CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- 6x Academic All-Big Sky (2x cross country; 1x indoors; 3x outdoors)

All-time PSU Rankings:

Indoor:

- Ranks 5th all-time in the 1,000m - 3:00.03 - UW Preview (1/17/25)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 14:26.7 - Gator Cross (9/14/24)
5,000m - 18:19.71 - Lewis & Clark Opener (8/29/25)
6,000m - 22:10.5 - Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14/23)

Indoor:

800m - 2:19.94 - UW Invitational (2/1/25)
1,000m - 3:00.03 - UW Preview (1/17/25)
Mile - 5:10.86 - UW Invitational (2/1/25)

Outdoor:

800m - 2:19.64 - OSU High Performance Meet (5/3/25)
1,500m - 4:44.92 - Pac-12 Open (5/10/25)
5,000m - 18:18.57 - L&C Larry Byerly Invitational (4/19/25)
 

2025 CROSS COUNTRY

Shaved nearly a minute off her personal best in the cross country 5k while placing 13th overall in 18:19.71 at the Lewis & Clark Opener (8/29).
 

2025 OUTDOOR

Shaved a second off her personal best in the 1,500 meters with a finish in 4:44.92 at the Pac-12 Open (5/10)...Cracked 2:20 in the 800 for the first time outdoors with a personal best of 2:19.64 at the OSU High Performance Meet (5/2-3)...Set personal bests in the 1,500 (4:45.83) and 5,000 (18:18.57) meters at the L&C Larry Byerly Invitational (4/18-19)...Shaved two seconds off her outdoor best in the 800 meters with a finish in 2:21.46 at the John Knight Twilight (4/11-12)...Set a new personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Preview (3/21-22), finishing in 4:47.17...Ran the 800 (2:24.60) and 1,500 (4:48.17) meters at the L&C Electric Forest Opener (3/8).
 

2025 INDOOR

Set personal bests in the 800 meters (2:19.94) and mile (5:10.86) at the UW Invitational (2/1)...Shaved two seconds off her personal best in the mile with her finish in 5:17.38 at the Portland Indoor 1 (1/26)...Moved up to fifth all-time in the 1,000 meters while shaving four seconds off her previous best with her finish in 3:00.03 at the UW Preview (1/17)...Won the 800 meters at the Spokane Invitational (12/14), finishing in 2:24.02...Also ran the mile in 5:19.48 at the Spokane Invite...Moved up to eighth all-time in the 1k while finishing in 3:04.18 at the PSU vs. UP Dual Meet (11/25).
 

2024 CROSS COUNTRY

Ran as the Vikings' third runner at the NCAA West Regional (11/15), finishing the 6k 227th overall in 23:12.2...Finished 71st overall as the Vikings' third runner at the Big Sky Championships (11/1), running the 5k in 19:59.1...Placed third in the Vikings' lineup at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (10/11), finishing 141st overall while running the 6k in 23:26.3...Nearly set a top 10 mark in the 4k at the Gator Cross (9/14), finishing in 14:26.7 to place 36th overall and third in the Vikings' lineup...Placed 27th overall as the Vikings' fourth runner at the Linfield Harrier Classic (8/31), running the 4k in 15:27.63.
 

2024 OUTDOOR

Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:53.62 at the Portland Twilight (5/4)...Set seasonal bests in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/26-27), finishing in 2:23.39 and 4:52.83, respectively...Doubled in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the L&C Larry Byerly Invitational (4/13), finishing in 2:24.97 and 4:58.04, respectively...Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational (4/6), finishing in 5:01.19...Shaved close to 18 seconds off her season-opening time in the 1,500 meters, finishing in 4:57.86 at the Oregon Preview (3/23)...Saw her first action since the fall cross country season while running the 1,500 meters in 5:15.59 at the Electric Forest Collegiate Open (3/16).
 

2023 CROSS COUNTRY

Placed 226th overall as the Vikings' fourth runner at the NCAA West Regional (11/10), running the 6k in 23:23.2...Finished fifth in the Vikings' lineup and 70th overall at the Big Sky Championships (10/27), running the 5k in 20:03.5...Shaved 82 seconds off her personal best in the 6k while finishing 103rd overall in 22:10.5 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14)...Finished 120th overall while running her first 5k of the season in 20:08.0 at the Charles Bowles Invitational (9/30)...Placed 25th overall while running the 6k in 23:32.8 at the Oak Knoll Loop Run (9/16), where the Vikings won the team race by a single point...Finished fourth in the Vikings' lineup while placing 39th overall at the season-opening Linfield Harrier Classic (9/1), running the 4k in 15:15.6.
 

2023 OUTDOOR

Came within a few tenths of a second of his personal best in the 800 meters while finishing in 2:23.48 at the Portland Distance Carnival (5/12-13)...Also ran her first outdoor 5k as a Viking at the Portland Distance Carnival, finishing in 19:26.17...Shaved a second off her 1,500-meter personal best while finishing in 4:47.60 at the Portland Twilight (5/5)...Set a new personal best in the 800 meters at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/28-29), finishing in 2:23.35...Also ran the 1,500 meters at the OSU meet, finishing in 4:51.28...Ran her first 1,500-meter race as a Viking at the Larry Byerly L&C Invite (4/14-15), finishing in 4:48.60...Ran the 800 (2:27.37) and a leg of one of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay teams (4:18.50) at the Pacific Open (4/1)...Made her Viking debut at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/17-18), running the 800 meters in 2:25.44...Also part of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay team that won the event in 4:12.32.
 

CENTRAL KITSAP HIGH SCHOOL

Helped lead her cross country team to a second-place finish at the 2021 3A WIAA State meet as a senior…Placed 51st individually at the state meet as a senior…Helped lead her team to a fourth-place finish at the 2019 3A WIAA State meet as a sophomore…Lettered in cross country and track & field during all four years of high school…Also ran for the Kitsap Fliers club team. 
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS

Daughter of Amber and Allan Nichols…Has a sister, Maya Nichols, who runs cross country and track & field at Washington State University…Distinguished Scholar Award recipient (2022)…President’s Award for Educational Excellence (2022)…Lists choir, traveling, hiking and swimming as hobbies/interests…Plans on majoring in psychology with the hopes of going on to earn a master’s degree in the field.