Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

CAREER ACCOLADES & RECORDS:

• Owns the third-fastest 6K time in school history (22:22.7 - 2023 NCAA South Region Championships)
• Owns the fifth-fastest 5K time in school history (18:50.1 - 2023 GSC South Region Championships)
• Owns the seventh-fastest 5K time in school history (19:12.40 - 2022 UAH Chargers Invite)
• Owns the eighth-fastest 5K time in school history (19:12.70 - 2022 GSC Championships)
• Owns the 10th-fastest 6K time in school history (23:34 - 2022 NCAA South Region Championships)
• Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition (2022)

2023: Helped lead AUM to its second consecutive Top-5 team finish at the GSC Championships…part of a squad that made two appearances in USTFCCCA’s weekly South Region rankings…also helped lead AUM to its highest-ever finish at the NCAA South Region Championships (11th)…ran in all six races of the season for AUM…posted the fastest 4K (16:06.7.16 - JSU Foothills Invite), 5K (18:50.1 - GSC Championships), and 6K (22:22.7 - NCAA South Region Championships) times of her collegiate career…ran the third-fastest 6K time in school history at the 2023 South Region Championships…also ran the fifth-fastest 5K time in school history at the 2023 GSC Championships...was AUM's top finisher at the GSC Championships (22nd overall) and the South Region Championships (41st overall).

2022: Ran all seven races for the Warhawks and helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the GSC Championships, the highest-ever finish for the squad since becoming an NCAA Division II member...earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors...named to the GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll...raced a 19:12.7 at the GSC Championships to finish 17th place and earn Second Team All-GSC honors...owns the distinction of being the AUM women's runner in the NCAA Division II era to earn All-GSC honors...raced her fasted 5K time at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Division II Festival Year Showcase...posted a 61st-place finish at the NCAA South Region Championships with a 6K time of 23:34.

PREP: Ran for coach Chris Bashaw at Guntersville High School...lettered in cross country all four years of high school...was an All-State honoree and also a member of the National Honor Society...member of the Guntersville All-State Championship team...posted personal-best times of 20:02 in the 5K, and 5:45 in the mile.

PERSONAL: Kenlie Jade Nelson...daughter of Robert and Sam Hargraves...has one brother and one sister...majoring in Kinesiology...also an intern at the Child Advocacy Center.