The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Track & Field / Cross Country: Women Roster
Roster
Briana Nelson
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- J.L. Mann
- Hometown:
- Greenville, S.C.
• Seven-Time USTFCCCA First Team All-American
• Five-Time USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
• 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion - 4x400-meter relay, distance medley relay
• 2013 World University Games competitor - 400 meters
• 13-Time All-Big 12
• 2011 Pan American Junior champion - 4x400-meter relay
• 2011 USA Junior bronze medalist - 400 meters
• Two-Time Academic All-Big 12
Career Bests
100m: 12.10
Outdoor 200m: 23.76
Outdoor 400m: 52.31
Outdoor 800m: 2:17.03
Indoor 200m: 23.75
Indoor 400m: 52.18
Indoor 800m: 2:18.81
UT All-Time Performers List:
Indoor 400m: 4th
AT-A-GLANCE
Seven-time USTFCCCA first-team All-America honoree (four indoor; three outdoor) ... also a five-time second team All-American (one indoor; four outdoor) ... 2013 Big 12 indoor champion as a member of the distance medley and 4x400-meter relay teams ... has earned 13 All-Big 12 honors (five outdoor, eight indoor) ... competed in the 400 meters at the USA Championships in 2012 and 2013 ... ran the 400m for Team USA at the 2013 World University games in Kazan, Russia, placing 10th in the semifinals ... member of 2011 Pan American Junior Track & Field gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team ... placed third in 400m (53.10) at 2011 Junior National Championships ... two time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection (2012-13) ... a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection (2011-13).
2012-13
Outdoor:
Raced for the U.S. in the 400m at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia, where she finished 10th in the semifinals (53.08) … also ran at the USA Championships, placing 15th in the semis with a time of 52.83 … picked up a pair of first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay (3:27.98) and 4x100m relay (eighth, 45.08) … also qualified for NCAAs in the 400m and finished ninth in the semifinals with a personal-best time of 52.31 to earn second-team All-America honors … advanced to the semifinals with a 52.69, sixth-place result in the event quarterfinals at the NCAA West Preliminary Round … earned two All-Big 12 accolades with second-place finishes in the 400m (52.61) and 4x400m relay (3:32.15) at the conference meet … also ran a season-best 24.02 in the 200m at the Big 12 Championships … first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... a USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... finished fourth in the 400m at the Longhorn Invitational with a time of 52.72 … took second with a 53.01 in the 400m at the Texas Invitational … in addition, was ninth in the 200m (24.26) … registered a fifth-place performance of 52.96 in the 400m at the Florida Relays … started the season by running the 100m in 12.25 at the Aztec invitational.
Indoor:
Competed in every meet and earned a pair of first-team All-America honors ... received her first individual first-team All-America honor as the eighth-place finisher in the 400m (53.24) at the NCAA Championships … fifth in the prelim in 53.02 ... member of the 4x400m relay team that ran three of the top 10 indoor times in UT history … ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay that placed third at the national meet in a time of 3:30.63 which was No. 5 on the UT all-time performance list … ran to second place in the open 400m at the Arkansas Final Qualifier with a time of 53.06 … was a member of the Big 12 champion 4x400m relay team (3:33.54) and ran the second leg of the first-place distance medley relay squad (11:15.90) … also ran to a fourth-place finish in the 400m (53.02) to pick up All-Big 12 honors … posted sixth in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 53.55 … finished sixth in the event at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 53.77 … clocked a personal-best 2:18.81 in the 800m at the Leonard Hilton … took fourth in the 400m (54.89) and ninth in the 200m (24.59) at the Crimson Tide Indoor meet to open the season.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Earned first-team All-America honors as a part of the 4x400m relay that placed fifth at the NCAA Championship in 3:30.31 ... ran a 55.25 in the 400m dash at the NCAA West Preliminary for 37th place ... placed eighth in the 400m dash (1:02.19) and earned All-Big 12 honors at the conference meet ... qualified for finals with a third-place finish (53.64) in prelims ... first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... a USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... took first in the 400m at the Longhorn Invitational with a time of 52.80 ... took home first in the 400m (52.83) at the Texas Invitational ... recorded a time of 52.49 in the 400m at the Florida Relays ... clocked her 800m personal best of 2:17.03 at the TCU Invitational.
Indoor:
Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay that placed second (3:32.36) to earn first team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships ... also finished 12th in the 400m prelim in 53.41 to claim second-team All-America honors ... ran to a fifth-place finish (53.91) at the Big 12 Championships to garner her third all-league honor in the 400m ... also was part of the third-place 4x400m relay that earned All-Big 12 honors ... posted a second-place finish in the 400m at the Arkansas Last Chance with a time of 53.95 ... clocked 53.36 in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational ... placed third (54.52) in the 400m at the Auburn Indoor Meet ... finished the 400m in fifth (55.62) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m with her 12th-place finish at the West Preliminary Round ... finished 12th in the prelim of the 400m (53.11) at nationals to earn second-team All-America honors ... also ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay at the NCAA Championships, which finished 11th in the prelim (3:33.32) ... earned second-team All-America honors for that performance ... ran the fastest 400m by a Longhorn during the season (52.69), a then personal best, at the Big 12 Championships and claimed fourth place for an all-league nod ... also anchored the All-Big 12 4x400m relay team that placed second in 3:33.69 ... a USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... was part of the victorious 4x400m relay that ran a 3:30.08 at Penn Relays ... opened with a third-place finish in the 200m (23.76) at the Black and Gold Challenge ... also placed third in the 100m with a personal-best 12.10.
Indoor:
Earned first team All-America honors as a member of the 4x400m relay that was runner-up at the NCAA Championships in 3:31.11 ... also finished 14th in the prelim of the 400m (53.69) to earn second-team All-America honors ... received three all-league honors by finishing second in the 400m dash (52.18), eighth in the 200m dash (23.88) and second as the anchor leg of UT’s 4x400m relay (3:32.89) at the Big 12 Championships ... placed first in the 400m dash with a time of 53.21 at the Don Kirby Invitational ... took fourth in the 400m dash (53.31) and raced to a 200m time of 24:13 at the Razorback Invite.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Fourth in the 400m (53.52) at 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships ... named to 2010 USA Today All-USA Track & Field Team ... 2009-10 Gatorade Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year in South Carolina ... finished fourth in the 200m at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Games with a career-best time of 23.63 ... ran a leg for the U.S. medley relay that finished first at the IAAF World Youth Games ... earned a second-place finish in the 400m at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals with a then personal-best time of 52.38, which was the third fastest in the world youth ranks at the end of the 2009 season ... won both the 200m and 400m at the 2009 South Carolina State Championship.
PERSONAL
Born in Newport News, Va. ... parents are Colleen and Eric Nelson ... sisters are Brooke and Canton ... nickname is “Breezy” ... three-time member of USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team (2011-13) ... two time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection (2012-13) ... has earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll during all seven semesters of her academic career (fall 2010; spring 2011; fall 2011; spring 2012; fall 2012; spring 2012; fall 2013) ... recipient of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award as a junior in 2013 … majoring in economics.
