Trisa Nickoley
Trisa Nickoley

Player Profile
Hometown:
Tecumseh, Kan.

High School:
Shawnee Heights HS

Event:
Student Assistant

PERSONAL BESTS

as of Friday, June 27, 2008

Cross Country
cc5k 19:35.70 VandyXC '07
cc6k 22:04.00 BradleyXC '07
Indoor
400m 56.93 NebWes '07
y600 1:23.83 B12-MWC '07
800m 2:05.27 ISUCl '08
1000m 2:46.34 B12-MWC '08
4x400 3:47.23 B12 Ind '05
DMR 11:18.62 NCAA-In '05
600m 1:32.99 NoIowa '05
4x800 9:07.69 MU-KU-KSU '05
Outdoor
400m 59.03 MoRel '05
800m 2:04.07 USATF '07
1500m 4:34.50 vsUVA '08
4x400 3:43.88 Big12 '05
DMR 11:14.05 DrakeR '05
4x800 8:40.75 DrakeR '05
y4x440 3:44.75 Big12 '06
SMR 3:57.00 DrakeR '08

POST-SEASON HISTORY

IAAF World Junior Championships
800m Run
2004 PRE 2:09.66
IAAF World Youth Championships
800m Run
2003 PRE 2:09.57
2003 PRE 2:10.19
NCAA Championships
800m Run
2007 JR 2:07.96 15
2007 JR 2:06.21 q
NCAA Indoor Championships
800m Run
2008 SR 2:06.89 q
2008 SR 2:06.69 7
Distance Medley Relay
2005 FR 11:18.62 9
NCAA Mideast Regional
800m Run
2005 FR 2:09.15 12
2006 SO 2:08.79 9
2007 JR 2:05.11 4
2007 JR 2:08.05 q
2008 SR 2:08.86 q
2008 SR 2:17.37 8
NCAA Midwest Region XC Championships
6k CC Run
2006 SO 22:35.00 57
USATF Championships
800m Run
2006 SO 2:06.50 11
2007 JR 2:04.77 q
2007 JR 2:04.07 9
USATF Junior Championships
800m Run
2003 PRE 2:08.60 1
2003 PRE 2:09.53
2004 PRE 2:10.18 3
2005 FR 2:10.87 q
2005 FR 2:11.99 8
USATF Youth Championships
800m Run
2003 PRE 2:08.13 2
Big 12 Championships
800m Run
2005 FR 2:07.51 5
2006 SO 2:07.35 q
2006 JR 2:07.25 3
2007 JR 2:08.75 q
2007 JR 2:08.12 2
2008 2:09.38 q
2008 2:13.33 7
4x400 Relay
2005 FR 3:43.88 7
2007 JR 3:47.88 10
2008 3:45.01 8
4x440yd Relay
2006 SO 3:44.75 8
Big 12 Cross Country Championships
6k CC Run
2006 SO 22:42.00 42
2007 JR 22:58.20 66
Big 12 Indoor Championships
800m Run
2005 FR 2:09.31 1
2006 SO 2:08.08 4
2007 JR 2:08.46 1
2008 SR 2:08.60 1
2008 SR 2:12.31 q
4x400 Relay
2005 FR 3:47.23 9
2006 SO 3:47.43 8
2007 JR 3:54.53 11
2008 SR 3:47.73 9
Distance Medley Relay
2005 FR 11:23.98 1
2006 SO 11:26.91 3
2007 JR 11:39.22 5
2008 SR 11:38.30 6

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Four-time Big 12 Champion (three indoor 800m)
  • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2005, indoor)
  • USATF& NCAA Championship qualifier
  • 14-time All-Big 12
  • World Junior Qualifier (2004)
  • Track & Field News High School All-American
  • 17-time Kansas State High School Champion
  • USATF Junior All-American (2003 & 2004)
  • Academic All-Big 12

IN THE NEWS

Big 12s breathe life into Nickoley
By Joel Erickson of Columbia Daily Tribune written 5/2/2008

Nickoley's college career waning
By Rick Peterson of Topeka Capital-Journal written 4/20/2008

Winning just part of plan for Nickoley
By Joel Erickson of Columbia Daily Tribune written 4/13/2008

Nickoley hopes to clear regional hurdle
By Steve Walentik of Columbia Daily Tribune written 5/23/2007

MU's Nickoley wins another Big 12 indoor 800-meter title
By Staff of Columbia Daily Tribune written 2/25/2007

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2008:
Outdoor: (as of 6/27) USATF Olympic Trials qualifier ... eighth at the NCAA Mideast Regional, seventh in the Big 12 Championships at 800 meters. Indoor: Earned All-America honors with a seventh-place showing at the NCAA Indoor Championship ... won her third Big 12 800-meter title, holding off Texas' Facey, becoming the league's first three-time winner in the event and the first Tiger female to win a single event three times at a conference indoor meet ... ran an indoor titles this season.

