Alicia Nelson enters her second season as a volunteer assistant with the Regis University cross country programs in 2019-20.
Prior to coaching at Regis University, she was a Division II standout at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo. While competing at Adams State, she was a nine-time NCAA Individual National Champion and a two-time NCAA Team National Champion. She holds the NCAA Division II 3,000-meter steeplechase national record with a time of 9 minutes, 54.02 seconds. She is a 15-time NCAA All-American.
Nelson holds personal records of 4:22 for the 1,500, 9:19 for the 3,000, 9:48 for the 3,000 steeplechase, and 16:13 for the 5,000. She has qualified for the USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships on three occasions and represented the United States at the 2015 Pan American Cross Country Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Nelson graduated from Adams State with a degree in fine arts with an emphasis in painting.
