Colorado State University Athletics
2019-20 Track & Field Roster
Powdrell, Nia
Nia Powdrell
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Hometown:
- Rio Rancho, N.M.
- High School:
- Cleveland HS
- Prev School:
- Portland State
Bio
ACCOLADES
-All-Mountain West indoor, long jump (2019)
- All-Big Sky outdoor, 100m (2018)
Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor
- 60 meters - 7.54 (at Portland St - 7th in PSU history ) // 7.65 (at CSU - 13th in CSU history)
- 200 meters - 24.45 (at Portland St - 6th in PSU history)
- Long Jump - 19'10.75'' (3rd in CSU history)
Outdoor
- 100 meters - 12.12
- 200 meters - 25.51 (at Portland St)
- Long Jump - 19'7'' (4th in CSU history)
Powdrell at the Mountain West Championships
2020
- 12th place, 60 meters, prelims (indoor)
- Foul, long jump (indoor)
2019
- 2nd place, long jump (indoor)
- 14th place, 60 meters, prelims, (indoor)
- 10th place, 100 meters, prelims (outdoor)
- 10th place, long jump (outdoor)
Powdrell at the Big Sky Championships
2018
- 4th place, 60 meters (indoor)
- 5th place, 200 meters (indoor)
- 2nd place, 100 meters (outdoor)
- 5th place, 200 meters (outdoor)
2017
- 15th place, 60 meters, prelims (indoor)
- 10th place, 200 meters, prelims (indoor)
- 7th place, 4x400-meter relay (indoor)
- 12th place, long jump (indoor)
COLORADO STATE
Senior (2019-20)
(Indoor): Competed in four meets plus an unattached meet...Appeared in the long jump and 60 meter race at Mountain West Championships...Marked the 13th best 60m time in CSU history at MW meet...Made official season debut at Air Force Invitational, placing second in the long jump...Made CSU 60-meter debut at Colorado Invitational with the 18th-best mark in CSU history but upped her PR to T-17th at the Don Kirby Invitational...Also placed third in LJ at CU Invitational...Recorded her second-best long jump of the season at Don Kirby Invitational....Finished third in long jump as unattached at Mines Alumni Classic & Multi.
Junior (2018-19)
(Indoor): Competed four meets and on unattached...At MW Championships, finished second in long jump as the top Ram finisher and recording the third-best jump in CSU history...Won the long jump at Air Force Indoor Team Challenge...Second at Mountain Lion Open in LJ...Also competed in 60m at MW meet.
(Outdoor): Competed four meets...Competed in 100m and long jump at MW Championships...Recorded a long jump PR at Jack Christiansen Invitational that ranks fourth all-time at CSU and finished second...Also was on the 4x400m relay that took second at Jack Christiansen Invite...Made CSU outdoor debut at Fum McGraw, finishing third in long jump.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Portland State
- Part of Portland State's all-time No. 6 4x400-meter relay team - 3:50.99
- Ranks sixth all-time in the 200 meters at Portland State - 24.45
- Ranks seventh all-time in the 60 meters at Portland State - 7.54
Sophomore (2017-18)
(Indoor): Competed in five meets...At Big Sky Championships, recorded a PR in 60m and 200m that land sixth and seventh, respectively, in school history.
(Outdoor): Competed in six meets...Top finisher for Portland State at Big Sky Championships for 100m and 200m...A part of the 4x100m relay that won at Pelluer Invite...Finished first in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at Al Manuel Northwest Dual...Won the 100m and 200m at Willamette Invite...Won the 4x100m relay and 100m at Lewis and Clark Spring Break Open while the 100m marked a PR.
Freshman (2016-17)
(Indoor): Competed in six meets...Competed at Big Sky Championships...Took second with a PR of 18'6'' in long jump at Idaho Duals...Made collegiate debut at UW Indoor Preview.
(Outdoor): Competed in one event.
HIGH SCHOOL
2016 New Mexico State Championship High-Point Female Athlete of the Meet, scoring 24 points...Won four state titles for the second straight year as a senior, winning individual titles in the 100 and 200 meters, while also anchoring her school's title-winning 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams...Won her state titles in the relay while breaking the state record in each event that she helped se thte year before...Placed second in the long jump at the 2016 state meet...Also swept the distict titles in the 100 and 200 meters...Won four state titles as a junior in 2015, winning the 100 and 200 meters while also anchoring her team's wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays…Set New Mexico State records (which she'd later break) with her wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay in 2015…Also placed second in the state in the long jump in 2015…Named the Athlete of the Meet as the highest scorer at the 2015 state meet…The State flag of New Mexico was flown in her honor on June 30, 2015, after her performance at the state meet, while New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez presented her with a certificate of congratulations for "accomplishments leading up to, and culminating at the 2015 State Track and Field Championships"…Led her team to the state team title in 2015…Also placed second and third in the state with her team during her sophomore and freshman seasons, respectively…Has anchored three-straight state-title winning 4x100-meter relay teams for her high school from her freshman to her junior year (2013-15)…Athlete of the Meet at the city championships as a junior in 2015… Placed second in the state in the 200 meters as a sophomore in 2014, and also finished second after running the anchor of the school's 4x200-meter relay team… Placed second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 meters at the 2013 state meet, and also anchored her team's second-place 4x200-meter relay team…Named Athlete of the Meet at the 5A district championships as well as the city championships as a freshman in 2013…Five-year letterwinner in track and field at Cleveland High School, as she also competed as an eighth grader…Named the Rio Rancho High School Varsity Track and Field Athlete of the Year as an eighth grader in 2012…Also ran for the Duke City Track Club from 2010-11…Won a USATF regional championship in the 200 meters in 2011.
