WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Chelsea Carrier-Eades is one of the most decorated track & field athletes in school history, earning eight All-America honors from 2008-12.
In 2010, the Buckhannon, West Virginia, native earned her first and second All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Her first came after a fourth-place showing in the pentathlon, finishing with 4,133 total points. Later in the day, Carrier-Eades earned her second with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.29).
That year, she was named the Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after earning two Big East champion honors and breaking the school record in the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge with 4,136 points, eclipsing the school record previously set by All-American and WVU Sports Hall of Famer Pat Itanyi (4,111).
In 2011, Carrier-Eades earned first team All-America honors in the heptathlon after placing third with 5,761 points and third team All-America honors in the 100-meter hurdles after placing 19th in 13.56 seconds. Once again, Carrier-Eades was named the Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after winning three individual Big East titles in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
During the indoor season, Carrier-Eades earned All-America honors in the 60-meter hurdles with a fourth-place finish in 8.08 seconds, besting her personal best of 8.15 seconds. She notched another All-America award in the pentathlon with a fifth-place finish, scoring 4,128 points.
Her junior campaign saw her break school records in the 60-meter hurdles, pentathlon, 100-meter hurdles and the heptathlon. She also participated in the USA Track and Field Championships, finishing 16th in the semifinals round in a time of 13.04 seconds.
In 2012, she notched All-America awards in the heptathlon and the 100-meter hurdles. Carrier-Eades placed third in the heptathlon with 5,839 points and seventh in the hurdles in 13.31. She ran a career and school-best 12.78 in the 100-meter hurdles during the semifinals at NCAAs and won the heptathlon for a second consecutive year at the Texas Relays.
Carrier-Eades still holds WVU school records in the 60-meter hurdles (8.08, 2011), pentathlon (4,170, 2011), 100-meter hurdles (12.78, 2012) and heptathlon (5,927, 2011).
In all, Carrier-Eades was an 11-time NCAA individual qualifier and a 10-time Big East champion.
Outside of WVU, Carrier represented Team USA at the Thorpe Cup in Germany and finished third in the heptathlon and competed in the USA Olympic Trails and numerous professional events.
In high school, Carrier-Eades won 11 state championships in track, was a two-time Gatorade Athlete of the Year and multiple winning of the Ray McCoy Awards, given annually to the top amateur track & field athlete in West Virginia. She was inducted into the Buckhannon-Upshur Hall of Fame.
Carrier-Eades received her bachelor’s degree from WVU in child development and family studies with a certification in special education.
She married her high school sweetheart, Wesley Eades, and they have four children, Tristan (7), Brecken (5), Nolan (3) and Evie (1). After retiring from her professional track & field career in 2016, she became a certified personal trainer/group instructor and currently works from home with a new wellness business while raising her children.
