2012 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Britton Nelson
- Position:
- Javelin
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Ore.
- High School:
- Canby
2010-11: Outdoors - Redshirt season.
2009-10: Outdoors - Took seventh in the javelin at the Pac-10 Championships with a throw of 215-8/65.74m. Threw a personal best 219-8/66.96m to win the javelin at the Oregon Preview. Helped Oregon sweep the javelin at defeat UCLA in their dual meet with a third place throw of 207-4/63.20m. Concluded season with his second NCAA West Regional appearance, where he threw 200-7/61.15m. Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - Javelin - 219-8/66.96m (PR), Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/20/10).
2008-09: Pac-10 scorer in the javelin. Competed in seven meets. Went 210-9 to win the B section of the Stanford Invitational. Finished third at the Pepsi Team Invitational (208-9) and the UCLA dual meet (208-3). Set personal best with a throw of 214-6 at the Oregon Relays. Scored a pair of points for the Pac-10 Champions with a seventh place toss (204-2) at the league meet. Capped season with his first NCAA West Regional appearance, taking 13th at 200-3. Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - Javelin - 214-6, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/24/09).
2007-08: Threw the javelin in five meets, including four times at Hayward Field. Finished sixth at the Pepsi Team Invite (187-2). Peaked toward the end of the spring with a throw of 193-2 at the Oregon Twilight. Capped year with a season-best effort of 193-10 at the U.S. Junior Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Season Bests: Outdoors - Javelin - 193-10, U.S. Junior Championships, Columbus, Ohio (6/22/08).
Prep: In 2007, ranked second in Oregon state rankings in javelin as a senior (204-5). At end of senior season, was invited to compete in the Golden West Invitational (third, 179-7). 2007 Elden Keller Invitational and Aloha Relays champion. School javelin record holder. Lettered two football seasons at center and linebacker. National Honor Society and honor roll member.
Personal: Sociology major.
Personal Bests
Javelin - 219-8/66.96m,
Oregon Preview,
Eugene, Ore., 3/20/10
NCAA West Regional Track Championships
2010 - Javelin, 24th, 200-7/61.15m
2009 - Javelin, 13th, 200-3/61.04m
Pac-10 Track Championships
2010 - Javelin, 7th, 215-8/65.74m
2009 - Javelin, 7th, 204-2/62.23m
