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Redshirt Senior (2016)
Two-time NCAA indoor runner-up (400m, 4x400m), Two-time first team indoor All-American ... Raced to a world-leading time at 400 meters of 52.26 at the Razorback Invitational ... Ran a new indoor personal best of 22.99 to advance out the 200-meter prelims at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Became the second collegian to clock a sub-52 in the 400-meter dash with her 51.84 in the finals section to earn her the conference title ... Anchored the Razorback 4x400 to a runner-up finish at the conference meet ... Qualified for NCAA indoors in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m but elected to only compete in the last two ... Earned a national silver medal with a new indoor career best of 51.51 at 400 meters ... split a 50. performance as the 4x400-meter relay anchor to propel Arkansas into second place at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Capped her final indoor season with two national silvers, an SEC gold, awarded the SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year and three SEC Runner of the Week honors ... Opened the outdoor season with a first and second place finish in the SMR and 4x400m, respectively at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Redshirt Junior (2015)
Two-time NCAA indoor runner-up (400m, 4x400m), Four-time first team All-American ... Collected her first indoor season win at the Razorback Invitational in the 400-meter dash ... Followed that performance with two top three finishes at the Tyson Invitational at 200 and 400 meters ... First Team All-SEC with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Finished third at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 400-meter dash ... Scored 10 points towards the Razorbacks first national title with a runner-up finish in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Opened up outdoor season finishing first at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the sprint medley relay ... Won both the 4x400-meter relay and sprint medley relay at the Drake Relays ... Captured the SEC title in the 400-meter dash in a new career best of 51.18 ... Scored points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter dash and as part of the 4x400-meter relay team.
Redshirt Sophomore - Outdoor (2014)
Redshirted her junior indoor season ... Two-time outdoor All-American ... Ran a PR of 11.76 in the 100-meter dash at the Arkansas Spring Invitational ... Scored 3 points in the 400-meter dash and assisted the 4x400-meter relay team to a third-place finish at her first SEC Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter dash and with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Finished in sixth at the outdoor national meet with the 4x400-meter relay.
Sophomore - Indoor (2013)
Redshirted her sophomore outdoor season ...
prior to Arkansas
University of Pittsburgh
Named All-American and All-Big East … Qualified for the NCAA indoor championships in the 400 meter dash as a freshman ... Earned Athlete of the Week honors … Broke the 400 meter and 4x400 meter relay records (indoor).
High School
2011 indoor and outdoor track state champion ... 2011 All-American for indoor track ... Fifth place at the 2011 indoor nationals ... 2011 Pennsylvania Classic Champion ... Placed first at state and conference meets at 100, 200, and 400 meters, as a freshman and senior ... Placed first in the 400 meter dash as a junior … Broke the school record in the 200 and 400 meter dashes, as well as the 4x400 meter relay.
Personal
Born on May 6, 1993 … Daughter of Stephen Watson and Melanie Ellis Nelson … Has two sisters Raiana and Arianna and two brothers Rylee and Darius … 2015 graduate with a B.S. in Psychology ... Pursuing graduate studies in clinical and mental health counseling.
- Four-time Outdoor All-American (400m, 4x400)
- 2015 SEC Outdoor Champion (400m)
- 2015 Outdoor First Team All-SEC (400m)
- Four-time NCAA Indoor Runner-Up (400m, 4x400m)
- Five-time Indoor All-American (400m, 4x400m)
- Two-time SEC Indoor Champion (400m, 4x400m)
- 2016 Indoor First Team All-SEC (400m)
- 2016 SEC Indoor Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year
- 2015 Indoor First Team All-SEC (4x400)
Redshirt Senior (2016)
Two-time NCAA indoor runner-up (400m, 4x400m), Two-time first team indoor All-American ... Raced to a world-leading time at 400 meters of 52.26 at the Razorback Invitational ... Ran a new indoor personal best of 22.99 to advance out the 200-meter prelims at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Became the second collegian to clock a sub-52 in the 400-meter dash with her 51.84 in the finals section to earn her the conference title ... Anchored the Razorback 4x400 to a runner-up finish at the conference meet ... Qualified for NCAA indoors in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m but elected to only compete in the last two ... Earned a national silver medal with a new indoor career best of 51.51 at 400 meters ... split a 50. performance as the 4x400-meter relay anchor to propel Arkansas into second place at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Capped her final indoor season with two national silvers, an SEC gold, awarded the SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year and three SEC Runner of the Week honors ... Opened the outdoor season with a first and second place finish in the SMR and 4x400m, respectively at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
Redshirt Junior (2015)
Two-time NCAA indoor runner-up (400m, 4x400m), Four-time first team All-American ... Collected her first indoor season win at the Razorback Invitational in the 400-meter dash ... Followed that performance with two top three finishes at the Tyson Invitational at 200 and 400 meters ... First Team All-SEC with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Finished third at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 400-meter dash ... Scored 10 points towards the Razorbacks first national title with a runner-up finish in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Opened up outdoor season finishing first at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the sprint medley relay ... Won both the 4x400-meter relay and sprint medley relay at the Drake Relays ... Captured the SEC title in the 400-meter dash in a new career best of 51.18 ... Scored points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter dash and as part of the 4x400-meter relay team.
Redshirt Sophomore - Outdoor (2014)
Redshirted her junior indoor season ... Two-time outdoor All-American ... Ran a PR of 11.76 in the 100-meter dash at the Arkansas Spring Invitational ... Scored 3 points in the 400-meter dash and assisted the 4x400-meter relay team to a third-place finish at her first SEC Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter dash and with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Finished in sixth at the outdoor national meet with the 4x400-meter relay.
Sophomore - Indoor (2013)
Redshirted her sophomore outdoor season ...
prior to Arkansas
University of Pittsburgh
Named All-American and All-Big East … Qualified for the NCAA indoor championships in the 400 meter dash as a freshman ... Earned Athlete of the Week honors … Broke the 400 meter and 4x400 meter relay records (indoor).
High School
2011 indoor and outdoor track state champion ... 2011 All-American for indoor track ... Fifth place at the 2011 indoor nationals ... 2011 Pennsylvania Classic Champion ... Placed first at state and conference meets at 100, 200, and 400 meters, as a freshman and senior ... Placed first in the 400 meter dash as a junior … Broke the school record in the 200 and 400 meter dashes, as well as the 4x400 meter relay.
Personal
Born on May 6, 1993 … Daughter of Stephen Watson and Melanie Ellis Nelson … Has two sisters Raiana and Arianna and two brothers Rylee and Darius … 2015 graduate with a B.S. in Psychology ... Pursuing graduate studies in clinical and mental health counseling.