2022 Outdoor Track Roster

Jaylin Nelson

  • Position Short Sprints / Long Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hyattsville, Maryland
  • Highschool Suitland H.S.

Biography

Personal Records
Mark Date Event
Cross Country
Indoor Track
60 7.39 1/28/22 Eastern Shore Invite
200 23.00 1/11/20 Great Dane Classic
400 50.41 2/8/20 South Carolina Invitational
Outdoor Track
100 11.78 4/6/22 Delaware State Invite
200 22.73 4/23/19 Delaware State University Hornet Invite
400 50.19 4/16/22 Norfolk State Invitational

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Part of second place 4x400 team at the Delaware State Invitational ... 

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Placed third in the 60m at the HBCU Showcase ... Part of second place 4x400 team at the Eastern Shore Invite ...

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ...

2020-21 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ...

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ... 

2019-20 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Part of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Cappy Anderson Invite and the Eastern Shore Multies & Combined meet ... Part of third-place 4x400 relay team at the HBCU Invite ... Finished third in the 400 at the Monmouth University Winter Collegiate Invitational ... 

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Won the Coach's Award at the end-of-year Harry's Awards ...

2018-19 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Part of the 4x400 relay team that finished eighth at the MEAC Indoor Championships ... Part od second-place 4x200 relay team at the Eastern Shore Multies & Combined ... 

High School: Competed in basketball and track & field for the Suitland Rams … 4A state champion in the 4x400 relay and 4A runner up in the 4x200 relay … On the honor roll in 2015-2017 ...

Personal: Born on June 5, 2000 … Son of Lashawn and Christopher Nelson … Has a sister, Jazmin … Computer science major at Maryland Eastern Shore … Jogs, stretches, performs drills, and says a prayer prior to competing … best personal sports moment was achieving All-American status following a fifth-place showing in the sprint medley relay … Lists his father as his biggest influence because he pushes him beyond his limits and makes sure he succeeds in everything he does … Best non-athletic accomplishment is graduating from high school and possessing a barber’s license … Wants to pursue a computer science career and possibly open a barber shop after graduating college … Favorite quote is “Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard” by Kevin Durant … Hobbies include cutting hair, playing video games, and discovering new music … Favorite book in One Last Shot by Mitchell Krugel … Favorite movie is Love Don’t Cost A Thing … Wants to compete in a MEAC championship and run under 11 seconds in the 100 and under 50 seconds in the 400 while in college ...

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

    Short Sprints / Long Sprints