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2015-16 Track & Field Roster

Nikki Braceras

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Essex
  • Hometown Essex Junction, Vt.

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS:

• NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (Outdoor 2014)
• America East 10,000-Meter Champion (Outdoor 2014)
• America East All-Academic Team (Outdoor 2014)
• Capital One Academic All-District Team (Outdoor 2014)
• All-New England (Indoor 2014)
• America East Commisioner's Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2015): Did not compete.

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2015): Did not compete.

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2014): Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 10,000-meter run but could not compete due to injury ... Won the America East title in the 10,000-meter by roughly 30 seconds with a time of 34:53.83 ... Also scored in the 5,000-meter at America East, placing seventh with a time of 17:30.96 ... Ran the third-fastest 10,000-meter time in school history (34:39.00) at the Mt. SAC Relays for second place overall ... Named the America East Track Performer of the Week on Apr. 22 and the ECAC New England Athlete of the Week on Apr. 23 ... Won the 5,000 convincingly at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational with a mark of 17:14.95 ... Named to the America East All-Academic Team ... Earned a spot on the Capital One Academic All-District Team.

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2014): Finished fourth overall in the 5,000-meter at the America East Championships with a season-best time of 17:16.60 ... Also took fourth in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:59.14 for 10 total points at the meet ... Was sixth in the 3,000 at the New England Championships with a season-best time of 9:49.56 ... Earned 11th in the 5,000 at the ECAC Championships in 16:56.86 ... Placed fifth in the 3,000 at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games with a time of 10:05.58. 

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2013): Placed 10th at the ECAC Championships in the 10,000-meter run with a personal best of 36:41.02 ... Took sixth place at the America East Championships in the 10,000 with a time of 37:16.51 ... Was sixth in the 1500-meter at UMass with a time of 4:45.27 ... Finished third overall at Middlebury in the 5,000-meter with a season best time of 17:51.73.

BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Essex High School in Essex, Vt. ... Ran four years of cross country and three years of indoor and outdoor track & field ... Team won the 2008 Vermont State Cross Country Championship, as well as the 2010 and 2012 Outdoor Track & Field State Championship ... Voted Most Promising First Year Runner in 2008 and Most Consistent Runner in 2011 as a senior ... Was the 2011-12 Indoor Track State Champion in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs ... Also the 2012 Outdoor Track State Champion in the 1500m and 3000m ... Also participated in soccer for one year and gymnastics for two years ... Was an AP Scholar with Honors and earned a 4.0 GPA ... Member of National Honor's Society and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Essex.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Geordie and Lynn Braceras of Essex Junction, Vt. ... Father attended Lehigh University, while her mother attended Champlain College ... Has a sister Callie who attends the Columbus College of Art and Design ... Her uncle Carlos attended UVM ... Born in Burlington, Vt. ... Majoring in exercise and movement science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

  • 2014-15Junior

  • 2015-16Senior

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