2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

App State Athletics
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Nicole Wells

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sumter, S.C.
  • High School Sumter

Biography

PR's
Indoor: 55m - 7.19 ... 60m - 7.62 ... 200m - 24.31 ... 300m - 39.05
Outdoor: 100m - 11.70 ... 200m - 23.65 ... 400m - 54.03

2024-25
Indoor
  • Collected Second Team All-SBC honors as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed second with a time of 3:45.19 and part of the distance medley relay team (DMR) that took second with a time of 11:35.52 at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Part of the 4x300-meter relay team that took first with a school and facility record time of 2:40.58 at the John Weaver Invitational (Dec. 7) 
  • Moved to seventh in the App State all-time list in the 200 meters with a time of 24.31, which she set at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Recorded a personal best in the 55 meters in the prelims with a time of 7.19 at the John Weaver Invitational (Dec. 7) 
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fourth with a time of 3:47.24 at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 17-18)
  • Placed third with a time of 39.53 in the 300 meters at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 14-15)
 Outdoor
  • Part of the distance medley relay (DMR) team that broke the program record with a time of 11:46.94 and part of the sprint medley relay team that clocked a time of 3:58.12 at the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-26)
  • Finished first in the 400 meters with a personal best and facility record of 54.03, second in the 200 meters with a personal best of 23.65, and was part of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed first with a time of 44.92 at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19)
  • Rose to second in the 400 meters and sixth in the 200 meters on the App State all-time list after her performances at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19)
  • Placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 54.40, and was part of the 4x100-meter relay team (45.12, sixth) and 4x400-meter relay team (3:45.24, eighth) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 56.58, was part of the 4x100-meter relay that placed fourth with a time of 45.42, and took sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 23.76 at the Sunday Night Qualifier (May 18)
  • Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed first at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15) with a time of 45.67 and at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 10-12) with a time of 45.40
  • Stopped the clock at 56.26 to place third in the 400 meters at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Mar. 14-15)
2023-24
Indoor
  • Part of the distance medley relay (DMR) team that placed second (11:47.73) and earned Second-Team All-SBC honors at the SBC Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-20)
  • Clocked a personal best of 39.05 to place first in the 300 meters and clocked a personal best of 7.62 to place fourth in the 60 meters at the VMI Winter Classic (Feb. 9-10)
  • Placed third in the 60 meters with a time of 7.65 at the Camel City Invitational (Jan. 26-27) 
  • Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:58.96 to place third, placed fifth in the 60 meters with a time of 7.77, and took eighth in the 200 meters with a time of 25.10 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (Jan. 18-20)
  • Rounded out the top-10 in the 200 meters with a time of 24.57 at the Doc Hale Meet (Feb. 2-3)
Outdoor
  • Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that broke the school record with a time of 3:40.01 to place second and earn Second-Team All-SBC honors at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Clocked a season best of 24.27 in the 200 meters at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 11-13)
  • Clinched first in the 200 meters (24.09) and 4x100-meter relay (44.75) and took second in the 100 meters (11.75) at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16) 
  • Placed second in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 46.25 and third in the 100 meters with a time of 11.70 as well as the 200 meters with a time of 24.33 at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed second with a time of 44.93 at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 19-20) 
  • Represented App State at the USATF U20 Championships (June 12-13) and clocked a time of 24.52 to place ninth in the 200-meter final and a time of 12.01 to round out the top-20 in the 100-meter prelims
High School 
  • Three-time All-Region honoree
  • 2022 Nike Indoor National Champion in the 200 meters
  • Placed at the state meet in 2021 and 2022
Club
  • Member of the Bionic Sports Performance club team, under the direction of Mironda Proctor
  • Qualified for the 2022 Nike Indoor and Outdoor Nationals
  • Qualified for the 2023 New Balance Indoor and Outdoor Nationals
Personal
  • Daughter of Denise and Derrick Wells
  • Has a sibling named Simone
  • Was a former gymnast 
  • Enjoys traveling, working out, food, and quality time with family
  • Plays the saxophone

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Junior

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