Career Honors & Awards
- Outdoor School Record Holder in 4x100 relay (2024: 39.82)
- All-Summit League Indoor (2024: 4x400 relay, 2023: 4x400 relay)
- All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: 400m, 4x400 relay)
- Summit League Honor Roll (2022-23)
Career Bests
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the 4x400 relay squad...a member of the Coyotes' Summit League Championship title-winning team...also competed in the 200 and 400 at the championship...ran a season's best 22.1 seconds in the 200-meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic...had a season's best time of 49.28 seconds in the 400 at the SDSU Holiday Open...totaled 11 top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 400-meters and the 4x100-meter relay...ran a personal best 47.22 in the 400 to place second at the championships and move into 7th on the USD Top 10 list...placed sixth in the 200 at the championships with a time of 21.96...ran the second leg of the school record 4x100 relay team at Drake Relays, placing second with a time of 39.82...set a personal best 21.68 in the 200 at the Mt. SAC Relays...totaled 10 top-10's over the course of the season.
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the 4x400-meter relay … also placed sixth as a part of the Coyotes’ distance medley relay … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … clocked a personal best time of 22.63 seconds in the 200 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up … won the 400 meters at the South Dakota Kickoff … recorded a season best time of 50.39 seconds for the 400 meters at the SDSU Holiday Open, placing third in the field … tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the 400 meters at the Summit League Championships in 49.59 seconds … clocked a personal best of 48.80 seconds in the preliminary of the Summit meet to make the final … moved to 10th in South Dakota program history in the sprint medley relay (3:24.56) at the Drake Relays … finished third in the 400 meters at The Monday Meet … recorded seven top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season best of 50.51 seconds for 400 meters at the Nebraska Adidas Classic and placed sixth … took fourth in the 400 meters at the USD Alumni Meet … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed at five meets during the spring … clocked a season best of 50.45 seconds in the 400 meters at the Pacific Coast Invitational.
Prep
Captured the 2021 South Dakota Class A title in the 100 meters in 10.88 seconds ... placed top-three in three different individual events at the state meet his senior year, taking second in the 200 meters and third in the 400 meters ... owns personal bests of 10.78 seconds in the 100 meters, 22.24 in the 200 meters and 48.6 in the 400 meters ... played football and basketball for the Panthers.
Personal
Son of Timothy and Eve Nikkel ... kinesiology and sport management major.
