Nilles' Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: Competed unattached after exhausting her indoor eligibility in 2020 … Career-best mark of 77-01.25 (23.50m) in the weight throw at the UND Open on Jan. 30 … Ended her career as the NDSU school record holder and facility record holder in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Senior): First Team All-American in the hammer throw, placing 6th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 225-1 (68.61m) … Summit League hammer throw champion … Also placed 5th in the discus and 6th in the shot put at the conference meet … Set the hammer throw school record at 226-2 (68.95m) at Kansas’ Rock Chalk Classic on Apr. 30 … Competed in the hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Trials … USTFCCCA All-Academic … Summit League Academic All-League … Ended her career ranked 4th in NDSU history for the discus, 6th for the javelin, and 10th for the outdoor shot put.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): NCAA Indoor Championships qualifier in the weight throw, and named an All-American … Ranked 12th in the NCAA in the weight throw for the season … School record weight throw mark of 72-04.50 (22.06m) at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Feb. 1 … Summit League champion in the weight throw, as well as placing 3rd in the shot put at the conference meet … Personal-best shot put mark of 51-07.75 (15.74m) at the Summit League Championships, ranking 6th in NDSU indoor history … Won the weight throw at the Bison Team Cup, Mark Colligan Memorial, Jack Johnson Classic, and Husky Classic … Led the Bison women to a No. 3 national ranking in the USTFCCCA Event Squad Rankings for the weight throw.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Second-team All-American in the weight throw, placing 12th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a throw of 67-02.00 (20.47m) … Set the NDSU weight throw record with her mark of 71-04.25 (21.75m) at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 16 … Set the NDSU facility record in the weight throw at 70-09.75 (21.58m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 1 … Placed 3rd in the weight throw and 6th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … Opened the season with a Dakota Classic weight throw record of 70-09.00 (21.56m) … Shot put personal-best of 49-09.75 (15.18m) at the Bison Open, ranking 9th in NDSU indoor history ... USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt … Remained the NDSU school record holder in the hammer throw … Ranked 3rd in school history in the discus and 6th in the javelin.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked 28th in the NCAA in the weight throw with her personal-best mark of 66-08.00 (20.32m) at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational on Jan. 20 … Placed 5th in the shot put at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Ended the season ranked 2nd in NDSU history in the weight throw and 9th in the shot put … Shot put personal-best of 48-08.00 (14.83m) at the Thundering Herd Classic on Jan. 13.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 5th in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., earning first-team All-America honors … Ranked 10th in the NCAA in the hammer throw entering the NCAA Championships … School-record and personal-best hammer mark of 218-2 (66.49m) in the NCAA finals … Threw 216-4 (65.93m) at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 4 for a facility record and then-school record … Named Summit League Championships Field MVP after placing 2nd in the hammer, 4th in the discus, 5th in the javelin, and 6th in the shot put at the conference meet … Discus season-best mark of 170-4 (51.92m) also qualified her for the NCAA West Prelims … Outdoor shot put personal-best of 48-00.00 (14.63m) at the conference meet … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Summit League runner-up in the weight throw, posting a toss of 62-03.25 (18.98m) at the conference meet … Also finished 10th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … Season-best weight throw of 63-06.75 (19.37m) at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 10, ranking her 4th all-time at NDSU in the event … Shot put season-best mark of 46-00.50 (14.03m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 4 … Ended the season ranked 57th in the NCAA in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 3rd in the javelin, 4th in the hammer throw, 5th in the discus, and 6th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw and discus, finishing 26th and 27th, respectively … Ended the season ranked 2nd in NDSU history in both the discus and hammer and 4th all-time at NDSU in the javelin … Personal-best throw of 202-5 (61.69m) in the hammer at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 5 … Personal-best discus mark of 173-9 (52.97m) at the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 8 … Javelin personal-best of 150-7 (45.89m) at the Summit League Championships on May 11 … Shot put personal-best of 47-10.50 (14.59m) at the conference meet.
2015-16 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached as a redshirt, posting a season-best mark of 52-08.25 (16.06m) in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Freshman): Summit League runner-up and an NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the discus … Also placed 6th in the javelin and 8th in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … Finished 4th in the discus at the USATF Junior Championships in June, throwing a personal-best 170-0 (51.83m) … Ended the season ranked 2nd in NDSU history in the discus, 8th in the javelin and 9th in the hammer … Season-best javelin mark of 140-3 (42.76m) at the conference meet … Season-best hammer throw of 178-8 (54.45m) at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 16.
High School: Won three straight Iowa Class 3A state titles in the discus as a sophomore, junior and senior for Dubuque Wahlert HS … Also a three-time state meet qualifier in the shot put, placing as high as third as a senior in 2015 … Drake Relays runner-up in the discus as a senior (all Iowa HS classes combined) … Ended her high school career with personal-best marks of 152-5 in the discus and 41-10 in the shot put … School record holder in the shot put … Four-time first team all-conference softball player … All-state selection in softball … Also played basketball … High school teammate of Bison thrower Katelyn Weimerskirch, who holds the Iowa Class 3A state record in the discus.
Personal: Daughter of Brian and Jenny Nilles … Has three older brothers, Zach, Jake and Nate, and one younger brother, Alex … Majoring in human development & family science.
