Aaron Nasers Season 2005

Coming off another stellar track season, Aaron Nasers will look to make noise on the cross country course following an injury that cut his 2004 season to only one meet. Nasers will use his middle distance track talent and speed to lead the Huskers as a co-captain in 2005.
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“Aaron is a good leader and is talented,” Coach Jay Dirksen said. “He has great speed and is a super competitor. I have a feeling that he’s going to run pretty well this year. He ran well in cross country while at <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Western Michigan, and I would think that once he gets into shape he’s going to have a pretty good year. He’ll also provide good leadership for our team.”

 

2004 (Sophomore)

In the first meet of the season, Nasers ran to a solid fourth-place finish at the Creighton/UNO Classic in the men’s 8K race (29:05.98).  He was diagnosed with a stress fracture following the meet and missed the rest of the season.

In track, Nasers narrowly missed the finals at the NCAA Midwest Outdoor Regional after placing fourth in the the first heat of the 800 meters in 1:50.28, 10th overall.  He was fourth at the outdoor Big 12 meet in the 800 in a personal-best time of 1:47.43. Nasers won the 800-meter race at the Nebraska Invitational in 1:49.48.

Indoors, the Battle Creek, Mich., native won the 800 meters (1:51.23) at the adidas Invitational, and went on to capture a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:25.45.  Nasers also took fourth place in the mile at the Holiday Inn Invitational, the only time he competed in that event in 2005.  At the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, Nasers was third (1:52.07) before recording an indoor-season-best time of 1:49.21 at the Iowa State Classic.    

 

2004 (Nebraska Track & Field)

Nasers did not run cross country in 2003 at NU.  Once Western Michigan announced it was cutting the men's track program in the fall of 2003, Nasers quickly gained the interest of several of the nation's top track programs, including LSU, Kentucky and Nebraska.  Nasers chose Nebraska and made instantaneous waves.  He tied the Huskers' indoor record in the 800 meters (1:48.37) at the Prairie Wolves Invitational, beating his nearest competitor by nearly seven seconds.  At the adidas Classic, Nasers clocked a 4:08.17 mile en route to a third-place finish.  At the Big 12 Indoor Championships, Nasers finished second in the 1,000-meter run in a school-record 2:22.12.  At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Nasers competed in the 800 meters and was the fastest non-qualifier for the finals with a 1:48.83.  On the outdoor oval, Nasers won the Drake Relays 800 meters in 1:50.46.  At the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, he qualified for the 1,500-meter finals (3:51.25 prelim), and finished ninth in 3:57.65.

 

2003 (Western Michigan)

Leading the Broncos to a fifth-place finish in the 12-team Mid-American Conference, Nasers finished 14th individually with a personal-best cross country 8K time of 24:45.3.  Nasers finished 130th in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, one of the toughest regionals in the country, with a time of 33:18.6 over the 10K course. 

 

2002 (Western Michigan)

As a freshman, Nasers finished 56th at the 2002 MAC Cross Country Championships, helping the Broncos to a fourth-place team finish.

Indoors, Nasers recorded a 4:10.21 mile and 1:50.40 in the 800 meters.  Outdoors, he ran to a season-best 1:49.67 over 800 meters, a Western Michigan freshman record.

 

High School

Nasers had a busy career at Pennfield (Mich.) High School, lettering in four sports: track (four), soccer (three), wrestling (two) and cross country (one).  He led the Panthers to within one point of a state track title as a senior in 2002, as he won the Michigan Class C 800-meter run in 1:54.51 and the 1,600-meter run in 4:21.29.  Doubling in the same events as a junior, Nasers won state titles with times of 1:55.35 and 4:17.4.  

 

Personal

The son of Randy and Lori Nasers, Aaron was born Nov. 25, 1983.  He has one sister, Melissa  (21).  Aaron is majoring in communication studies with a minor in history.

 

2005 Results

Creighton/UNO Classic (8K) Woody Greeno (8K) Roy Griak (8K) South Dakota State Chile Pepper Festival Big 12 Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships8th, 30:10

104th, 27:31

162nd, 26:43*

* Season Best

# Career Best