High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 100 meters - 12.04
- 200 meters - 24.37
- 300-meter hurdles - 46.92
- Long Jump - 18'11.5''
-All-Mountain West indoor, long jump (2019)
- All-Big Sky outdoor, 100m (2018)
Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor
- 60 meters - 7.54 (at Portland St - 7th in PSU history ) // 7.65 (at CSU - 13th in CSU history)
- 200 meters - 24.45 (at Portland St - 6th in PSU history)
- Long Jump - 19'10.75'' (3rd in CSU history)
Outdoor
- 100 meters - 12.12
- 200 meters - 25.51 (at Portland St)
- Long Jump - 19'7'' (4th in CSU history)
Powdrell at the Mountain West Championships
2020
- 12th place, 60 meters, prelims (indoor)
- Foul, long jump (indoor)
2019
- 2nd place, long jump (indoor)
- 14th place, 60 meters, prelims, (indoor)
- 10th place, 100 meters, prelims (outdoor)
- 10th place, long jump (outdoor)
Powdrell at the Big Sky Championships
2018
- 4th place, 60 meters (indoor)
- 5th place, 200 meters (indoor)
- 2nd place, 100 meters (outdoor)
- 5th place, 200 meters (outdoor)
2017
- 15th place, 60 meters, prelims (indoor)
- 10th place, 200 meters, prelims (indoor)
- 7th place, 4x400-meter relay (indoor)
- 12th place, long jump (indoor)
COLORADO STATE
Senior (2019-20)
(Indoor): Competed in four meets plus an unattached meet...Appeared in the long jump and 60 meter race at Mountain West Championships...Marked the 13th best 60m time in CSU history at MW meet...Made official season debut at Air Force Invitational, placing second in the long jump...Made CSU 60-meter debut at Colorado Invitational with the 18th-best mark in CSU history but upped her PR to T-17th at the Don Kirby Invitational...Also placed third in LJ at CU Invitational...Recorded her second-best long jump of the season at Don Kirby Invitational....Finished third in long jump as unattached at Mines Alumni Classic & Multi.
Junior (2018-19)
(Indoor): Competed four meets and on unattached...At MW Championships, finished second in long jump as the top Ram finisher and recording the third-best jump in CSU history...Won the long jump at Air Force Indoor Team Challenge...Second at Mountain Lion Open in LJ...Also competed in 60m at MW meet.
(Outdoor): Competed four meets...Competed in 100m and long jump at MW Championships...Recorded a long jump PR at Jack Christiansen Invitational that ranks fourth all-time at CSU and finished second...Also was on the 4x400m relay that took second at Jack Christiansen Invite...Made CSU outdoor debut at Fum McGraw, finishing third in long jump.
BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Portland State
- Part of Portland State's all-time No. 6 4x400-meter relay team - 3:50.99
- Ranks sixth all-time in the 200 meters at Portland State - 24.45
- Ranks seventh all-time in the 60 meters at Portland State - 7.54
Sophomore (2017-18)
(Indoor): Competed in five meets...At Big Sky Championships, recorded a PR in 60m and 200m that land sixth and seventh, respectively, in school history.
(Outdoor): Competed in six meets...Top finisher for Portland State at Big Sky Championships for 100m and 200m...A part of the 4x100m relay that won at Pelluer Invite...Finished first in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at Al Manuel Northwest Dual...Won the 100m and 200m at Willamette Invite...Won the 4x100m relay and 100m at Lewis and Clark Spring Break Open while the 100m marked a PR.
Freshman (2016-17)
(Indoor): Competed in six meets...Competed at Big Sky Championships...Took second with a PR of 18'6'' in long jump at Idaho Duals...Made collegiate debut at UW Indoor Preview.
(Outdoor): Competed in one event.
HIGH SCHOOL
2016 New Mexico State Championship High-Point Female Athlete of the Meet, scoring 24 points...Won four state titles for the second straight year as a senior, winning individual titles in the 100 and 200 meters, while also anchoring her school's title-winning 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay teams...Won her state titles in the relay while breaking the state record in each event that she helped se thte year before...Placed second in the long jump at the 2016 state meet...Also swept the distict titles in the 100 and 200 meters...Won four state titles as a junior in 2015, winning the 100 and 200 meters while also anchoring her team's wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays…Set New Mexico State records (which she'd later break) with her wins in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relay in 2015…Also placed second in the state in the long jump in 2015…Named the Athlete of the Meet as the highest scorer at the 2015 state meet…The State flag of New Mexico was flown in her honor on June 30, 2015, after her performance at the state meet, while New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez presented her with a certificate of congratulations for "accomplishments leading up to, and culminating at the 2015 State Track and Field Championships"…Led her team to the state team title in 2015…Also placed second and third in the state with her team during her sophomore and freshman seasons, respectively…Has anchored three-straight state-title winning 4x100-meter relay teams for her high school from her freshman to her junior year (2013-15)…Athlete of the Meet at the city championships as a junior in 2015… Placed second in the state in the 200 meters as a sophomore in 2014, and also finished second after running the anchor of the school's 4x200-meter relay team… Placed second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 meters at the 2013 state meet, and also anchored her team's second-place 4x200-meter relay team…Named Athlete of the Meet at the 5A district championships as well as the city championships as a freshman in 2013…Five-year letterwinner in track and field at Cleveland High School, as she also competed as an eighth grader…Named the Rio Rancho High School Varsity Track and Field Athlete of the Year as an eighth grader in 2012…Also ran for the Duke City Track Club from 2010-11…Won a USATF regional championship in the 200 meters in 2011.
High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 100 meters - 12.04
- 200 meters - 24.37
- 300-meter hurdles - 46.92
- Long Jump - 18'11.5''
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