leonard Hilton ... took fourth in the 400m (54.89) and ninth in the 200m (24.59) at the Crimson Tide Indoor meet to open the season.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Earned All-America honors as a part of the Longhorns' 4x400m relay that placed fifth at the NCAA Championship in 3:30.31 ... ran a 55.25 in the 400m dash at the NCAA West Regional for 37th place ... placed eighth in the 400m dash (1:02.19) and earned All-Big 12 First Team honors at the Big 12 Championship ... qualified for finals with a third-place finish (53.64) in prelims ... took first in the 400m at the Longhorn Invitational with a time of 52.80 ... took home first in the 400m (52.83) at the Texas Invitational ... recorded a 400m dash career-best time of 52.49 at the Florida Relays ... clocked her 800m personal best of 2:17.03 at the TCU Invitational ... USTFCCCA All-Academic team member ... 2012 Academic All-Big 12 team.
Indoor:
Ran the third leg of the Longhorns' 4x400m relay that placed second and earned first team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championship ... also finished the 400m in 53.41 for 10th place ... ran to a fifth-place finish (53.91) at the Big 12 Championship to garner her third All-Big 12 honor in the 400m ... also was part of UT's third-place 4x400m relay that earned first-team All-Big 12 honors ... posted a second-place finish in the 400m at the Arkansas Last Chance with a time of 53.95 ... clocked 53.36 in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational ... placed third (54.52) in the 400m at the Auburn Indoor Meet ... finished the 400m in fifth (55.62) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 400m with her 12th-place finish at the West Regional meet ... ran the fastest 400m by a Longhorn during the season (52.69) as well as a then personal best at the Big 12 Championship and claimed fourth place and an All-Big 12 First Team nod ... also anchored the All-Big 12 4x400m relay team that placed second in 3:33.69 ... was part of the victorious 4x400m relay that ran a 3:30.08 at Penn Relays ... opened with a third-place finish and a personal best in the 200m (23.76) at the Black and Gold Challenge ... also placed third in the 100m with a personal-best 12.10 ... 2011 USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic team member.
Indoor:
Earned All-America honors as a member of the Longhorns' 4x400m relay that took second at the NCAA Championship in 3:31.11 ... also clocked 53.69 in the 400m prelims at NCAA Indoors ... received three first-team All-Big 12 honors by finishing second in the 400m dash (52.18), eighth in the 200m dash (23.88) and second as the anchor leg of UT's 4x400m relay (3:32.89) at the Big 12 Championship ... placed first in the 400m dash with a time of 53.21 at the Don Kirby Invitational ... took fourth in the 400m dash (53.31) and raced to a 200m time of 24:13 at the Razorback Invite.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Fourth in the 400m (53.52) at 2010 U.S. Junior National Championship ... named to 2010 USA Today All-USA Track & Field Team ... 2009-10 Gatorade Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year in South Carolina ... finished fourth in the 200m at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Games with a then career-best time of 23.63 ... ran a leg for the U.S. medley relay that finished first at the IAAF World Youth Games... earned a second-place finish in the 400m at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals with a then personal-best time of 52.38, which was the third fastest in the world youth ranks at the end of the 2009 season ... won both the 200m and 400m at the 2009 South Carolina State Championship.
PERSONAL
Full name is Briana Mare Elizabeth Nelson ... born July 18, 1992, to Colleen and Eric Nelson in Newport News, Va. ... sister to Brooke and Canton ... nickname is "Breezy" ... two-time member of USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team (2011, 2012) ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for track & field in 2012 ... has earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll during all five semesters of her academic career ...majoring in economics.
