Towson University Athletics

At Towson: Coming off an injury that sidelined her last year and for the first part of the 2007 cross country season ... holds several school records, including the 3000 steeplechase (11:02.32) and the 3000 indoor run (10:15.91) which she set this past winter ... on the cross country circuit she holds the Towson record for the Tigers’ home course at Oregon Ridge Park (18:22) ... during the recent indoor season she won the 5000 meter run at the John Covert Classic (18:29.44) and the mile run at the Thomson Invitatinal (5:13.02) ... placed third in the one-mile run at 2005 Navy Quad Meet ... finished first in the one-mile run at 2005 Ursinus Indoor Classic and finished second in the 800-meter run ... she also had time to anchor Towson’s record setting sprint medley relay clocked at 4:12.71 at Ursinus ... earned third place in the 1000-meter run and fourth place in the one-mile run at Bucknell Heptagonal as a junior ... also won the 5000 meter run at 2006 John Covert Classic ... finished second in the 3000 meter run at 2006 George Mason Winter Open ... set school record in 3000 meter steeplechase at Virginia Commonwealth by finishing sixth and was named as CAA Athlete of the Week ... placed third in 3000 meter steeplechase and eighth in the 1500 meter run at 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Championship Meet ... had outstanding junior season in cross country ... named as CAA Runner of the Week after finishing first at Delaware Invitational #1 ... also finished first at Tidewater Fall Classic ... led Tigers to 2005 Baltimore Metro cross country championship by finishing first ... also won the 2005 Towson Invitational, leading the Tigers to the championship ... finished second at Maryland State College Meet and the Delaware Invitational in 2005 ... finished first in the 5000-meter run at the 2006 John Covert Indoor Classic ... also placed first in the one-mile run at the 2006 Ursinus Meet ... finished sixth in the 1500-meter run at the 2005 CAA Championship Meet ... finished eighth in the steeplechase at the 2005 CAA Meet ... ran second in the 1000 meter run at the George Mason Winter Open ... ran second in the one-mile run at the Thomson Invitational in 2005.

Background: Member of Havre de Grace High School’s regional championship track team in 2000 ... set school records in the 1600 meter and 3200 meter runs ... finished second at the 2002 Maryland state cross country meet ... was second in the state in the 1600 meter run in 2003 ... won the Johns Hopkins Spiked Shoe Meet in 2002 ... named first team All-Metro in cross country in 2002 ... three-time All-Harford County pick in cross country ... led the Warriors to back-to-back regional cross country championships in 2001 and 2002 ... named first team All-County in track in 2002 ... member of the Warriors swim team ... YMCA National qualifier in swimming ... set school records in nine events ... won the Harford County title in the 50-free in 2003 ... plans to attend Law School ... has one brother and one sister ... daughter of Eric and Mary Nelson ... father is a pharmacist who attended the University of Louisiana-Monroe ... working on a Master’s in Social Science.