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2024 Track & Field Roster

Abby Nelson

  • Event(s): Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Iron River, Wis.
  • High School Northwestern

Biography

Honors
Outdoor All-Region (2021 - Pole Vault)

Nelson TFRRS Top Performances 

2023 Outdoor: Did not compete in a varsity meet.

2023 Indoor: Did not compete in a varsity meet.

2022 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the pole vault with a height of 3.43-meters (11' 3") at the WIAC Outdoor Championships (May 6-7)...Logged a second-place finish in the pole vault with a height of 3.52-meters (11' 6.5") at the St. Norbert Quad (April 30)...Took third in the pole vault with a height of 3.31-meters (10' 10.25") at the UW-Platteville Invitational (April 15)...Finished third in the pole vault with a height of 3.43-meters (11' 3") at the UW-Platteville Opener (April 2).

2022 Indoor: Took fifth in the pole vault with a height of 3.42-meters (11' 2.5") at the WIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25-26)...Finished second in the pole vault with a height of 3.49-meters (11' 5.25") at the Big Dawg Invitational (Feb. 5)...Won the pole vault with a height of 3.40-meters at the WIAC Tri (Jan. 22).

2021 Outdoor: Earned top-3 finishes in the pole vault at all meets she competed at…Won the pole vault with a career-best height of 3.73 meters (12’ 2.75”) at the WIAC Indoor Championships (May 7-8)…Took eighth in the javelin throw with a toss of 20.53 meters (67’ 4”) at the UW-Platteville Border Battle (April 30).

2021 Indoor: Won the pole vault with a height of 3.40 meters (11’ 9”) at the Point-Platteville Dual #2 (Feb. 20)…Took second place in the pole vault with a height of 3.53 meters (11’ 7”) at the Point-Lax Dual (Feb. 27).

2020 Indoor: Posted top-5 finishes in the pole vault at all meets she competed at…Won the pole vault at the WIAC Tri (Jan. 25) with a height of 3.57 meters (11’ 8.5”)…Cleared 3.58 meters (11’ 9”), a season-best, in the pole vault at the WIAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) to take fourth.
 
High School: Earned 12 letters, four in track and field, four in wrestling and four in cross country…Holds the school record in the pole vault at 11’3”…Made it to state all four years in the pole vault placing fifth freshman year, 12th sophomore year, sixth junior year and third senior year…Four-time conference champion and a three-time regional and sectional champion in the pole vault.
 
Personal: Undecided major…Parents Brenda and Bruce…Siblings Hannah, James, Johnathan, Allison, Andrew and Seth.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2021Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024Senior

    Pole Vault