Andrea Nelson Harrison
Distance #0
Ht
5'
6"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Spokane, 
Washington
Last School
Shadle Park High School
Roster Years
2011-2014


Personal

  • Parents are Doug and Edie Nelson
  • Brother Richard competes for the BYU cross country/track team
  • Loves spending time with her family, doing anything active and was featured in Sports Illustrated and New Era for act of sportsmanship

Before BYU

  • Prepped at Shadle Park High School
  • Named All-District, All-Region and All-State all four years in high school
  • Individual state champion in cross country twice and one-time team state champion
  • Four-year academic letterer
  • Member of National Honor Society

Summary

  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2012)
  • 2013 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
  • 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Indoor Track All-Academic 
  • 2014 USTFCCCA Track and Field All-Academic
  • 2014 USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field All-American Honorable Mention 

Stats

PERSONAL BESTS: 3,000m- 9:43.95; 3,000m steeple- 10:35.88
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2011

Indoor:

  • Began BYU career with a seventh place finish in the 3000m (11:01.33) at the BYU Indoor Invitational
  • Took 17th in the 3000m (10:42.54) at the Snake River Open
  • Ran a season best time of 10:10.25 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational

Outdoor:

  • Placed 2nd in the 3000m steeplechase in 11:43.11 at the UVU Open
Sophmore Year 2012

Indoor: 

  • Began the season with a fourth place finish in the 3000m in 10:26.16 at the Blue and Orange Opener
  • Finished fifth in the 3000m in 10:24.03 at the Cherry and Silver Invitational 
  • Ran a personal best 3000m time of 10:06.66 at the UW Invitational 
  • Cross the line in 36th at the Husky Classic with a 3000m time of 10:07.46 

Outdoor:

  • Finished second in the 3000m steeplechase (10:46.45) during the USC Invitational
  • Finished fourth at the West Coast Invitational in the 3000m steeplechase in 10:56.09
  • Finished fifth in 1500m at the Robison Invitational with a time of 4:44.91
  • Ran a personal best in the steeple chase in 10:43.69 at the Stanford Invitational
  • Competed in the Mt. SAC Relays finishing with a time of 10:56.96
Junior Year 2013

Indoor:

  • Began 2013 with a first-place finish in the 3,000m with a time of 10:13.00 at the Blue and Orange Opener
  • Placed second in the 3,000m with a time of 9:48.74 during the Washington Invitational
  • During the Husky Classic, finished 15th overall in the 3,000m with a time of 9:43.95
  • Concluded the indoor season with a 29th-place finish in the 3,000m with a time of 10:00.47 at the MPSF Indoor Championships

Outdoor:

  • Opened the outdoor season with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m steeplchase with a time of 11:11.27 at the Sun Angel Classic
  • Placed first in her section of the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 10:35.88
Senior Year 2014

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



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    M Track & Field | Mar, 09

    Ward repeats as Athlete of the Year

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    M Track & Field | Mar, 09

    Ward repeats as Athlete of the Year

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    W Track & Field | May, 30

    Martinez and Harrison punch their tickets

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    W Track & Field | May, 30

    Martinez and Harrison punch their tickets

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    W Track & Field | Apr, 17

    Women look for more qualifiers at Mt. SAC

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    W Track & Field | Jan, 09

    2014 Indoor Season Preview

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    W Track & Field | Jan, 09

    2014 Indoor Season Preview

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    M Track & Field | Apr, 12

    43 Named MPSF All-Academic

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    W Track & Field | Apr, 12

    43 Named MPSF All-Academic

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    W Track & Field | Mar, 24

    BYU Competes at the USC Invite

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    W Track & Field | Mar, 24

    BYU Competes at the USC Invite

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    W Track & Field | Jan, 21

    Stewart Sets Unique American Record