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Nicole Montgomery - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Nicole Montgomery

Position Middle Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School Lewis-Palmer HS
Position Middle Distance

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2019 Indoor Second Team All-America (Distance Medley Relay)
Indoor School Record (Distance Medley Relay) – 10:58.31
Texas Tech Open Meet Record (4×400 Relay) 3:38.31 – 2/1/19-2/2/19
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Outdoor School Record (Sprint Medley Relay) – 3:51.17
2018 Indoor Second Team All-America (4×400 Relay)
2018 Indoor Second Team All-America (DMR)
2018 Indoor Big 12 Champion (4×400 Relay)
Indoor School Record (Distance Medley Relay) – 11:01.19
Big 12 Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week – 1/17/18
2017 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2017 Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (4×400 Relay)
2017 Indoor First Team All-America (Distance Medley Relay)

 

2019 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Posted a third place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:10.63 and was a member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:35.79 at the Battle on the Bayou (4/6) … Won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:10.39 and was a member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:39.59 at the 92nd Kansas Relays (4/17-20).

2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Opened the season with a win in the 600-yard run, clocking in at 1:20.96 and helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a third-place finish with a combined time of 3:49.87 at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30) … Finished second in the 600-yard run at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) clocking in with a time of 1:22.46 and helped the mixed 4×400-meter relay to a first place finish with a combined time of 3:29.57 … A member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:46.42 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) … Recorded a second place finish in the 800-meter run, clocking in with a time of 2:08.79 to become the No. 6 performer in KU history and was a member of the first-place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a meet record setting time of 3:38.31 at the Texas Tech Open (2/1-2/2) … Ran a new personal-best time in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:08.59 at the ISU Classic (2/8-2/9) … A member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:37.51 and a member of the distance medley relay team that finished third with a combined time of 10:58.31, posting the school record and the No. 7 time in the NCAA this season at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/16) … Posted a third place finish in the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23), clocking in with a personal-best time of 1:20.44 for the No. 3 performance in KU history … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed 11th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9).

2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Member of the school record-breaking sprint medley relay team at the Texas Relays (3/28-31) that finished sixth overall with a time of 3:51.17 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished fifth in the Sanya Richards-Ross University Invitational section with a time of 3:36.82 … Finished eighth in the open section of the 400-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a time of 54.58 seconds and was a member of the 4×400 relay team that placed first with a time of 3:33.83 … Won the quadrangular section of the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.11 at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) to become the No. 9 performer in the event in KU history and was a member of the winning 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:38.56 … Member of the seventh-place 4×400 relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:35.46 at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) … Became the No. 4 performer in KU history in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.18 in the final to place fourth at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) and helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish … Finished 36th in the first round of the 800-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a time of 2:10.70 and was a member of the 13th-place 4×400-meter relay team that fininshed with a combined time of 3:37.07.

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Won the 600-yard run at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 1:21.26 and finished first as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team with a time of 3:44.49 … Set a meet record at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) in the 600 yards with a time of 1:20.62 … Finished first in the 400-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a time of 54.78 seconds and helped the 4×400-meter relay team set an Anschutz Pavilion facility record with a time of 3:41.75 … Notched a fifth-place finish in the 400 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) with a time of 54.14 and helped the 4×400-meter relay team finish third with a time of 3:38.37 … Helped break the KU women’s indoor distance medley relay record at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17), where the team clocked a time of 11:01.19 and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that recorded the third-fastest time in school history at 3:33.53 … Helped the 4×400 relay team to a conference championship at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a time of 3:35.89 and finished seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 53.82 seconds … Earned a pair of Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championship (3/9-10), finishing ninth as a member of the distance medley relay team and 15th as a member of the 4×400 relay team.

2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Member of the second place 4×100-meter relay team at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) that clocked in at 44.73 … Also placed third as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 3:38.46 … Clocked a career-best 400-meter dash time of 53.68 at the Sun Angel Classic … Notched a first-place finish as a member of the 4×400 relay team at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) with a time of 3:39.66 … Finished third in the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays … Member of the first place 4×100 and 4×400-meter relay teams at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) … Finished third in the 200-meter dash at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/6) with a wind-aided time of 24.37 seconds … Finished eighth overall at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-14) in the 400 meters with a time of 55.09 in the finals … Qualified for the 400 meter finals with a time of 53.78 at the conference meet … Finished fifth as a member of the 4×400 relay team with a time of 3:35.45 at the Big 12 Championship … Qualified for the NCAA Championships as a member of the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams, finishing ninth in both events at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/25-27) … Finished 17th as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10) and 18th as part of the 4×400 relay team to earn All-America Honorable Mention status.

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Finished first as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 3:42.89 … Also finished second in the 200-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 24.78 … Took first as part of the 4×400 relay team at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a time of 3:48.51 … Clocked a time of 1:22.33 in the 600-yard run to take first at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/12) … Finished first as a member of the 4×400 relay team at the Triangular with a time of 3:45.07 … Clocked a career-best time of 24.70 in the 200-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) … Finished second as part of the 4×400 relay team at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) and notched a fourth-place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 54.70 … Helped set the school record in the distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational, with the team clocking a time of 11:01.85 … Finished first at the Alex Wilson Invite as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team with a time of 3:36.13 … Recorded a career-best performance in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-25) with a time of 53.40 in the finals to finish fifth … Placed third at Big 12s as a member of the 4×400 relay team … Placed seventh to earn First Team All-America Honors as a member of the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/10-11) with a time of 11:05.35.

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Claimed sixth in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a personal-best time of 54.10 seconds … Member of the 4×100-meter relay team which took 14th at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/28) … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a third-place finish with a time of 44.97 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a bronze finish at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship after a collective time of 3:36.80 … Won the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 54.66 … Took the 400-meter title at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) with a time of 54.18 … Runner-up in the 400 meters after completing the loop in 54.17 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Helped the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team to a fourth-place finish in 3:55.98 at the Nike Texas Relays (4/2) … Member of the winning 4×100-meter relay team that took third with a time of 46.62 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a silver finish at the Rock Chalk Classic after a time of 3:37.30.

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Took fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 54.71 seconds at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship with a collective time of 3:39.20 … Won the 400 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) after clocking a time of 56.06 … Personal-best 600-yard time of 1:20.86 came at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15), good enough to claim the title … Placed third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.84 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) … Member of the victorious 4×400-meter relay team which won in 3:44.69 at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Won the 600 yards at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 1:23.05 … Finished sixth at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) with a 400-meter time of 54.43 … Placed sixth in the 200 meters at the Husker Invitational (2/6) after clocking a time of 25.05.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterwinner for head coach Nancy Pellow at Lewis Palmer HS in Monument, Colorado … Named the Colorado 4A Female Track Athlete of the Year in 2015 … Combined to win six state titles in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters … Eight-time Pikes Peak Athletic Conference champion in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters … Also a member of the two-time state champion sprint medley relay team in 2013 and 2015 … Career best in the 400 meters came en route to her third-straight state title in the event, clocking in with a time of 52.95 seconds for the fastest time in the state that year … Won back-to-back state titles in the 200 meters with the 2014 championship coming on her career-best clocking of 24.02 and the 2015 title with a time of 24.14 … Posted a personal-record time of 12.16 to win her first state championship in the 100 meters at the 2015 Colorado State meet …  Won the 400 meters at the 2013 USATF Youth Championships with her time of 56.21.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Tony Montgomery and Ramona Sisco … Has a younger brother, Justin … Both parents were members of the military … Majoring in sport management.