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Heidi Nielson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Cinco Ranch
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
Bio
Nielson's TFRRS Results
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 American Outdoor - 4th, 1500m, 4:29.82
2025 American Indoor - 7th, Mile, 4:51.46
2025 American Indoor - 28th, 3000m, 10:01.48
2024 NCAA South-Central - 56th, 6k, 20:59.3
2024 AAC XC Championships - 17th, 6k, 21:38.2
2023 NCAA XC Championships - 223rd, 6k, 21:51.7
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 20th, 6k, 21:04.1
2023 SEC XC Championships - 38th, 6k, 21:07.9
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 21st, 5000m, 16:02.70
2023 SEC Outdoor - 4th, 5000m, 16:15.14
2023 SEC Outdoor - 7th, 1500m, 4:22.56
2023 SEC Indoor - 4th, 5000m, 16:16.56
2023 SEC Indoor - 12th, 300m, 9:31.00
2022 SEC XC Championships - 43rd, 6k, 21:01.3
2024-25
XC: Ran at six meets...Finished 56th at the NCAA South-Central Regional and 17th at the AAC Championships...Won the individual title at the Rice Invitational...Indoor: Competed at five meets...Placed seventh in the mile at the American Indoor Meet...Won the 3000m at the Robert Platt Invite...Outdoor: Ran at five meets...Placed fourth in the 1500m at the American Outdoor Championships.
2023-24 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Finished 223rd at the NCAA D1 National Championship at Panorama Farms Virginia after losing a shoe at the start and injuring foot…Finished 20th at the NCAA Regional Championship running 21:04.1 over 6k…Placed 38th at the SEC Championships in Columbia, South Carolina, running 21:07.9 over 6k...Indoor: Missed Season due to injury...Outdoor: Ran 4:27.14 at the Arkansas Twilight meet finishing 9th…In first meet back from injury ran a 4:30.54 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational finishing 6th
2022-23 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Ran 21:01.3 at the SEC Championships, placing 43rd on the Ole Miss 6k course…Was 23rd at Missouri Southern Stampede...Indoor: Scored points at the SEC Championships at 16:16.56 over 5,000m to finish fourth while also placing 12th in the 3,000m running 9:31.00...Ran to a second-place finish at first meet of the indoor season placing second in the Arkansas Invitational mile with a career-best of 4:44.79...Outdoor: Set a 5,000m career best of16:02.70 at the NCAA West preliminary round finishing 21st…Scored in two events at the SEC Championship meet at a hot and humid LSU track in Baton Rouge, LA finishing seventh place in the 1,500m at 4:22.56 and then just hours later placing fourth in the 5,000m in 16:15.14…Won Arkansas Twilight meet 1,500m in career best of 4:18.63…Drake Relays Runner-up at 1,500m with a 4:21.51
2021-22 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Red-shirted season...Indoor: Injury limited season to first two meets...Was runner-up in mile at Arkansas Invitational in 4:50.17…Outdoor: Red-shirted collegiate season
Competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, as one of just four entrants to compete in both the 3,000m and 5,000m…Placed 12th in 3,000m as the top American and was 13th in the 5,000m…Qualified for the World U20 Championships by taking Silver in the 5,000m at the USATF U20 National Championships and third in the 3,000m
HIGH SCHOOL
Was an eight-time varsity letter winner at Cinco Ranch (four cross, four track)...Finished in the top five at the UIL XC Championships three times, while being a two-time Region 3 XC champion...Was two-time Footlocker and two-time NXN finalist...Qualified for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark by finishing 6th at the USATF U20 XC National Championships and finished as the 4th American competing at the World Championships...Competed for team USA at the NACAC XC Continental Championship in Port of Spain, Trinidad finishing as the second American and 8th overall...Medaled in the Texas State UIL meet three times in the 1600m and twice in 3200m...Champion of 2018 HS Texas Relays 1600m…Undefeated throughout high school at the Rice Victor Lopez Classic 1500m and 3000m winning both events in both 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kai and Heather Nelson...Has four siblings...Sister, Isabelle, ran track and field at Utah Tech...Cousin, Jake, played basketball at the University of Calgary.
