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Illinois State University Athletics

2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Laney Nelson

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Downs, Ill.
  • Highschool Tri-Valley
  • Major Nursing

Biography

  • PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS
  • 2025 Outdoor
    • Set a personal-record mark of 5.38m in the long jump to finish runner-up at the Normal Invite (April 11-12)...Tallied a personal-record triple jump of 11.25m to place sixth at the Senior Spotlight (May 2).
  • 2024 Indoor
    • Started season with fifth-place finish in the triple jump and eighth-place mark in the long jump at the John Coughlan Invite (Dec. 6-7)...Finished fourth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump at the Keck Select (Feb. 7-8)...Took runner-up in the triple jump at the Redbird Tune-Up (Feb. 21)...Placed 19th in the triple jump at the MVC Indoor Track & Fild Championship (March 2-3)...
  • HIGH SCHOOL
    • 2024 Illinois Class 1A Triple Jump State Champion… 2023 Illinois Class 1A Triple Jump State Runner-up… 2024 Illinois Class 1A Long Jump fourth-place finisher
  • PERSONAL
    • Born on May 24, 2006… Daughter of Jen and Jon… Jon played basketball and ran track at Illinois College… Sister to Sydney… Majoring in Nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Jumps