2023 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Aho, Matt Albrecht, Zach Alvarez Gonzalez, Rodrigo Bryant, Sierra Carpenter, Kelly Chavenaud, Remi Costa, Noah Crull, Jack Dalton, Kelsey Danner, Alec Davis, Amiyah de La Piedra Sitjas, Julia Dieterich, Max Donohue, Aidan Erotocritou, Andriana Fuller, Shae Harp, Olivia Henderson, Maya Ivy, Hannah Jansen, Nicola Jones, Mason Kamp, Brandon Koontz, Kyra Lesher, Amelia Lind, Caleb LoStracco, Tiana Maguire, Ashley Martin, Sidney McDaniel, Max McDonnell, Sophia Narbett, Eddie Narciso, Alice Nielsen, Julia Nielsen, Wilma O'Laughlin, Ian Parrish, Charlie Perry, Anna Potgieter, Nadia Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Rice, Brock Rieker, Eli Schieppe, Peyton Schwartz, Tyler Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Smith, Shay Smith, Will Stan, Robert Strauss, Lily Thames, Leah Tineh, Ismail Vaughn, Jada Vreeland, Mickey Watson, George Westcott, Ivan Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Redshirt Sophomore Class Gothenburg, Sweden Hometown LM Engström High School Kevin Gunawan Wilma Nielsen Redshirt Sophomore Class Gothenburg, Sweden Hometown Biography Summary Biography HONORS AND AWARDS USTFCCCA Track & Field All-American: 2021 (Outdoor 800m; Honorable Mention) 2021 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor 1,500m Champion: 2022 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor 800m Champion: 2023 All-Missouri Valley Conference (Cross Country): 2020-21 All-Missouri Valley Conference (Track & Field, 5): 2022 (Outdoor 1500m, Outdoor 800m); 2021 (Indoor 800m, Indoor Mile, Outdoor 800m) All-MVC Honorable Mention (Cross Country): 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier: 2021 (800m) NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier: 2021 (800m) Six-Time MVC Track Athlete of the Week: Jan. 27, 2021; Feb. 3, 2021; April 21, 2021; April 28, 2021; Jan. 25, 2023; Feb. 1, 2023 NCAA First Team All-American: 2022-23 2022 Cross Country Scholar-Athlete ACADEMIC AWARDS USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track & Field): 2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete (Cross Country): 2021, 2021-22 MVC Scholar-Athlete (Track & Field: 2022 MVC Honor Roll: 2021 Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22 MVC Commissioners Academic Excellence Award: 2021-22 CAREER BESTS & RESULTS 2022-23 SEASON Cross Country: At the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship, she placed 23rd in the 6k, clocking in at 20:44.2 for a career-best finish. She also finished in fifth at the MVC Championship in the 6k. Indoor: In NCAA history, she is now second place all-time in the 1000m event with a time of 2:38.95 at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge. At the NCAA Championship, she finished in seventh in the 800m, clocking in at 2:03.34. She placed first in the Missouri Valley Championship in the 800m event. She finished sixth in the 800m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite with a time of 2:02.91, a career-high. At the Larry Wieczorek Invitational she finished third and placed first at the Hawkeye Invite 600m event. After a historic indoor season, she now has first place in the 600m, 800m and 1000m events all-time in Bradley history. 2021-22 SEASON Cross Country: Received honorable mention to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Team • Placed 12th in 21:41.3 at the conference meet in her only appearance of the season. Indoor: Did not compete during the 2022 Indoor season. 2020-21 SEASON Cross Country: Named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Team, placing 10th at her first MVC Championship • Led the Braves at the Lipscomb Winter Classic, finishing seventh overall with a season-best 5K time of 17:40.1. Indoor: Named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year • Collected 16 points at the MVC Championship, finishing as runner-up and earning all-conference honors in the 800m and mile • Set the school record in the 800m run with a time of 2:09.03 at Indiana State • Added the second-best time in BU history in the mile with a mark of 4:47.41 at Northern Iowa • Two-time MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week. Outdoor: Earned honorable-mention All-America honors in the 800m • Became just the third Brave in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championship rounds and the first rookie • Finished as the third-ranked freshmen in the nation overall • Earned her bid with a school-record time of 2:05.16 in the NCAA Quarterfinals – more than a second ahead of the previous standard • Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades in the 800m run after placing third • Added a fourth-place finish at the conference meet in the 4x400 relay, running the anchor leg as Bradley set a school record at 3:46.17 • Also set the school record in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:22.56 at Ole Miss, while posting the third-quickest time in the 400m dash with a mark of 57.50 at Saint Louis • Two-time MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week. International: Earned the bronze medal at the 2021 European U23 Championship, heled in Estonia • Set the Missouri Valley Conference record with a time of 2:02.29 – topping the previous standard of 2:02.67, set by Indiana State’s Alethia Marrero in 2015. HIGH SCHOOL Owns PRs of 58.19 in the 400m, 1:34.64 in the 600m, 2:10.01 in the 800m and 4:31.59 in the 1,500m. PERSONAL Born June 2, 2001 • Daughter of Jimmy and Magdalena Nielsen • Three siblings – Elisabeth, Simon and Julia • Julia is also a member of the cross country/track programs at Bradley • Majoring in business.
