2020-21 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Nelson, Damien

Damien Nelson
- Event(s):
- Sprints
- Indoor:
- Sophomore
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Great Falls, MT
- High School:
- Charles M. Russell HS
- Major:
- Kinesiology
Bio
Nelson's Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 Season: Earned three all-conference performances at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Claimed a silver medal in the 200 with a time of 21.15 seconds … If it weren’t wind aided it would have been a school record … Placed third in the 100 with a time of 10.64 seconds … First Bobcat since 2012 to earn all-league honors in each event … Member of 4x400 relay that took second and made podium with a time of 3:14.11 … During outdoor season recorded third fastest 100 (10.67) and 10th fastest 200 (21.58) in program history … Also member of 10th fastest 4x100 relay (41.40) … Ran in six outdoor meets over course of year and three indoor meets … Total of six first-place showings individually … Ran the fifth fastest indoor 60 (6.91) in program history in a Jan. 22 dual versus Idaho State ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Freshman): Did not compete in any meets.
Background: Graduated from C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls in 2018 ... Holds Montana's All-Class Boys State record in the 100 with a time of 10.50 seconds that he set as a senior at CMR ... Capped his track and field career for the Rustlers in the spring of 2018 by completing a three-peat at the MHSA AA Track and Field Meet in the 100 with his lifetime best in the event ... Also had a personal best at the state championship of 21.61 in the 200 which earned him a gold medal ... The CMR standout accumulated three gold medals, a silver medal as a junior in the 200 and a bronze as a senior on the Rustlers' 4x100 relay as their anchor leg at the AA State Meet ... Finished first in all but one race he competed in individually as a senior ... Took first in the 100 in all nine races he appeared in as a junior and earned seven fastest showings in the event as a sophomore ... Played nine games as a defensive back in the fall of 2018 for MSU Northern's football team.
2020-21 Season: Earned three all-conference performances at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Claimed a silver medal in the 200 with a time of 21.15 seconds … If it weren’t wind aided it would have been a school record … Placed third in the 100 with a time of 10.64 seconds … First Bobcat since 2012 to earn all-league honors in each event … Member of 4x400 relay that took second and made podium with a time of 3:14.11 … During outdoor season recorded third fastest 100 (10.67) and 10th fastest 200 (21.58) in program history … Also member of 10th fastest 4x100 relay (41.40) … Ran in six outdoor meets over course of year and three indoor meets … Total of six first-place showings individually … Ran the fifth fastest indoor 60 (6.91) in program history in a Jan. 22 dual versus Idaho State ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Indoor (Freshman): Did not compete in any meets.
Background: Graduated from C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls in 2018 ... Holds Montana's All-Class Boys State record in the 100 with a time of 10.50 seconds that he set as a senior at CMR ... Capped his track and field career for the Rustlers in the spring of 2018 by completing a three-peat at the MHSA AA Track and Field Meet in the 100 with his lifetime best in the event ... Also had a personal best at the state championship of 21.61 in the 200 which earned him a gold medal ... The CMR standout accumulated three gold medals, a silver medal as a junior in the 200 and a bronze as a senior on the Rustlers' 4x100 relay as their anchor leg at the AA State Meet ... Finished first in all but one race he competed in individually as a senior ... Took first in the 100 in all nine races he appeared in as a junior and earned seven fastest showings in the event as a sophomore ... Played nine games as a defensive back in the fall of 2018 for MSU Northern's football team.
Big Sky Preview
Friday, February 11
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05