2017-18 Men's Track & Field Roster
Nickelson, Garrett
Garrett Nickelson
- Position:
- Long Sprints
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waxhaw, N.C.
- High School:
- Cuthbertson
Bio
2018 Outdoor (Sophomore):
Posted his fastest 400m run of the season, 50.38 seconds, at the Tiger Track Classic (4/14), while helping the 4x400m relay team take fifth … Posted a 50.71 seconds performance in the 400m at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5) … Helped the 4x400m relay team win the Wake Forest Outdoor Opener (3/24) and the 4x100m finish third with a 52.11 second, seventh place performance in the 400m … Stopped the clock in 51.60 seconds in the quarter mile at the Gamecock Invitational (4/7).
2017-18 Indoor (Sophomore):
Placed ninth in the 500m (1:06.63) and helped the 4x400, relay team place sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/18) … Finished third (50.34) in the 400m at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/8) … Turned in a 500m performance of 1:08.37 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27) … Took fifth in the 400m (50.54) at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/21) … Stopped the clock in 23.76 seconds in the 200m at the Camel City Invitational (2/3) … Opened the season with a 51.35 second 400m run at the JDL College Kick-off Classic (12/2).
2017 Outdoor (Freshman):
Posted season-best times of 22.22 in the 200m and 48.96 seconds at the Charlotte Invitational (4/14-15) … Placed third in the 800m (2:02.26) at the Winthrop Invitational (3/25) … Ran the 400m (49.36) and 200m (22.60) prelims at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/6) … Stopped the clock in 49.83 in the 400m at the Duke Invitational (4/22) … Opened the season at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/17) in the 200m with a time of 22.93 seconds.
2016-17 Indoor (Freshman):
Turned in a season-best time of 1:04.49 in the 500m at the BU Terrier Invitational (1/28) … A member of the program record setting 4x400m relay (3:17.78) that placed third at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship (2/19) … Also placed fifth at A-10’s in the 500m, stopping the clock in 1:05.62 ... Recorded a third place result in the 400m (50.68 seconds) at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/9) … Helped lead the 4x400m relay (3:25.60) to a win and took seventh in the 400m (50.07) at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/21).
Before Davidson: Named his track team's Most Valuable Player (2015, 2016) ... Won the Cavs Pride Award (2014) ... Earned his squads Most Improved honors (2013) ... Was on the third place 4x800m relay team at North Carolina Championships (2014) ... Owns Cuthbertson High School records in the 400m (48.99), 300m (35.20) and 500m (1:06.38).
Personal: Born May 23, 1998 ... Son of Bob and Karen Nickelson ... Majoring in Political Science.
Posted his fastest 400m run of the season, 50.38 seconds, at the Tiger Track Classic (4/14), while helping the 4x400m relay team take fifth … Posted a 50.71 seconds performance in the 400m at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5) … Helped the 4x400m relay team win the Wake Forest Outdoor Opener (3/24) and the 4x100m finish third with a 52.11 second, seventh place performance in the 400m … Stopped the clock in 51.60 seconds in the quarter mile at the Gamecock Invitational (4/7).
2017-18 Indoor (Sophomore):
Placed ninth in the 500m (1:06.63) and helped the 4x400, relay team place sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/18) … Finished third (50.34) in the 400m at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/8) … Turned in a 500m performance of 1:08.37 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27) … Took fifth in the 400m (50.54) at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/21) … Stopped the clock in 23.76 seconds in the 200m at the Camel City Invitational (2/3) … Opened the season with a 51.35 second 400m run at the JDL College Kick-off Classic (12/2).
2017 Outdoor (Freshman):
Posted season-best times of 22.22 in the 200m and 48.96 seconds at the Charlotte Invitational (4/14-15) … Placed third in the 800m (2:02.26) at the Winthrop Invitational (3/25) … Ran the 400m (49.36) and 200m (22.60) prelims at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/6) … Stopped the clock in 49.83 in the 400m at the Duke Invitational (4/22) … Opened the season at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/17) in the 200m with a time of 22.93 seconds.
2016-17 Indoor (Freshman):
Turned in a season-best time of 1:04.49 in the 500m at the BU Terrier Invitational (1/28) … A member of the program record setting 4x400m relay (3:17.78) that placed third at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship (2/19) … Also placed fifth at A-10’s in the 500m, stopping the clock in 1:05.62 ... Recorded a third place result in the 400m (50.68 seconds) at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/9) … Helped lead the 4x400m relay (3:25.60) to a win and took seventh in the 400m (50.07) at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/21).
Before Davidson: Named his track team's Most Valuable Player (2015, 2016) ... Won the Cavs Pride Award (2014) ... Earned his squads Most Improved honors (2013) ... Was on the third place 4x800m relay team at North Carolina Championships (2014) ... Owns Cuthbertson High School records in the 400m (48.99), 300m (35.20) and 500m (1:06.38).
Personal: Born May 23, 1998 ... Son of Bob and Karen Nickelson ... Majoring in Political Science.
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