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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2015 Track and Field Roster

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Cole Nixon

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Sherwood HS
  • Hometown Sherwood, Ore.

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Outdoor:

- Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that ranks eighth all-time at Portland State - 3:18.49 - Big Sky Championships (5/16/15)
- Academic All-Big Sky (2015)

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor:
200m - 22.97 - Lobo Collegiate Invitational (1/24/15)
400m - 50.90 - Lobo Collegiate Invitational (1/24/15)
Outdoor:
100m - 11.96 - John Knight Twilight (4/10/15)
200m - 23.64 - John Knight Twilight (4/10/15)
400m - 50.03 - Prep (PSU Best: 50.66)
Triple Jump - 41-07.00 (12.67m) - Big Sky Championships (5/16/15)
 
2015 OUTDOOR:
Competed in the triple jump and 4x400-meter relay at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/13-16)...Set a near-seven-inch personal best in the triple jump at the Big Sky meet, finishing with a mark of 41-07.00 (12.67m)...Scored for the Vikings as part of the 4x400-meter relay team's eighth-place finish at the Big Sky meet...Competed in the 100, 200 and 400 meters in addition to the triple jump during the majority of the season...Set new personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters at the John Knight Twilight (4/10), finishing in 11.96 and 23.64 seconds, respectively...Set a seasonal best in the 400 meters at the Oregon Relays (4/17), finishing in 50.66 seconds.

2015 INDOOR:
Ran the 400 meters at three different meets during the season, finishing in a seasonal-best 50.90 seconds at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational (1/24)...Also competed in the 200 meters at two different meets, finishing in a seasonal-best 22.97 seconds at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational (1/24).

SHERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:
Part of a state championship-winning 4x400-meter relay team as a junior in 2013…Also played football in high school and won a state title with his team in 2012.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Son of Richard and Tracy Nixon…Has a brother, Luka Nixon…Lists art, hiking and rock climbing as hobbies/interests…Hopes to become a radiologist…Plans on majoring in biomedical physics.
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