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 American Outdoor - 4th, 1500m, 4:29.82
2025 American Indoor - 7th, Mile, 4:51.46
2025 American Indoor - 28th, 3000m, 10:01.48
2024 NCAA South-Central - 56th, 6k, 20:59.3
2024 AAC XC Championships - 17th, 6k, 21:38.2
2023 NCAA XC Championships - 223rd, 6k, 21:51.7
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 20th, 6k, 21:04.1
2023 SEC XC Championships - 38th, 6k, 21:07.9
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 21st, 5000m, 16:02.70
2023 SEC Outdoor - 4th, 5000m, 16:15.14
2023 SEC Outdoor - 7th, 1500m, 4:22.56
2023 SEC Indoor - 4th, 5000m, 16:16.56
2023 SEC Indoor - 12th, 300m, 9:31.00
2022 SEC XC Championships - 43rd, 6k, 21:01.3
2024-25
XC: Ran at six meets...Finished 56th at the NCAA South-Central Regional and 17th at the AAC Championships...Won the individual title at the Rice Invitational...Indoor: Competed at five meets...Placed seventh in the mile at the American Indoor Meet...Won the 3000m at the Robert Platt Invite...Outdoor: Ran at five meets...Placed fourth in the 1500m at the American Outdoor Championships.
2023-24 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Finished 223rd at the NCAA D1 National Championship at Panorama Farms Virginia after losing a shoe at the start and injuring foot…Finished 20th at the NCAA Regional Championship running 21:04.1 over 6k…Placed 38th at the SEC Championships in Columbia, South Carolina, running 21:07.9 over 6k...Indoor: Missed Season due to injury...Outdoor: Ran 4:27.14 at the Arkansas Twilight meet finishing 9th…In first meet back from injury ran a 4:30.54 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational finishing 6th
2022-23 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Ran 21:01.3 at the SEC Championships, placing 43rd on the Ole Miss 6k course…Was 23rd at Missouri Southern Stampede...Indoor: Scored points at the SEC Championships at 16:16.56 over 5,000m to finish fourth while also placing 12th in the 3,000m running 9:31.00...Ran to a second-place finish at first meet of the indoor season placing second in the Arkansas Invitational mile with a career-best of 4:44.79...Outdoor: Set a 5,000m career best of16:02.70 at the NCAA West preliminary round finishing 21st…Scored in two events at the SEC Championship meet at a hot and humid LSU track in Baton Rouge, LA finishing seventh place in the 1,500m at 4:22.56 and then just hours later placing fourth in the 5,000m in 16:15.14…Won Arkansas Twilight meet 1,500m in career best of 4:18.63…Drake Relays Runner-up at 1,500m with a 4:21.51
2021-22 (Arkansas)
Cross Country: Red-shirted season...Indoor: Injury limited season to first two meets...Was runner-up in mile at Arkansas Invitational in 4:50.17…Outdoor: Red-shirted collegiate season
Competed at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, as one of just four entrants to compete in both the 3,000m and 5,000m…Placed 12th in 3,000m as the top American and was 13th in the 5,000m…Qualified for the World U20 Championships by taking Silver in the 5,000m at the USATF U20 National Championships and third in the 3,000m
HIGH SCHOOL
Was an eight-time varsity letter winner at Cinco Ranch (four cross, four track)...Finished in the top five at the UIL XC Championships three times, while being a two-time Region 3 XC champion...Was two-time Footlocker and two-time NXN finalist...Qualified for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark by finishing 6th at the USATF U20 XC National Championships and finished as the 4th American competing at the World Championships...Competed for team USA at the NACAC XC Continental Championship in Port of Spain, Trinidad finishing as the second American and 8th overall...Medaled in the Texas State UIL meet three times in the 1600m and twice in 3200m...Champion of 2018 HS Texas Relays 1600m…Undefeated throughout high school at the Rice Victor Lopez Classic 1500m and 3000m winning both events in both 2018 and 2019.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kai and Heather Nelson...Has four siblings...Sister, Isabelle, ran track and field at Utah Tech...Cousin, Jake, played basketball at the University of Calgary.
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Wednesday, March 09
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Saturday, December 04
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