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2022 Track & Field Roster

Tim Nelson

Briahna Gerlach

  • Position
    Distances
  • Height
    5-8
  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Glenallen HS
  • Hometown
    Gakona, Alaska

Biography


TFFRS Page
 

Junior
2020 Outdoor Track and Field

• 3K steeplechase champion at Hardin-Simmons Cowboys Invitational with time of 11:19.36.

2020 Indoor Track and Field
• Southland Conference Athlete of the Week on Feb. 5
• Scored points in the 3K and 5K races with respective fourth and fifth-place times of 9:58.90 and 17:16.39 (PR)
• Winner of the Texas Tech mile with a PR of 4:58.74 
• 3K runner-up at the Texas A&M Ted Nelson Invitational with PR of 9:53.10

2019 Cross Country
• NCAA South Central All-Region Honoree with 19th-place time of 21:37.2
• First Team All-Southland Conference with fourth-place mark of 21:07.0
• USTFCCA All-Academic
• First Team Southland Conference All-Academic
• Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Southland Conference Athlete of the Week on Sept. 24 following seventh-place showing at 5K Texas Tech Open
• Winner of 4K ACU Naimadu Classic (14:10.4)
• Recorded back-to-back 5K and 6K PRs of 17:27.3 and 21:02.5 at Chile Pepper and Arturo Barrios
 

Sophomore 
2019 Outdoor Track and Field

• Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Sixth-place finisher in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the league's championship meet (11:26.37)
• Recorded a steeplechase PR of 11:09.42 to win race at ACU's Oliver Jackson Open
• Set 1500m and 5K PRs of 4:37.57 and 17:22.36 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Steeplechase runner-up at North Texas and Baylor

2019 Indoor Track and Field
• Second Team All-Southland Conference in the mile (PR – 4:59.65)
• Posted a PR of 10:04.30 to place fifth in the 3K at the Gorilla Classic

2018 Cross Country
• Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Southland Conference and NCAA South Central Regional competitor
• Finished as high as seventh place in 6K races hosted by ACU and UIW
 

Freshman
2018 Outdoor Track and Field

• Competed in six meets for the Wildcats in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m
• Ran exclusively in the 1500m at the Southland Conference Championships finishing 11th in the finals with a time of 4:50.50
• Took 15th with a season best time of 4:46.93 at the Michael Johnson Invitational (Baylor)

2018 Indoor Track and Field
• Competed in the mile, 3,000m run and DMR at the Southland Conference Championships
• Finished 17th in the 3,000m with a time of 10:25.61, setting a personal best
• Ran a 5:10.11 mile at the conference meet finishing in 11th in prelims

2017 Cross Country
• Competed in five meets for the Wildcats including the Southland Conference Championships, finishing as the No. 5 runner for ACU and 32nd overall with a time of 22:43.4
• Clocked a mark of 23:12.7 at the NCAA Division I South Central Regionals
 

High School
• Graduated in 2017 from Glennallen High School
• Ran the 5K, 3200m and 1600m with respective PRs of 17:55, 10:37 and 4:58
• Posted a cross country PR 5K of 18:02
• Three-time Alaska 3200m state champion and winner of four state crowns in the 1600m
• Part of a 4x800m relay that won the 2013 state title
• Four-time track and cross country regional MVP
 

Personal
• Given name is Briahna Lyn Gerlach
• Daughter of Chad and Kelly Gerlach
• Social work major

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2019Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2020Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2021Senior

    Distances
    5'8"
  • 2022Senior

    Distances
    5'8"