2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Bria Welker
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Ridgeley, W.Va.
- High School:
- Frankfort HS
2017-18 (r-Sr.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Did not compete
- Awarded a sixth-year of eligibility for the 2018-19 season by the NCAA
- Did not compete
2016-17 (r-Jr.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 56.55 at the Mason Spring Invitational
- Placed ninth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.28 and finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 25.42 at the Raleigh Relays
- Member of the 4x400-meter relay team, finishing 19th in 4:04.29 at the 49er Classic
- All-Big 12 honors as a member of the distance medley relay team for placing fifth with a time of 11:38.39 at the Big 12 Championship
- Runner-up finish in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in an indoor-career best time of 56.78 at the Marshall Invitational
- Eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash invite with a time of 58.48 at the PSU National Open
2015-16 (r-So.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished 19th in the 400-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 57.24 at the Big 12 Championship
- Took fifth in the 400-meter dash at the Bison Outdoor Classic with a career-best time of 56.61
- Member of the third-place distance medley relay team (11:50.96) at the Penn Relays
- Helped the 4x400 meter relay team place fourth at the Mason Spring Invitational with a time of 4:10.18
- Placed seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 59.52 at the Mason Spring Invitational
- Took 15th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.71 at the Jesse Owens Classic
- Placed 16th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.95 at the Bison Outdoor Classic
- Took 16th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.89 at the Wake Forest Open; also placed 20th in the 200 meters (26.66)
- Finished 33rd in the 400 meters (58.92) at the Stanford Invitational
- Won the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.87 at the High Point Team Challenge
- Took third in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in an indoor career-best time of 58.34 at the Nittany Lion Challenge
- Placed 27th in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 26.34, and placed 11th in the 400 meters (58.50) at the Akron Invite
- Finished 10th in the 500-meter run with a career-best time of 1:17.29 at the PSU National Invitational
2014-15 (So.)
Outdoor Season- Did not compete
- Did not compete
2013-14 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Claimed first in the 400 meters at the WVU Gold-Blue Meet and at the Cal U Early Bird meet
- Posted top-five finishes in the 400 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invitational, the Gator Invitational and the YSU Icebreaker meet
- Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed ninth with a time of 3:56.10 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship
- Won the 400 meters with a time of 57.20 at the Akron Invitational
- Member of the distance medley relay team that placed second (11:45.00) at the PSU National
- Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed first at the WVU Gold-Blue Meet and at the Cal U Early Bird meet
- Ran for coach Amanda Moreland at Frankfort High
- Four-year letterwinner at Frankfort High
- West Virginia state meet record in 200-meter dash (25.15) and 400-meter dash (57.13)
- Helped lead Frankfort to 2013 state championship and runner-up in 2010 and 2012
- Three-time state champion in 200-meter dash in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in 100-meter dash in 2012 and 2013
- Three-time state champion in 400-meter dash in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in the long jump in 2010 and 2012
- Recorded a state championship in the 300-meter hurdles in 2013
- 2010 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year
- Frankfort High record holder for 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, as well as in the long jump and 300-meter hurdles
- Wendy’s High School Heisman winner for Mineral County
- Four-year letterwinner in soccer and holds school record for most goals in a season with 26
- Two-year letterwinner in basketball
- Daughter of Greg and Kimberly Welker
- Birthday is April 18
- Has one sister
- Father played baseball at Frostburg State
- Majoring in physical therapy
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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