Cory Nicholls

Position:
Mid-Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Powder Springs, Ga.
High School:
McEachern

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITOR • 3-TIME NCAA PRELIMINARY ROUND QUALIFIER • ACC CHAMPION • 4-TIME ALL-ACC

Personal Records

400m (I) = 49.86 • 400m (O) – 47.99 • 600m - 1:21.48 • 800m (I) - 1:49.51 • 800m (O) - 1:49.15 • Mile - 4:28.64

2016-17: Did not compete during the outdoor season • Finished 27th in the 800 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championship and ran a leg of the 4x400 that took second, earning second-team All-ACC honors • Ran a leg of the 4x400 at the Clemson Tiger Paw Indoor that took third in 3:09.29, the fifth-fastest time in UNC history • Helped the 4x400 to a victory in the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup.

2015-16: Ran in the men's 4x400 that finished 22nd at the Division I NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship and 11th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round • Ran a leg of the men's 4x400 that took first at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earning first-team All-ACC honors • Ran 46.69 anchor split in the 4x400 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, helping the relay take second and earn second-team All-ACC honors • Also finished 33rd in the 800 at the indoor conference meet • Helped the 4x400 to a first-place finish in the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup.

2014-15: Competed in the 4x400 that finished 23rd at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and ninth in the NCAA East Preliminary Round • Finished 41st in the 800 at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships • Earned first-team All-ACC honors for finishing second in the 800 and ran a leg of the DMR that took 10th at the indoor conference meet • Helped the DMR team take first at the Doc Hale VT Elite • Took first in the 4x400 at the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup.

2013-14: Finished 29th in the 800 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round with a personal best 1:49.15 • Took fifth in the 800 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, earning second-team All-ACC honors • Won the Raleigh Relays 800 and helped the 4x400 win the Carolina Relays • Finished 25th in the 800 at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships • Win the 600 at the Joe Hilton Invitational.

Prep: Ranked No.1 in the 800 in Georgia • 2013 Cobb county champion in the 800 • Regional champion • Also played soccer and ran cross country.

Personal: Cory Justin Nicholls is the son of Rhonda Nicholls • Born July 1.