The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Kelsie Vicknair
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Boerne, Texas
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Boerne Champion
- Major:
- Textiles & Apparel
2023-24 (Senior)
Cross Country: Debuted the season at the Cowboy Jamboree in the 6K and finished 34th with her time of 23:04.7... Competed in the Nuttycombe Invitational 6K A race and finished with a time of 23:03.5.
2022-23 (Junior):
OUTDOOR: Won the 2000m steeplechase at the Longhorn Invitational with her time of 7:01.53...Finished sixth in the 3000m steeplechase with her time of 10:50.40 at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.... Was sixth in the 3000m steeplechase at the Mt. Sac Relays finishing with a time of 10:41.80... Was second at the Texas Invitational in the 3000m steeplechase with her time of 10:54.19...
INDOOR: Finished third in the 3K at the Cardinal Classic with a time of 10:00.97 and 10th in the mile with her time of 5:04.86...Ran a PB in the 3000 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic with her time of 9:45.24...Finished the 3K at the David Hemery Valentine Invite in 9:59.60...
Cross Country: Made her season debut in the 6K at the Dellinger Invitational and shed 50 seconds off her previous personal best time at 21:25.0... Competed at the Panorama Farms XC Invitational in the 5K and finished with a time of 18:03.1... Completed the 6K at the Big 12 Championships in 22:23.1... Was the final finisher for Texas in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional with her time of 23:02.5... Competed in the 6K at the NCAA Championships...
2021-2022 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Won the 3000m steeplechase at the Longhorn Invitational with a time of 10:53.34... Finishes seventh in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:37.85 at the Texas Relays…Ran a season-best time of 10:36.73 to win the 3000m steeplechase in the dual meet at Texas A&M... Competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays... Posted a top-25 time finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the Penn Relays… Finished 10th in the 3000m steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships…
INDOOR: Debuted the indoor season at the David Hemery Valentine Invite in the 3000m with a personal-best time of 10:07.10.
Cross Country: Finished seventh at the Concordia Classic in the 6K with her time of 22:13.6... Finished 7th at the Concordia Classic in the 6K with a time of 23:16.6 and helped the team win the meet... Was the eighth Longhorn to finish in the open 6K at the FSU Invite with her time of 22:34.8... Helped Texas to finish fourth at the Big 12 Championships with her time of 23:02.6 in the 6K... Closed out the cross country season in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional and finished with a time of 22:45.9.
2020-21 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Finished second in the 5000m at the Longhorn Invitational with a personal-best time of 17:20.85... Competed in the 3000m steeplechase recording a time of 11:01.58 at the Texas Relays... Won the 3000m steeplechase in the dual meet against Texas A&M with her time of 10:45.78... Won the steeplechase with a personal-best time of 10:29.80 at the Michael Johnson Invitational... Finished sixth in the 5000m with a time of 17:57.68 at the Texas Invitational... Posted a sixth-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:35.29 in the Big 12 Championships... Competed in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Prelims.
INDOOR: Ran a personal-best in the 3000m at 10:18.74 at the Wooo Pig Classic...
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in the 6K, finishing with a time of 21:55.6... Finished with a time of 22:25.2 in the 6K at the Big 12 Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered all four years in cross country and track at Boerne Champion … rank personal-bests of 5:01.6 in the 1600m, 10:56.7 in the 3200m and 17:42 in the cross country 5K as a senior … named the 2019 San Antonio Cross Country Runner of the Year … took fifth at the 2019 State Cross Country Championships to earn “Elite 15” honors … 2019 Cross Country team state champions … finished runner-up as a team in 2018 … won the 2019 regional cross country title … a state qualifier in the 1600m in 2019.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tonya and Toby Vicknair … has one brother, Camden … first member of her family to attend UT … her father, Toby, ran track at Centenary College in Louisiana … born in Bossier City, Louisiana … started competing in track and field at age 13 … wants to pursue a career in sports medicine … enjoys swimming, yoga, watching movies, cooking, listening to music and biking as some of her hobbies outside of track … listed tap dance as a skill most don’t know she has.
