Cross Country

2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets … Had pair of third-place finishes in the 1,500 (4:22.37) and 4x400 (3:45.56) in dual meet against Denison (April 12) … Went a collegiate-best 35:02.14 in the 10K at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Also logged a collegiate best of 10:54.23 in the 3K steeplechase at Kenyon Invitational (April 22).

2023 Indoor: Collected All-Ohio honors as part of Wooster’s runner-up DMR (10:43.01) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 11) … Ran leg of Wooster’s fifth-place DMR (10:42.32) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Won mile in 4:39.18 at Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 4) … Part of two winning relay teams: DMR at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 21) and 4x400 at the Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) … Ran in finals of both NCAC Championships and All-Ohio Championships … Overall, competed in six meets.

2022 Cross Country: Put together a stellar sophomore campaign, which included three top-10 overall finishes … Third-team All-NCAC performer with 19th-place time of 27:41.1 at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 29) … Finished fourth at the Wooster Twilight 5k Challenge (Nov. 4) with a career-best time of 15:51.1 at that length … Took eighth against Denison (Sept. 22) in a 5k time of 17:41.6 and 10th at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 1) in 28:50.1 … Top harrier for the Scots at the Wittenberg Invitational (Sept. 10), placing 15th overall in a time of 27:04.6 … Narrowly missed All-Ohio honors with a 21st-place finish at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 16) … Ran a top championship-length time of 26:22.7 at that event.

2022 Outdoor: Scorer for the Scots at All-Ohio Championships (April 16) with seventh-place time of 15:58.74 in the 5K … Competed in the 800 (2:06.91) and 1500 (4:13.75) at the NCAC Championships, with 1500 time marking season-best and ranking 17th in the conference … Competed in eight meets … Season-best 5K time of 15:53.74 came at season-opening Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19).

2022 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s sixth-place DMR (10:38.93) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) and also competed in the 3K with 24th-place time of 9:21.80 … Logged season-best 3K time of 8:55.09 at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) with time ranking 11th in conference … Competed in seven meets and had a quartet of first-place finishes with three coming on 4x400 … Opened indoor slate as part of Scots’ winning 4x400 (3:42.43) at Wooster Quad (Jan. 15).

2021 Cross Country: One of Wooster’s top harriers, evidenced by ranking second on the team at conference and regionals … Capped rookie year with season-best time of 27:25.6 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) … Placed 130th at regionals, which was in the top half of the field … Crossed 42nd at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) with time of 27:58.7 … Placed in the top-10 at Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2) with time of 29:48.7, as Scots won first traditional meet since 2014 … Went 28:35.8 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17) and 28:54.8 at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11), with both meets spanning championship-length courses.

Prior to Wooster: Part of two state qualifying teams and two district championship squads at Grove City High School … Placed fourth in the PIAA 4x800 … Prepped for Ben English.

Personal: Born March 5, 2003 … Parents are Steven and Constance Nichols … Chemistry major … Volunteer with College’s Aspire Program.