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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Peyton Nelson

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 150
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Helena, Mont.
  • High School Capital
  • Major Criminal Justice

Biography

Career Times

2025 OUTDOOR:
National Qualifier in 4x400m … USTFCCCA All-Region in 4x400m … RMAC Individual Champion in 4x400m … All-RMAC First Team in 4x400m … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Competed in six meets … Scored 4.5 points at the RMAC Outdoor Championships, finishing first overall in the 4x400m and seventh overall in the 400m … Posted a season-best time of 22.23 in the 200m at the Jo Meaker Classic & Multi … Notched a season-best time of 48.30 in the 400m at the RMAC Outdoor Championships … Ran the second leg of UCCS’ 4x400m relay that clocked a season-best and school record time of 3:07.04 at the Loper Twilight … Competed on the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, helping the group to a 12th place finish with a time of 3:09.91.

2024-25 INDOOR: First Team All-RMAC in Distance Medley Relay … Second Team All-RMAC in 4x400m … Competed in seven meets … Posted a personal best time of 49.59 in the 400m at the Steve Miller Invitational … Finished with personal best time of 22.77 in the 200m at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open … Ran the 400m leg of the Mountain Lions’ Distance Medley Relay team that finished first overall with a time of 10:03.50 and scored 10 points at the RMAC Indoor Championships … Also competed as one leg of UCCS’ 4x400m relay team at the conference championship meet, helping the team secure a T-2nd place finish and score seven points.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2024 graduate of Capital High School in Helena, Mont. … First Team Montana AA in the 400m and 4x400m … 2023 Montana AA State Champions.

PERSONAL: Parents are Laura Shirtliff and Shawn Nelson.