MSU Denver Athletics

College Bests

2019 Outdoor Track & Field: Ran 14th in the 5,000 meters at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 13 with a time of 16 minutes, 35.41 seconds...Ran a personal-best 4:09.42 in the 1500 at the Colorado Invitational on April 6, good for 50th place...Finished ninth in the 1500 at the Spank Blasing Invite on March 30 with a time of 4:14.22...Ran a personal best of 16:01.66 in the 5000 at the Fum McGraw on March 23...Placed 10th in the 1500 in 4:12.99 at the season-opening CSU-Pueblo Early Bird on March 16.

2018-19 Indoor Track & Field: Ran a personal-best 4:46.95 in the mile at a quadrangular hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 15...Placed 14th in the 3,000 at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 9, with a time of 10:13.09...Ran a personal-best time of 9:24.06 in the 3,000 at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2, good for 40th place...Placed 13th in the 3,000 at the CSC Open on Jan. 20, with a time of 9:30.64.

2018 Cross Country: Ran 10 kilometers in 34:06.0 at the South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 17, good for 94th place...Placed 60th at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 3, covering 8K in 27:04.3...Ran an 8K personal best of 26:54.4 for 35th place at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 13...Finished 62nd at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 6, running 8K in 27:27.2...Ran 54th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open on Sept. 15, with a time of 28:52.4 over 8K...Finished 33rd at the UCCS Rustbuster Invite on Sept. 1, turning in an 8K time of 27:54.6.

2017-18 Track & Field: Redshirted.

2017 Cross Country: Redshirted.

High School: Denver East class of 2016...Personal-best times of 16:58 (5K), 56.81 (400), 2:06.59 (800)...Lettered in cross country and track his senior year...Three-year letterwinner in swimming, competing in the 500 freestyle at the Class 5A state championships his junior year.

Personal: Born Nikita Rayvic Cordier in Frisco, Colo...Birthday is June 15...Mother is Lana Cordier and stepfather is Scott Shelton...Majoring in finance.