2007:
Cross Country: Had her best race of the season at the Roy Griak Invitational where she finished sixth among Tiger runners at 23:38 ... also set a personal record at the Bradley Classic where she ran 22:04 in the 6K race ... finished in the top half of the field at the Big 12 Championships. Outdoor: USATF and NCAA Championship qualifier at 800 meters ... in second U.S. Championships, clocked a phenominal PR of 2:04.07 in the semifinal to place ninth overall ... Qualified for first NCAA Outdoor Championships and placed 15th in the 800 after automatically qualifying, running fourth at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Columbia with a 2:05.11 clocking ... regional qualifier at 800 meters for third- consecutive season ... opened season with a 2:05.37 season-best clocking at the distance at the Arizona State Invitational ... winner of the Tom Botts Invitational 800m ... ran anchor on fourth-place Drake Relays 4x800 team. Indoor: Won Big 12 800-meter championship for second time in her career (2:08.46), becoming a three-time overall Big 12 Champion ... ran an indoor career-best at 800m at the Iowa State Classic, clocking 2:06.54 ... also earned All-Big 12 honors in the DMR for third-consecutive year as team placed fifth ... winner of the Missouri Invite 800-meter run ... winner of Nebraska Wesleyan Invite 400-meter dash, running by herself in clocking a top-10 time at Mizzou at the distance (56.93) ... winner of 600-yard run at Big 12-MWC Challenge with career best (1:23.83).

2006:
Outdoor: Qualified for USATF Championships with huge personal-best run of 2:05.03 at the Music City Distance Carnival at 800 meters ... placed 11th at the USATF Championships with impressive 2:06.50 clocking ... placed third at the Big 12 Championships at 800 (2:07.25) ... winner of 800 at Arizona State Invite and Cardinal Invite ... on third-place 4x800 team and fourth-place DMR team at Drake Relays. Indoor: Scored three times at the Big 12 Indoor with a fourth-place showing at 800 meters, as part of the third-place distance medley relay team, and as part of eighth-place 4x400 team ... improved indoor personal best to 2:07.36 at Cyclone Qualifier ... winner at 800 meters at MU-KU-KSU Triangular for second-consecutive year.

2005:
Outdoor: On runner-up distance medley relay and fourth-place 4x800-meter relay teams at the Drake Relays ... qualified for the NCAA Regionals at 800 meters, placing 12th ... twice earned all-Big 12 honors with fifth-place run at 800 meters (2:07.51) and the 4x400-meter relay. Indoor: Named Big 12 Freshman of the Year after Big 12 titles as part of the distance medley relay team and an individual title in the 800-meter (2:09.31) ... part of the NCAA Championship qualified DMR team, running 800-meter leg ... captured three individual event titles with wins in the 600-meter run at the Northern Iowa Invite (1:32.99), 800m at MU-KU-KSU Triangular ... NCAA provisional qualifier in the 800 meters with season-best time of 2:07.45 ... other season bests: 600yd, 1:24.31, MoInv.

2004:
Cross Country: Redshirt season.

High School:
Recorded the third-best time in the nation by a high schooler in 2004 in the 800 (2:06.67), also a Kansas High School all-time best ... in 2004, earned a spot on Team USA for the IAAF World Junior Championships that traveled to Grosetto, Italy after finishing third in the 800 meters at the USATF Junior National Championships ... also named Track & Field News High School All-American late in 2004 ... in 2003, was on Team USA for the World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada ... in 2002, set a new USA Track & Field Intermediate (15-16) Girls Record in the 800m (2:08.94) ... at Shawnee Height HS, was a four-time state cross country champion ... 13-time state track and field champion (400m, 800m, 1600m, 2002-4x400) ... H.S. track coach: Brad Nicks, cross country coach: Fred Weins ... other high school PRs: 400m, 56.1; 1600m, 5:04.7.

Personal:
Daughter of Robert & Sheri Nickoley ... majoring in exercise science & nutrition ... wants to become a personal trainer ... born January 9, 1986 in Topeka, Kan.