2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Mae Nelson
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fairfax, Va.
- High School:
- Fairfax High School
2023-24 (Fr.)
Indoor Season- Ran for a season best time of 27.18 seconds in the 200 meters at the Nittany Lion Challenge
- Collected a career best finish in the 400 meters at the YSU Collegiate Invitational with a time of 1:00.95
- Finished with a time of 1:43.44 in the 600 meters at the Penn State National Open
- Finished with a time of 27.74 seconds in the 200 meters at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational
- Claimed sixth place in the 400 meters at the WVU Last Chance Meet
High School
- Ran at Fairfax High School for coach Marcus Odell
- Holds the record for the 4x400 meters relay and the 4x200 meters relay at Fairfax High School
- Was honored with the All-Fairfax Athlete award her senior year
- Claimed the gold medal in the 4x100 meters at the District Championships
- Placed the third in the 500 meters at the Regional Championships
- Finished seventh at the State Championship in the 500 meters
Personal
- Daughter of Bruce and Stacey Nelson
- Has one sister
- Birthday is May 9
- Majoring in animal and nutritional sciences
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
T&F: DMR Team Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Saturday, March 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Haley Jackson
Monday, May 16
