Nigel Hussey

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Snellville, GA
High School:
South Gwinnett

2024-2025 Indoor: Hussey competed in five meets for the Panthers for his senior season…Debuted the season with a first palace finish in the 4x400 with a time of 3:11.31…Achieved two podium placements at the Nittany Lion Challenge with first place in the 4x400 (3:08.03) and third place in the 60m (6.74)...Placed first at the Hokie Invitational in the 60m with a time of 6.73…Recorded his fifth first place finish of the season at the Penn State National Open in the 4x400 (3:07.71)

2023-24 Indoor: Competed in three indoor meets for the Panthers. Hussey recorded a personal best in the 60 at the 2023 YSU Indoor Track and Field Icebreaker (Dec. 1) with a time of 6.78 claiming third place. He finished his season by placing fifth in the 200 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 22-24) with a time of 21.39.

2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven outdoor meets for the Panthers. Hussey and his teammates were victorious in the 4x400 once again as they won at the Duke Invitational with a time of 3:23.60. Hussey recorded two personal bests in the outdoor campaign with the first at Pepsi Florida Relays where he scored a 20.85 in the 200 claiming tenth. Next, at the ACC Championships Hussey notched a 100 score of 10.44, seeing him place tenth. Hussey and his teammates were also able to participate in the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 4x100 due to their ACC Championship performance placing fifth with a score of 39.73. They went on to place seventeenth in the Preliminary Round with a score of 40.16.

2022-23 Indoor: Competed in six indoor meets for the Panthers. Hussey and his teammates were victorious twice in the 4x400 event with the first coming at YSU Indoor Track and Field Icebreaker at a time of 3:14.19. The next occasion was tallied at the Nittany Lion Challenge where they posted a 3:11.07. Hussey also recorded a personal best in the ACC Championships when he scored a 6.85 in the 60.

2022-23 Indoor: Competed in six meets during his sophomore campaign…Posted a 14th place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-25) in the 60 yard dash…Posted an eighth place finish also at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 200 meter…Opened the season with a fifth place finish in the 60 yard dash at the YSU Invitational (Jan. 20).

2022 Outdoor: Appeared in four meets for the Panthers… Posted a personal best at Virginia Challenge by finishing 29^th place (21.55) in the 100, finishing in 24^th place (21.57) in the 200, and 10^th place (40.98) in the 4x100m… Competed in the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships taking home 3^rd in the 4x400m and had a personal best finish in the 200 coming in 24^th place (21.55)… Finished 14^th place at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 25-28) in the 4x400 with a time of 3:07.42.

2021-2022 Indoor: Competed in seven meets as a freshman … Helped the 4x400m relay squad place first (3:13.10) at the YSU Icebreaker (Dec. 3) … Took fourth place in the 300m dash with a time of 34.81 seconds at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 15) … Enjoyed a successful performance at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (Feb. 4-5), placing fourth in the 200m dash (21.78 seconds), seventh in the 60m dash (6.95 seconds) and second as part of the 4x400m relay squad (3:11.96) … Helped the 4x400m relay team place third with a 3:12.67 time at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-26).

High School: Ran track at South Gwinnett High School for coaches Joey Sulkowski and Cortez Allen… was recognized as the 2021 Gwinnett County Track Athlete of the year and runner up to the Region 4- AAAAAAA Track athlete of the year… 2021 Champion of the Region 4- AAAAAAA 100m, 200m, and 4x400m relay… 2021 South Gwinnett team MVP with 7A sectional titles in the 100m and 200m… 2021 Tiger Creek Classic, Heritage Invitational, and Grayson Invitational Champion… was also a member of the South Gwinnett High School football team.

Personal: Born September 23, 2002… son of Noel and Delina Hussey… has two brothers, Noel Jr. and De’adre MClawrence… lists favorite hobbies as playing video games and listening to music with his favorite artist being Gunna… enjoys football and basketball in addition to track… lists his favorite athlete as Michael Jordan and his favorite food as tacos… his favorite movie is Grown Ups and his favorite TV show is Martin… related to the former Patriots and Broncos Fullback Bob Perryman… most people don’t know that he is a great dancer… intends on majoring in business at Pitt.