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2024 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Gothenburg, Sweden
    Hometown
  • Sigrid Rudebecks Gymnasium
    High School
Kevin Gunawan
Julia Nielsen
Julia Nielsen
Senior
Class
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
Missouri Valley Conference Indoor 800m Champion: 2021, 2024
Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Mile Champion: 2024
Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor 800m Champion: 2021, 2022
Missouri Valley Conference Indoor DMR Champion: 2021, 2023
Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor 4x400m Relay Champion:  2022
All-Missouri Valley Conference (Track & Field, 9): 2022 (Indoor 800m, Indoor DMR, Outdoor 800m, Outdoor 4x400m Relay); 2021 (Indoor 800m, Indoor DMR, Outdoor 800m), 2024 (Indoor 800, mile)
NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier: 2021 (800m), 2022 (800m)
MVC Indoor Track Most Outstanding Athlete: 2023-24
MVC Indoor Track Most Valuable Athlete: 2023-24
All-MVC Honorable Mention (Cross Country): 2020-21
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track & Field): 2021
MVC Scholar-Athlete (Track & Field): 2022
MVC Honor Roll: 2021
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2): Fall '20, Spring '21

CAREER BESTS & RESULTS


2023-24 SEASON
Cross Country: Did not compete in the 2023 season.

Indoor: Competed in five meets during the indoor season. She finished 1st at the IUPUI Invitational in the 600m and the mile.  In the MVC Championship meet, she finished 1st in the 800m and the mile with times of 2:10.37 and 4:38.79. The 4:38.79 finish in the mile broke the school record and the Missouri Valley Conference record. 


Outdoor: Ran in three outdoor meets where she took 2nd at the Raleigh Relays and the 114th Drake Relays in the 800m. In the Drake Relays 800m, she broke the school record with a time of 2:00.19. 
2022-23 SEASON
Cross Country: Ran in two meets in the season. At the Missouri Valley Championship, she placed 28th in the 6k.

Indoor: Competed in six meets during the indoor season. In the MVC Championship meet, she finished second in the 800m for second all-time in Bradley history. Her DMR placed first to break the school record, clocking in at 11:36.77. She finished fourth at the Hawkeye Invite 600m event and first at the Indiana University Relays with a time of 2:06.81 in the 800m. Her mile time of 4:57.85 at the Iowa Open was a fourth place finish. 

2021-22 SEASON
Cross Country: Ran in four races during her sophomore campaign • Clocked a season-best 6K time of 22:00.6 at the Gans Creek Classic • Finished 21st overall at the MVC Championship.

Indoor: Earned All-MVC as part of a third-place DMR team that posted the second-best time in school history • Took second in the 800m at the MVC Championship, clocking a school-record time of 2:08.68 in the finals


2020-21 SEASON
Cross Country: Received honorable mention to the All-MVC Team, placing 13th at the conference championship.
 
Indoor: Won two titles at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship • Claimed the 800m crown with a PR time of 2:09.16 – the second-best mark in school history • Also a member of the distance medley relay title, running the 1,600m leg as Bradley posted a time of 11:50.80 – the third-best mark in the school’s record book.
 
Outdoor: Won her second-straight title in the 800m at the MVC Championship • Posted a mark of 2:06.17 that set the school’s record and now ranks second • Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the event • Member of the 4x400 relay that finished fourth at the MVC Championship and set the school record with a time of 3:46.17 • Also finished the year with the fourth-best time in the 1,500m (4:23.72) and the sixth-best mark in the 400m (58.17).

HIGH SCHOOL
Placed third at the Swedish National Championship for juniors in the 800m run • Owns PRs of 2:10.38 in the 800m run and 4:27.58 in the 1,500m run.

PERSONAL
Born June 2, 2001 • Daughter of Jimmy and Magdalena Nielsen • Three siblings – Elisabeth, Simon and Wilma • Wilma is  a member of the cross country/track programs at University of Washington • Majoring in engineering.